📰 Mott-Mania Is Coming To Town! 
🕶️ Mott The Hoople
👑 Queen
A bold, no-frills newspaper advertisement announces an upcoming concert by Mott The Hoople with special guests Queen at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Friday, May 3, 1974.
🗞 Standard-Speaker
📅 Date: April 22, 1974

🎼The second UK single taken from Alice Cooper’s 1977 album Lace and Whiskey, “(No More) Love At Your Convenience”
Released in the on 📅April 22, 1977. The 7" entered the UK Singles Chart on 21 May 1977 and spent two weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 44.

📰 Slade’s Amazing Face To Face appeared as the cover feature and a one‑page article in Record Mirror on April 22, 1972, capturing the band at the moment their glam‑era.
🗞️ Record Mirror
📆. April 22 1972

🖤 Alice Cooper’s Classic Nightmares Return – earMusic Reissues Two Iconic Albums on May 8
The Godfather of Shock Rock is back with upgraded editions of two fan-favorite concept albums
Along Came a Spider
Welcome 2 My Nightmare
MORE DETAILS HERE:
glam-slam-chronicles.com/post…

A fresh selection of rare Queen and Freddie Mercury artefacts has gone live on Sotheby’s, with auctions closing in one day and estimates ranging from $3,000 to $42,500 USD.
Date: April 2026 (auctions closing in 1 day)
sothebys.com

📰 Rewarded The Faithful – Concert Review
Mott The Hoople
A breathless, detail‑rich concert report.

“Mott the Hoople rewarded the faithful — after two hours.”

“The crowd of 6,600 waited through Tombstone and Queen…”

🗞️ Publication: The Commercial Appeal

📆 Date: April 21, 1974

🇺🇸 Country: USA

📰 Some Mothers Do Have 'Em - Feature:
Alice Cooper Group
A two-page spread in Disc magazine capturing Alice Cooper’s triumphant homecoming concert in Detroit and backstage moments with his mother.
Shock-rock royalty returns to his hometown – with Mom watching
🗞 Disc
📅 Date: April 21, 1973

📰 Low – Review
David Bowie’s Low – Always Concerned with Masks appeared as a one‑page album review in Rolling Stone on April 21, 1977, assessing the stark, experimental shift of Bowie’s Berlin‑era masterpiece.
🗞️ Rolling Stone
📆 April 21, 1977

Happy Birthday to the one and only Iggy Pop — the Godfather of Punk, the original wild child, and one of the most electrifying forces in rock history.
At 79 years young, the man still moves like a lightning bolt and lives with zero compromise.
Long live the Ig! 🖤🐆

📰 An Erratic but Triumphant Return – Reviews:
A compact review column from April 1974 captures the shifting textures of the pop landscape — from dramatic Bowie singles to the swaggering confidence of Mott the Hoople’s latest LP
“Not an easy hit.”
“Erratic but triumphant.”
Evening Post
20 April 1974

📰 Weren’t Born A Man – Advert
📆 Apr 20, 1974
Dana Gillespie’s Weren’t Born A Man appeared as a one‑page advert in New Musical Express on April 20, 1974, promoting her Bowie‑associated debut on RCA. The campaign emphasized her theatrical presence, her ties to the MainMan circle.

Released on April 20, 1974 on CBS, David Essex’s “America” Issued in the UK on CBS – S CBS 2176, the single appeared in several UK pressing variants including promo and solid‑centre editions. It entered the Official Singles Chart on 11 May 1974, peaking at No. 32 during a five‑week run.

April 20 1974
📰A short but striking concert notice announcing a joint appearance by Mott the Hoople and Queen — a moment when two British rock acts shared a Mid‑South stage at a pivotal time in both bands’ touring lives.
“…along with Queen, a four‑man glitterock group also from Britain.”

📰 Mott the Hoople – The atmosphere is immediate and urgent — a show happening tonite, with Mott the Hoople headlining and Queen rising fast beneath them.

“TONITE — One Performance Only.”

“Mott the Hoople — with special guest Queen.”

