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Royal Blood bursting with excitement over ‘wild’ Glastonbury set after Big Weekend uproar-Emily Bashforth-Entertainment – Metro
They branded the crowd ‘pathetic’ at Big Weekend.
Royal Blood’s set went down a treat at Glastonbury (Picture: Matt Higgs/Backgrid)
Royal Blood appeared appreciative of the crowd at their Glastonbury Pyramid stage performance, after Mike Kerr previously apologised for his ‘dry’ humour onstage.
The British rock duo performed a selection of their hits on Friday ahead of headliners Arctic Monkeys.
Drummer Ben Thatcher appeared wearing a black Arctic Monkeys vest, in a nod to the Sheffield rockers, and later patrolled the stage geeing up the crowds.
After kicking off with hit songs including Out Of The Black and Come On Over, Kerr told crowds: ‘Thank you so much, this is f*****g insane right now, oh my God what’s going on?’
Towards the end of the set, he added: ‘Thank you so much Glastonbury, I have to tell you never in our wildest dreams did we ever think we’d get to do shit like this.
‘My mind has been melting for the past 53 minutes or however long we’ve been playing for – this is truly f*****g wild, thank you so much.’
The duo took to the stage after Foo Fighters’ surprise set (Picture: Matt Higgs/Backgrid)
It comes after Kerr faced an online backlash over his behaviour onstage during a show at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend earlier this month.
The singer had called the audience ‘pathetic’ and left with his middle fingers in the air as he departed the stage, having previously berated them for their perceived lack of enthusiasm.
‘I guess I should introduce ourselves seeing as no one actually knows who we are.
‘We’re called Royal Blood and this is rock music.
‘Who likes rock music? Nine people, brilliant,’ he said.
And they didn’t rip into the crowd this time! (Picture: Matt Higgs/Backgrid)
Royal Blood came under fire after blasting the ‘pathetic’ Big Weekend crowd (Picture: Matt Higgs/Backgrid)
The performance was from the BBC’s online coverage, but a video shared by The Rock Revival went viral on Twitter with more than 18million views and a number of comments.
Kerr later said he had meant ‘no offence’ by his remarks and that his sense of humour was ‘dry as MDF’.
‘It was somewhat of a blip on my part, because it would have taken me three minutes to think, “Maybe these people don’t know who you are”,’ he said, speaking to Greg James on his Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
‘But I wasn’t going through that thought process. I was very pumped backstage and I actually really enjoyed playing, I had a great time.
‘The ending to me, I felt like a sort of pro wrestler. I was walking off like a sort of pantomime villain, I didn’t feel like I’d done anything morally wrong.
‘I felt like a bit of a wind-up. Honestly, that’s kind of how I felt.’
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