royal blood

[FuzzyDunlop]

They were excellent last night in Manchester, but were only on for about an hour. The crowd were well up for it too.

We got ours on ticketmaster so it was only about £16 quid inc delivery, but if someone paid stubhub / viagogo prices for just an hour, they'd be particularly pissed off

[sjseabass]

I do agree with the criticisms of them on record but they really are something else live - Shaun Keaveny said on the Mercury Prize build-up program that they're almost like a circus act, you go along to marvel at the feat of producing that sound from two people rather than because they've written something ground-breaking.

Can't wait for their Portsmouth gig next week. It's gonna go off.

[dentalplan]

They were excellent last night in Manchester, but were only on for about an hour. The crowd were well up for it too.

We got ours on ticketmaster so it was only about £16 quid inc delivery, but if someone paid stubhub / viagogo prices for just an hour, they'd be particularly pissed off

I'd be surprised if people expected longer. We've discussed it in relation to what slot they'd get but they only have a half hour long album and it seems they chucked in a couple of B-sides too so they did well to fill an hour.

I do agree with the criticisms of them on record but they really are something else live - Shaun Keaveny said on the Mercury Prize build-up program that they're almost like a circus act, you go along to marvel at the feat of producing that sound from two people rather than because they've written something ground-breaking.

I do think they sound better live but I'd disagree about being wowed by it coming from two people. There have been rock duos doing the same things in popular music since the turn of the century. If people are still surprised by them not having more members then I guess it's testament to how wide an audience they've covered.

[kingcrawler]

Yeah I wasn't expecting more than an hour from them. Not sure how well adding more b-sides/covers into the set would have worked anyway as no one around me seemed bothered when they did You Want Me.

[DJL]

Except for the instruments I've no idea where the Royal Blood and DFA comparisons come from. One's a punk band and the other's pretty far from it.

I completely hear what you're saying, there are definitely clear differences - dfa are heavier and more punky, royal blood are 'poppier' and more rooted in blues rock. To me though the mood i would need to be in to want to listen to one is much the same as the other... something about the raw energy and slightly heavier music than i normally listen to. Makes sense to me anyway.

[Gucci Piggy]

DFA sound a lot more like DZ Deathrays than Royal Blood in terms of new 2 pieces.

[brettredmayne]

Given the comments today by David Grohl I think they may sub the foo fighters.

Would not be shocked to see them be the main support for the foo fighters tour

[kingcrawler]

Given the comments today by David Grohl I think they may sub the foo fighters.

Would not be shocked to see them be the main support for the foo fighters tour

Nah no chance they'll sub, they're not big enough for that yet. You're probably right about them supporting Foo's though.

[Gucci Piggy]

What did Grohl say? I'd say there's no chance of them subbing, or even supporting Foos.

[brettredmayne]

What did Grohl say? I'd say there's no chance of them subbing, or even supporting Foos.

http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/80949

[GlastoSimon]

Wouldn't be surprised if they supported them, maybe not as a main support act but it would make sense.

Sub-headlining is a huge step though, I wouldn't be surprised if they were at that sort of level on Other, rather than Pyramid.

[Gucci Piggy]

Haha sorry, thought I was on the Biffy thread. Wondered what was going on.

[TheSeventhOne]

Royal Blood have more in common with the banal dad rock of Them Crooked Vultures than DFA.

[dentalplan]

I agree that they have more in common with TCV, but not with their description.

[The 38 year old virgin]

Not sure if people have heard, but their show in Portsmouth is cancelled

[dentalplan]

What is it about these award shows that make bands ill?

Edited November 10, 2014 by dentalplan

[Mouseboy11]

Yeah cancelled the rest of their dates, was meant to be going to the Bierkeller one on Wednesday.

[Gaz_88]

As long as there fully fit for March and the Blackpool gig, couldn't imagine them in a bierkeller as they seem a bit rowdy for a venue like that

[rawaudioinput]

We are pleased to advise Royal Blood have rescheduled the 3 UK shows which were postponed this week due to ill health.

Friday 19th Dec - Bristol Bierkeller

Wednesday 7th Jan - Portsmouth Pyramids

Thursday 8th Jan - Oxford O2 Academy

All tickets remain valid for these shows. We wish to apologise to all ticket holders for any inconvenience caused.

Please contact the customer services at your point of purchase for any further assistance.

[brettredmayne]

Given the comments today by David Grohl I think they may sub the foo fighters.

Would not be shocked to see them be the main support for the foo fighters tour

Good call

[Matt42]

Reading exclusives so they are out

Bastille reading exclusives too so they are gone also.

[brettredmayne]

Reading exclusives so they are out

Bastille reading exclusives too so they are gone also.

Where does it say this

[justperfect]

Metallica have made a mockery of the term exclusive

[Matt42]

Where does it say this

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/15/150202l.shtml

Metallica have made a mockery of the term exclusive

well considering royal blood are booked up all of glasto weekend I think we can believe it this time.

[russycarps]

Unbelievably overrated band.

What could they offer different from last time they played anyway? It would be daft to book them this year.