🗞️ The Daily Oklahoman

📆 Date: 19 April 1974

🇺🇸 Country: USA

📰 Alice In Blunderland:
Nightmare Portrait & Article
A fever‑dream dispatch from Detroit, where Alice Cooper’s horror‑theatre persona meets a city already vibrating with menace and nocturnal energy.
The piece blurs reportage with atmosphere.
🗞 Record Mirror
📅 Date: April 19, 1975

📰 Once Bitten Twice Shy:
A stark, stylish half‑page promotion capturing Ian Hunter at his most enigmatic — hat brim low, sunglasses on, attitude unmistakable.
The advert radiates cool, self‑possessed swagger.
🗞 Record Mirror
📅 Date: April 19, 1975

📰 OH BOY Full‑Page Advert:
A bold, eye‑catching full‑page placement designed to command attention in the middle of Record Mirror’s bustling 1975 issue.
The advert radiates mid‑70s commercial confidence.
🗞 Record Mirror
📅 Date: April 19, 1975

📰 News & Live Focus – Report:
A lively, multi‑column digest of Britain’s mid‑70s music scene, brimming with tour news, chart updates, and concert snapshots.
🗞 Record Mirror
📅 April 19, 1975

📰 Pilot - Record Mirror Cover
A full-colour cover feature on Scottish pop band Pilot for Record Mirror magazine.
• Teaser headlines including “WHO played on those ROLLERS hits?” and “And WHY NORTHERN SOUL is still tops!”
🗞️ Record Mirror
📅 April 19, 1975

📰 Rockstars Fight For You
🗞️ Bravo Magazine
📆 April 18, 1974
This cover story and four‑page feature in Bravo Magazine, spotlighted Alice Cooper alongside Marc Bolan and Sweet, framing all three acts as glam‑era heavyweights “fighting” for fans’

🎼 The Carpet Crawlers
Released during the final months of Peter Gabriel’s tenure with Genesis, “The Carpet Crawlers” emerged as one of the most atmospheric and narratively rich moments from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Released: 18 April 1975 (UK)

🥂Happy Record Store Day 2026!
Happy RSD 2026 to everyone heading out early, digging through crates, supporting their local shops, and hunting down those long‑awaited exclusives.
@RSDUK

🎼No. 1 In Heaven – Album US
❇️Sparks
📅Apr 18, 1979
A landmark shift in Sparks’ sound, No. 1 In Heaven marked the duo’s bold leap into electronic music, created in collaboration with pioneering producer Giorgio Moroder.
The album was released in the UK on Mar 2 1979

📰 The Hoople - Just For The Record
A great early‑press moment from April 17, 1974: a Paterson News column reviewing Mott the Hoople’s new album The Hoople includes one of the earliest U.S. newspaper mentions of Queen, noting their upcoming Broadway run at the Uris Theater.

📰 Why Does He Like Dressing Up In Ladies Clothes? appeared as a one‑page article in Melody Maker on April 17, 1971, capturing the early press fascination with Bowie’s gender‑bending presentation during the pre‑Ziggy era. The piece framed his androgynous style…
🗞️ Melody Maker
📆 April 17 1971

📰 A full‑page New Musical Express “ALBUMS” section featuring multiple short reviews and artist spotlights. The headline reads “Cocker, Procol, Move, Rex double oldies”, with black‑and‑white photographs of Joe Cocker, Marc Bolan, Gary Brooker and others arranged alongside
📆 April 15, 1972
🗞️ NME

📰 Sweet Article:
A sharp, guitar‑focused Melody Maker feature capturing Andy Scott in full mid‑glam ascent, framed by the magazine’s trademark dense columns and gear‑heavy layout.
🗞️ Melody Maker
📆 April 15, 1972

Alice Cooper kicked off the spring “Alice’s Attic” tour with new guitarist Anna Cara, stepping in while Nita Strauss is on maternity leave. Anna made her live debut at the recent Vegas “Welcome To Our Nightmare” shows and now joins the full U.S. run. Big year ahead and a big new talent in the Attic