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Rock band Royal Blood have come under fire for criticising the crowd and storming off stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.

Royal Blood becoming annoyed with the crowd at Radio One’s Big Weekend has gone viral, sparking a variety of reactions.The duo performed yesterday (May 28) at Camperdown Park in Dundee as part of Radio One’s annual festival, where they weren’t too impressed with how the crowd reacted to them.“I guess I should actually introduce ourselves seeing as no-one actually knows who we are,” frontman Mike Kerr said at the beginning of the clip. “We’re called Royal Blood and this is rock music.“Who likes rock music?” he asked the crowd, getting a small cheer.

Royal Blood have announced details of a UK and Ireland headline tour for later this year – see dates below and get ticket details here.The duo are set to release new album ‘Back To The Water Below’ on September 8, and they announced the album this week with the release of new single ‘Mountains At Midnight’.The October shows come after a series of summer gigs including stadium shows in support of Muse and a host of festival shows.The headline tour begins on October 20 at Manchester’s O2 Apollo, running for 10 days and finishing in Dublin at the Olympia Theatre.General sale tickets for the gigs go on sale on Friday, June 2 at 9am BST – you can buy yours here.MAY 202327 – Plymouth, Home Park (with Muse)28 – Dundee, BBC Radio 1’s Big WeekendJUNE 202320 – Huddersfield, John Smith’s Stadium (with Muse)21-25 – Glastonbury Festival25 – Milton Keynes Bowl (with Muse)JULY 20239 – Glasgow, TRNSMT Festival23 – Oxford, Truck Festival27-30 – Kendal, Kendal Calling28-30 – Derbyshire, Y NOT? Festival29 – Brighton, BeachOCTOBER 202320 – Manchester, O2 Apollo22 – Stockton, Globe24 – London, Eventim Apollo25 – Liverpool, Uni The Mountford Hall26 – Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls27 – Portsmouth, Guildhall29 – Belfast, The Telegraph Building30 – Dublin, 3Olympia TheatreDiscussing the follow-up to 2021 album ‘Typhoons’ in a new interview with NME, frontman Mike Kerr revealed how playing live again after the pandemic informed the sound of the album.“We got to go on tour and that process of going back out on the road was what really brought us back to life,” he said. “The mantra for the band has always been that playing live is the reason we exist.

Royal Blood have returned with heavy new single ‘Mountains At Midnight’ and details of fourth album ‘Back To The Water Below’. Check them out below, along with our interview with frontman Mike Kerr.Following on from their acclaimed third album ‘Typhoons’ from 2021, the Brighton rock duo of Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher will release the self-produced ‘Back To The Water Below’ on September 8 – with the first taster arriving in the form of the pummelling back-to-basics single ‘Mountains At Midnight’.“It’s always about getting people’s attention, and songs of this nature seem to be rare,” Kerr told NME.

Royal Blood have announced two intimate warm-up shows ahead of their upcoming UK and European tour.The shows will take place at Nottingham’s Rock City on May 26 and Newcastle’s O2 City Hall on June 21 – giving fans the chance to see the band in a more intimate setting before they play a series of festivals and stadium support slots with Muse this summer.Both of the newly announced venues have a capacity of approximately 2,000, with tickets on sale on sale from 10am this Thursday (April 6) and available here.The duo – which is comprised of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher – will then embark on a series of live performances throughout the UK and Europe throughout the summer. This includes appearances at festivals including Glastonbury and TRNSMT, as well as headline slots at Truck, Kendal Calling and Y Not festival.Alongside a number of headline appearances, including a homecoming event at Brighton’s On The Beach show in July, Royal Blood will also be performing as special guests for Muse during their run of UK tour dates.The rock duo will support Matt Bellamy and co at stadium performances in Plymouth, Huddersfield and Milton Keynes.

