Dave Hill's Slade

Cum on, there's still time to feel the noize...

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You don't so much interview Dave Hill as set the recording device and let him talk.

Here, in a lively Zoom call, Slade's guitarist previews a ten-date farewell tour that isn't a farewell tour after all.

This December run marks the end of long bouts of touring for you – but it isn’t a full-blown farewell, apparently?

[Incredulously]: I can’t even spell ‘retirement’. I will still play individual shows, but no more tours. With my Christmas shows, which I’ve done since I reunited the band 33 years ago, I will use larger venues – just fewer of them. I still have a joy of discovering venues I’ve never played before and the love of playing has never left me, but what I dislike is the travelling. I’m a bit like Mick Jagger… this is what I do best. Jagger fronts the Stones, I play lead guitar for Slade.