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Royal Blood frontman Mike Kerr berates Dundee crowd after lukewarm reaction, departs stage with middle fingers raised
Royal Blood frontman Mike Kerr may be in no hurry to play another show organised by UK radio station Radio 1, after the crowd at Sunday’s Big Weekend show in Dundee, Scotland, failed to greet to the band’s performance with acceptable levels of enthusiasm.
Royal Blood were booked to appear on a bill at Camperdown Country Park that also included pop icon Lewis Capaldi, alt-rockers Wet Leg, Nothing But Thieves and Inhaler, plus nu gen sensation Cassyette, but a compilation of footage uploaded to Twitter (below) reveals that the band’s seven-song set failed to win over the estimated 85,000 crowd.
At the beginning of the clip, Kerr addresses crowd. «I guess I should introduce ourselves, as no one knows who we are. We’re called Royal Blood, and this is rock music. Who likes rock music?”
After receiving a lukewarm response, responds, “Nine people. Brilliant.»
«We’re having to clap ourselves because that was so pathetic,» he says later, before addressing a camera man. «Will you clap for us? Will you clap? You’re busy. Can you clap? Yes, even he’s clapping. What does that say about you?»
At the climax of the set, Kerr slams his guitar to the ground before walking off, middle fingers raised in the direction of the audience, who are almost certainly more excited about Lewis Capaldi’s upcoming set of winsome pop classics than they are about Worthing’s premier riff-driven rock duo.
Last week Royal Blood released Mountains At Midnight, the first single from their upcoming fourth album Back to the Water Below.
«I think this record was about letting the ideas take us where they needed to go,» ays drummer Ben Thatcher. «If there was a song that was calling us to do something that wasn’t typically what we’re known for, that’s where we’re going to go. The songs are in charge and if that means having a record that’s quite varied that’s what we’re going to go for, rather than trying to shoehorn everything into the same world.
«As a result, we’ve made a record that’s a bit of a rollercoaster. It’s everything we could do.»
Back to the Water Below is released on September 8. The band are on tour throughout the year (dates below).
