I'm a Slade fan but there's no way he could cut it for a full show, let alone a tour, now. Even by the end of 2016 he was pretty gassed. He would try to play some of the more upbeat songs like Let There Be Rock or Whole Lotta Rosie with those steady eighths as he did in 1991 but couldn't keep up. He nearly gave those songs a shuffle feel! Listen to basically any Rosie from the American run and you'll hear it. Let There Be Rock he'd switch to singles during the mid-section to give himself a rest. It really stood out to me at the Buffalo gig I attended.
Sure, they're all getting old but there's just something disconnected about Slade's playing now. I can't fault the guy for still doing his thing post-stroke, but the band certainly sounded tighter with Laug on the kit.