Mike Kerr, lead singer of Royal Blood, was outraged by lukewarm crowd at Radio One’s Big Weekend festival
Mike Kerrbassist and vocalist of royal blooddid not approve of the audience that received him at the festival Radio One’s Big Weekend, in Scotland. The musician spoke with irony when introducing his own band and left the stage making offensive gestures to the audience.
The duo’s show took place last Sunday, the 28th, and seems not to have excited anyone who was watching. “I guess I should introduce ourselves, considering nobody here seems to know who we are. royal blood and this here is rock,” Kerr stated.
as pointing by NMEone of the factors that may have led to public apathy was the majority presence of fans of Niall Horanpop attraction that would perform next.
The vocalist continued to tease and asked: “Who likes rock music?”. After a cold reaction from the audience, he added: “Nine people. Brilliant.” At another point in the show, Kerr stated, “We need to clap our hands to ourselves because that was so pathetic. [Em direção ao cameraman] Will you applaud us? Are you busy? Can you clap? Yes, even he did it. What does that say about you?”
At the end of the presentation, Mike dropped the bass and left the stage giving the audience the middle finger. The reaction divided opinion on the internet. Check out:
Royal Blood making their feelings known about the crowd at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend yesterday 😂
—The Rock Revival (@TheRockRevival_) May 29, 2023
Source: Rollingstone
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