It is practically possible to feel the (Reading Festival) crowd's own realisation that, hey, these guys aren't just an over the hill glam rock outfit, they are the real deal - hard, heavy, in your face, and so working class and 'laddish' that they make Liam Gallagher sound like the love child of Bryan Ferry..

SLADE TO RELEASE ‘ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE’ – five-disc live set including three albums never before released
On 9th September Slade and BMG are proud to present their new live boxset All The World Is A Stage, shining a light on Slade as a phenomenal live band. This unique five-album set serves as a documentation of why Slade became pretty much unbeatable as a live attraction, Slade were unstoppable throughout the seventies..