Overview
- The announcement came in a short video posted to his social pages on Saturday, Aug. 22, in which Slade said he was retiring “with a heavy heart.”
- Slade said a small stroke about seven years ago has grown worse and that his advancing age has limited his ability to keep performing.
- A Welsh drummer with a roughly six‑decade career, Slade joined AC/DC in 1989, played on the 1990 album The Razor’s Edge, left in 1994, and rejoined the band in 2015 for the Rock or Bust tour.
- This summer he suffered a fall that badly injured his ribs and led to a hospital visit, a health setback that preceded his retirement announcement.
- Slade said he and his solo project, The Chris Slade Timeline, will post occasional updates on Facebook and he has been working on an autobiography as part of his post‑performing legacy.