I saw them at Loughborough University in 1980 or 81. The brilliance of it was that this could have been just another tour date in just another student union for which minimum effort could be applied (I'm thinking of you Rockpile!) but instead they were utterly brilliant and I doubt could have tried harder. A very underrated band.
I'm always annoyed when Gallagher says "Far Far Away" is one of the best songs ever written, as if Slade are OK because Oasis say so. I would think that Noddy Holder's opinion of Oasis is much more valid. Slade make Oasis look "very limited".
NB I went out with a girl from Penn, Wolverhampton just before that time and she was always saying that they lived close to where Noddy grew up but I've never had that independently verified.
Were you at Loughbrough then? Did you know Keith the DJ?
