With the 1973 No 1 back in the charts, Slade’s original frontman chats sideburns, custard pies and royalties
![‘Everybody wants to know how much I make’: Noddy Holder on Merry Xmas Everybody](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9b0430a64391c1cc4c9498069e1ef396dba80ffc/31_156_3339_2004/master/3339.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=250f2d15ed424fdbb36a2e74d2985aca)
I’m about halfway through my interview with Noddy Holder – as in Slade’s “It’s Chrissstmass” Noddy Holder – and I really need to ask him that question. Except, isn’t it a bit rude? A man’s finances are his own personal kingdom …
“I bet I know what you’re going to ask,” laughs Holder. “You’re going to ask me … how much money do I make each year? Everybody wants to know how much money we make!”
A day doesn’t go by without someone shouting ‘It’s Chrisssstmass!’ at me at the top of their voice