The cosmic dancer who took a whispery hippie duo, plugged in the electricity, grew the curls, and accidentally invented glam rock overnight. One minute he’s a bongo-playing Tolkien elf called Tyrannosaurus Rex, strumming acoustic fairy tales about unicorns. The next he’s Marc Bolan in satin and glitter, getting it on straight to number one and turning every teenage bedroom in Britain into a shrine. The Glam Slam Essentials Electric Warrior (1971) – Album Release (1971) – UK #

A confirmed concert date from T. Rex’s early‑1971 UK run, performed during the rise of “Ride a White Swan” and days before the release of “Hot Love.”

March 20, 1977. On the final night of the Dandy Tour, Marc Bolan stood on a Portsmouth stage for the last time in the UK — glittering, grinning, and surrounded by the chaos of punk’s new heroes. The Damned crashed into “Get It On,” and for twenty minutes glam and punk became one unstoppable force. It was the end of an era, but Bolan made sure it ended in celebration.

Published in February 1976, this Record Mirror & Disc review covers T. Rex’s Lyceum concert, praising Marc Bolan’s showmanship, classic‑era hits, and theatrical staging — complete with a giant dry‑ice‑breathing dragon.

Published across Sounds and Record Mirror/Disc on February 28, 1976, these reviews capture T. Rex’s Lyceum Ballroom performance: a night of tight musicianship, heavy nostalgia, theatrical staging, and a Bolan who dazzles, frustrates, and fascinates in equal measure.

Bolan unplugged – the Electric Warrior opens up on BBC radio! Insight with Marc Bolan – two rare, intimate interviews broadcast on BBC Radio 1: Part One – 23 November 1975 (3:34) Presented by David “Diddy” Hamilton • Producer: Paul Williams Marc chats about Music Business, touring, and the changing scene. Part Two – 30 May 1976 (5:49) Presented by Anne Nightingale • Producer: Tony Hale Deeper dive – life after glam, new directions, and classic Bolan charm. Both originally air

Bolan's Glasgow Comeback Chaos The two-page feature in Sounds (February 2, 1974) reviewed T. Rex’s second night of their first tour in two years at Glasgow Apollo under the pseudonym Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow. It described a fan vaulting seats toward the stage, Marc Bolan rising from a glittering star-shaped podium, and the crowd’s piercing screams and chaos, including a power cut interruption, Bolan’s fall from the dais, and a guitar thrown into the audien

T.Rex’s "Truck Off Dates" , a one-page article in Music Scene Magazine , February 1, 1974.

Two shows, two energies, one glittering eruption of glam rock — Wembley ’72 remains the day T. Rex became myth.

A heavily promoted, highly anticipated T. Rex concert at Carnegie Hall becomes one of the most debated glam‑rock moments of 1972, drawing both ecstatic fans and a sharply critical New York Times review.