Royal Blood have announced a run of rescheduled UK tour dates and have cancelled a show in Paris – find out more below.The Brighton duo were forced to postpone shows in Leeds (April 1), Manchester (2), Glasgow (3), Dublin (5) and Paris (7) last week after frontman Mike Kerr tested positive for COVID-19.Today (April 4), Royal Blood have announced new dates for three of the UK shows, with them now set to take place next week. The Glasgow gig will now happen on April 10, followed by Manchester on the 11, and Leeds on the 12.An announcement regarding the rescheduling of the band’s Dublin 3 Arena show is said to be coming later this week.

Rock duo Royal Blood's Saturday night date at Manchester's AO Arena has been postponed after frontman Mike Kerr tested positive for Covid, it's been confirmed. In a social media announcement, Kerr said he 'cannot sing a single note' following a gig on Wednesday night at the O2 Arena in London.

Royal Blood have postponed their upcoming tour dates in the UK, Ireland and France after frontman Mike Kerr tested positive for COVID-19.The two-piece played the sixth show of their latest UK tour in London last night (March 30), and had been due to perform next in Leeds tomorrow (April 1).In a statement shared on their social media channels this afternoon (March 31), Kerr confirmed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 following last night’s London gig.“I’m heartbroken to write this, but despite being fully protected and taking precautions, I have tested positive for COVID following last night’s show at The O2,” he wrote.“This morning I’ve woken up to discover I have lost my voice. Unfortunately, this isn’t something I can ‘power through’, I currently cannot sing a single note.

recent surprise single ‘Honeybrains‘, Royal Blood have spoken to NME about how fans should expect more “instinctive” new music as they keep on writing through their current “gimmick-free” arena tour.The Brighton rock duo shared the first taster of new music since their dance-indebted 2021 album ‘Typhoons‘ last week, when they released ‘Honeybrains’ to celebrate the start of the new leg of live dates through the UK and Europe.Speaking to NME, frontman Mike Kerr revealed that the song came about quickly and was only first demoed a month ago.“I’ve been in living in New York and trying to get my teeth into new ideas,” said Kerr. “I’ve been writing ever since we finished our last UK show in Brighton [in September 2021].

Royal Blood have announced that they’ll be heading out on a North American tour in 2022 – see the full list of dates below.The run of dates, which are set to start in Toronto on April 18 and end on May 24 in Boston, will be in support of the Brighton band’s latest album, ‘Typhoons’, which was released back in April.Sharing the news on Instagram, Royal Blood – comprising frontman Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher – wrote: “Delighted and thrilled to the core to announce our tour of North America in 2022! We cannot wait to be reunited with you all.”The pair added that fans on their mailing list will be given access to pre-sale tickets that go on sale at 10am local time on Wed (December 1).

Royal Blood have unleashed a quirky new video for their latest single, ‘Hold On’ – you can watch it below.The Brighton rock duo’s new track is taken from their third album ‘Typhoons’, which topped the UK album chart earlier this year with the biggest opening week for a British act in 2021.Speaking about ‘Hold On’ in a track-by-track breakdown with NME, frontman Mike Kerr said: “I think it was the first time I had written a song for someone else, who was going through a really difficult time. Like most of our songs, it started with the main riff, and I think it was the first time I’ve stumbled across a riff that felt really positive and really euphoric.”He added: “I don’t think we have anything else like that.

Royal Blood have revealed what happened to the fan favourite live track ‘King’, which was roadtested along with recent single ‘Boilermaker’ but didn’t make it onto new album ‘Typhoons‘.‘King’ was one of two new songs first debuted on the band’s summer 2019 tour, becoming a firm favourite among fans – many of whom voiced their disappointment when it didn’t appear on the final tracklist of the record.

huge new album ‘Typhoons‘, Royal Blood talked NME through the origin, inspiration and making of each and every song on the record. Watch it in the video above.Gearing towards a sound more “euphoric, danceable and fun” allowed frontman Mike Kerr “a licence to be vulnerable, and confidence to be more revealing” – with a more colourful sound backing lyrics that detail his journey to sobriety after years of hedonism and the rock’n’ roll lifestyle took its toll.

