Noddy Holder: Last News

Noddy Holder has reflected on his friendship with Freddie Mercury, revealing that the Queen frontman would share his aspirations with him.The moment took place during a rare TV appearance from the Slade singer, when he appeared as a guest on the Channel 4 morning show Sunday Brunch over the weekend (December 17).In the programme, the glam icon shared anecdotes about his extensive time in the music industry, particularly the elaborate outfits he would wear on stage during the ‘70s. It was here that he reflected on his relationship with Freddie Mercury – back before the singer found fame with Queen.In the conversation, he recalled the origins of his iconic mirror hat and dispelled the myth that he bought it from the iconic rock singer.“I made the top hat with mirrors.

Slade‘s Noddy Holder has revealed he was among the first UK patients to receive “a new regime of chemotherapy” which saved his life.The band’s frontman was given six months to live after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2018. Still, he has since recovered after receiving a pioneering type of treatment at a hospital in Manchester.Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Holder revealed she was among the first patients in the UK to receive a new type of chemotherapy for his specific type of adenocarcinoma cancer.“Luckily for me, I’m still here five years later,” he said on the show.

Slade‘s Noddy Holder has shared a health update after he was given just six months to live at the start of his cancer battle five years ago.In October this year, Holder’s wife Suzan revealed that the musician, 77, was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2018 and was told he had only months to live.“Five years ago we were given the devastating news that he [Noddy] had oesophageal cancer and only had six months to live,” she wrote in Great British Life magazine.She described the diagnosis as a “total bombshell”, but added that her husband was coping with “good humour and breath-taking bravery”.The article also confirmed that Holder had undergone “a gruelling course of experimental treatment as part of a brand-new trial of intense chemotherapy”.However, the ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ artist has now revealed that the experimental treatment has proved effective in prolonging his life beyond doctors’ expectations.“I lost all my hair,” he told BBC Radio 2 of the treatment (per Metro). “My weight was down to about eight stone.” However, the treatment has been working and Holder said that “everything’s on an even keel”.“So I hope it carries on that way,” he added, joking that he was “fit, fit, fit, but I’m fit for nothing”.Suzan previously said her husband had “responded well” to the new treatments.

Noddy Holder has revealed the real inspiration behind Slade’s festive 1973 hit ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’.The song is arguably one of Slade’s biggest hits, becoming so famous that strangers regularly shout the iconic “IT’S CHRISTMAAAAAAS!” line back to Holder in the street. It still generates £500,000 in royalties every year, 50 years on from its release.However, Holder has now revealed he and bandmate Jim Lea were never intending to write a Christmas song, explaining that its first iteration was conceived in the band’s “hippy dippy psychedelic days” in 1967, when it was called ‘Buy Me A Rocking Chair’, and was later discarded.Their label later pushed them to release a Christmas song, prompting them to revive the track and use its melody for ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’.

Rock legend Noddy Holder has been battling throat cancer for the past five years - after initially being told he had only "six months to live", his wife Suzan has movingly revealed. Slade icon Noddy, 77, has been receiving pioneering treatment at Manchester's Christie Hospital after the shock diagnosis.

Slade vocalist Noddy Holder has revealed that he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer five years ago.Suzan Holder announced the 77-year-old music icon’s diagnosis and battle with the disease in her column for Great British Life magazine.“Five years ago we were given the devastating news that he [Noddy] had oesophageal cancer and only had six months to live,” she wrote towards the beginning of her piece.She went on to describe the diagnosis as a “total bombshell”, adding: “We coped with it the only way we could, by hunkering down, sticking together and doing everything we could to survive it.“We told only immediate close family and friends and I will never apologise to those we did not confide in, only to those who were forced to suffer pain and anguish alongside us as we attempted to navigate our way through this new and horrifying world. They held our hands and kept our confidence.

Slade singer Noddy Holder has been fighting throat cancer since 2017. This terrible news was announced by the 77-year-old's wife Suzan in the couple's local newspaper, as the Merry Xmas Everybody icon continues life-extending chemotherapy.

He said: "We never dreamt that it would still be so popular."I came up with the line ‘Look to the future now, it’s only just begun,’ because the country at the time was in a terrible state with electricians, bakers, miners and gravediggers all on strike."It’s just as valid today because of the state of the country."Look to the future, it really has only just begun."He said people will always "associate" him with Christmas, which makes him feel like "Santa's little helper".Noddy joined the band in 1966 after the drummer Don Powell convinced him to join.The pair formed a very successful songwriting partnership, composing most of the band's songs.They clocked up 21 hit singles and released 15 albums in their 25-year career as the original

The Guardian.However he has refused to divulge a figure, claiming that the amount is different each year."There’s been all sorts of cover versions, from the Spice Girls, Tony Christie and Oasis," he added.

heavy metal Slade are virtually guaranteed never to get back together.Sadly for fans, even the potential lure of a lucrative reunion tour would be unlikely to do it, admits Noddy.“I doubt it’ll happen again with the band.