Slade: Ambassador Theater, St. Louis, MO
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 16 February 1974
ST LOUIS: The wide Missouri River flowed beneath the hotel window and a few paddle steamers, now tourist traps or floating restaurants, were securely tied to the banks. Noddy Holder looked out over the flattish landscape and seemed relieved that the show tonight, in the St. Louis Ambassador Theatre, was the last one on their current US tour.
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