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The Rest Is History

120. The Oil Weapon

The Rest Is History

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History

4.618.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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1973: Major oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia quadruple the price of oil overnight, sending the West (particularly the United Kingdom) into crisis. The face of 20th century geopolitics is permanently altered. Slade are Christmas number 1.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the rest of history. Now Tom, we have some very, very exciting news,

0:07.8

don't we?

0:08.8

Dominic, I think exciting, barely does it justice. We are going on a live tour. I mean,

0:13.7

the whole thing is so surreal, but basically we did two live shows, didn't we, in Clapham.

0:19.0

And they incredibly sold out in minutes. And there is, it seems, appetite for more.

0:23.5

So for those people who have not yet been to one of our live shows, we have a remarkable

0:27.0

approach, I think it's fair to say. So the first half, Tom sings Marilyn Monroe's greatest hits.

0:31.6

And in the second half, I do a PowerPoint presentation on British economic policy of the mid-1970s.

0:36.6

So it's an absolute riot, fun for all the family. I mean, there's absolutely nothing about that,

0:41.5

not to look forward to. It's also not true. It's honestly a lot more fun than that.

0:45.8

We will discuss exactly what we're going to do near at the time. But here's what you need to know.

0:50.0

There are going to be three dates. First of all, the 25th of April, we will be in London on the

0:55.9

West End at the Druery Lane Theatre, very surreal, Tom. We are taking over, I believe, from

1:01.6

Frozen. It's so surreal. And then on the 26th of April, we are going to Edinburgh,

1:06.9

Dasha Hall. So that would be brilliant. Very much so we forward to that, Tom. So Dominique,

1:10.5

a triumphant return for you 25 years since your one-star review, given by the Scotsman at the

1:15.8

Edinburgh Festival. But I tell the Scotsman comes this, give us more than one star.

1:18.8

All right. And it's fair to say I've got a few scores to settle with the Scotsman's theatre

1:22.3

critics. And finally, we will be finishing off on the 30th of April at the Lowry in Sulford

1:28.2

Greater Manchester. So Dominique, please tell me how, how can people get these absolutely

1:34.6

golden tickets? I'm gagging to tell you Tom. They are on sale right now. So go to restishistrypod.com

1:42.2

forward slash tour. That is www.restishistrypod.com slash tour. Now Dominique, Christmas is coming.

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