Slade: Slade Fan Mania Article (1972)

Slade spark total teen hysteria – black marias needed for escape!

cover insert in Record Mirror, November 18, 1972.

AT THE Winter Gardens, Bournemouth last week Slade found themselves in the centre of fan mania. To escape after their perform-ance the group used a black maria as a decoy vehicle and travelled in a second black maria to get them to safety. As all of the concerts have been sell-outs, Slade decided to give more fans a chance of obtaining tickets for their Bristol concert by making them available by post.

Slade are set to visit Australia for a 15-day tour in the new year, and a visit to Japan is being considered. Meanwhile their fame is building throughout Europe with their sustained German tour and offers are flooding in from France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Germany and Holland, as well as from behind the Iron Curtain in Yugoslavia.

When Slade appeared at the Paris OΙympia they were called back on stage by police so that they could calm the frenzied audience. An excitable crowd also saw the group work at the Rainbow last weekend, when Wayne, Merrill and Alan Osmond also watched the show.