Royal Blood have confirmed they’ll hit the road next year for their biggest UK tour to date.After teasing fans of the cities they’ll visit earlier this week, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher have now confirmed they’ll head out across March and April 2022 on a jaunt that will take in their biggest show to date at London’s O2 Arena.“Playing live is the DNA and sole purpose of our band,” said Royal Blood.  On stage with our fans is where we belong, and we cannot wait for this tour to be a reality!”You can check out the new dates in full, ahead of tickets going on general sale here from 9am on Friday, May 7th.MARCH 2022 25th – Bournemouth, International Centre 26th – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 27th – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena 29th – Nottingham,

Royal Blood frontman Mike Kerr has spoken out about the need to normalise the idea of sobriety – especially in the UK and the music industry.The duo were speaking to NME for the latest Big Read cover story, when Kerr opened up about how he got sober in 2019 after a period “destroying himself” through drink and drugs as a result of the heady lifestyle of touring.As well as discussing in-depth about his decision to go sober, Kerr also talked about the support and information that was available to him and how it should be made available for others.“There are people in my life now who have got sober, and now helping fucking crack addicts. It’s amazing,” Kerr told NME.

Royal Blood have talked about the experience of working with Josh Homme on their new single ‘Boilermaker’, describing the producer as being “just like this big kid having fun”.The duo were speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story when they explained how coming to work with the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman on the track – taken from their upcoming third album ‘Typhoons’ – always seemed like a good fit.“Having toured extensively with Queens, we became really good friends with them and I was lucky enough to feature on [Homme’s 2019 side project] ‘The Desert Sessions Vol 11/12‘,” frontman Mike Kerr told NME.

NME are giving Royal Blood fans the chance to win the drum kit played by drummer Ben Thatcher in their new video for ‘Typhoons’. See below for details and to enter the competition.Released last week, the video for the title track from their upcoming third album was directed by Quentin Deronzier (famed for his work with Drake and Kanye West) and sees frontman Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher playing around a whirlwind of fans beneath a stormy London skyline.“It’s pretty literal, but it was another way of demonstrating that violent and cyclical never-ending storm,” Kerr told NME.

Royal Blood have shared the video for new single and album title track ‘Typhoons’, a song that they say is about “being lost in your own thoughts”. Check out our video interview with frontman Mike Kerr above.After launching their third album with lead single ‘Trouble’s Coming‘, last week saw the Brighton rock duo share follow-up ‘Typhoons‘ – a track that sees Kerr face up to “dark spells” in his mind, and find a bright and hopeful route out.“With the subject matter of this song, it brought a lot of the themes of the record together,” Kerr told NME.

Royal Blood have shared their new single ‘Typhoons’ – you can listen to it below.The track was premiered on BBC Radio 1 this evening (January 21) as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In The World, and follows on from ‘Trouble’s Coming’ in previewing the duo’s forthcoming third album.Also titled ‘Typhoons’, the record will be released on April 30 via Warner. You can pre-order/pre-save it here and see its full tracklist below.‘Typhoons’ (the single) is streaming on digital platforms now, with a special 7” vinyl also available to pre-order.

Black Honey have shared a new track, ‘Run For Cover’, which singer Izzy B. Phillips hopes will inspire women to leave their boyfriends.The raucous new song was released today (September 18) and follows the Brighton band’s July single ‘Beaches‘.

Royal Blood have shared a mysterious photo of a vintage orange Ford vehicle with the licence plate “ROYAL” and the caption “24.09”.Although no further details are given, it suggests that new music could be on the horizon next week.The band’s Instagram account has also been updated with the photo and a new picture of the Brighton duo, comprised of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.Their last album ‘How Did We Get So Dark?’ was released three years ago and other than debuting two new tracks last summer and performing at Reading & Leeds Festival in 2019, the duo have been relatively quiet since.24.09 pic.twitter.com/GTcPxHYoLF— Royal Blood (@royalblooduk) September 17, 2020Earlier this summer, the pair took to Instagram to show support for the Black