[Music] Royal Blood ... Banging the drum.

[Mellotron]

I imagine our BHA supporting drummer was quietly mortified.

I feel bad for Ben. Didn't say anything yet has got torrents of abuse online.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Load of fuss about nothing. The joys of a social media age. Looking forward to the gig on the beach this summer.

 

[Arthur]

Not a good look. I imagine our BHA supporting drummer was quietly mortified.

And gobbing expensive tequila everywhere is a good look?

I'm sure neither of them give a flying what anyone thinks about their outburst. They've got a hell of a summer coming up and a new album out. No such thing as bad publicity and all that.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Mike's tongue is permanently in his cheek when on stage - clearly in a shit mood that day and it came out badly. He didn't call the crowd pathetic (as has been misquoted by BBC and other outlets) - it's not unusual for band to ask for a response and then give a "is that all you got?' - encouraging a greater response. However, as I said he didn't seem in the right frame of mind so it came out completely wrong.

Re: poshness, neither of them are posh or "from money" at all. I think Mike affects a bit of a voice sometimes onstage, a la Alex Turner.

My understanding is he's doing an interview with Greg James at some point soon.

Not sure about that:

"We're having to clap ourselves because that was so pathetic. Well done Ben"

"Can you [directed at cameraman] clap? Even he's clapping – what does that say about you [addresses audience]?"

I would understand if his 'banter' was met with silence, but it wasn't. And, if the crowd isn't with you as much as you would like, surely it's the job of the performer(s) to get them onside?

 

[Mellotron]

Not sure about that:

"We're having to clap ourselves because that was so pathetic. Well done Ben"

"Can you [directed at cameraman] clap? Even he's clapping – what does that say about you [addresses audience]?"

I would understand if his 'banter' was met with silence, but it wasn't. And, if the crowd isn't with you as much as you would like, surely it's the job of the performer(s) to get them onside?

Again - clearly wasn’t well delivered or judged, but he was saying the response to the drum solo was pathetic. He never said the crowd was pathetic but that is exactly how it has been mis-reported.

Again you will often get bands saying something like that with the intent to draw a bigger reaction - the way he delivered it was the problem.

And yeah. Definitely misjudged that last bit. He is from the Alex Turner school usually though of basically never being serious - seen their humour fly over American interviewers heads many, many times.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Again - clearly wasn’t well delivered or judged, but he was saying the response to the drum solo was pathetic. He never said the crowd was pathetic but that is exactly how it has been mis-reported.

Again you will often get bands saying something like that with the intent to draw a bigger reaction - the way he delivered it was the problem.

And yeah. Definitely misjudged that last bit. He is from the Alex Turner school usually though of basically never being serious - seen their humour fly over American interviewers heads many, many times.

If the crowd was responding (or not) to the drum solo, he's calling the crowd pathetic, no? No mis-reporting there, I've seen the video!

If he wasn't happy with it – or his ego needed it – why not say something like 'Surely you can do better than that?' and the crowd might/would respond accordingly?

 

[Mellotron]

If the crowd was responding (or not) to the drum solo, he's calling the crowd pathetic, no? No mis-reporting there, I've seen the video!

If he wasn't happy with it – or his ego needed it – why not say something like 'Surely you can do better than that?' and the crowd might/would respond accordingly?

You’re right, he could’ve worded it better.

Perhaps it’s just semantics but he referred to their specific reaction to a certain moment as pathetic, not the crowd itself as a general whole. I think there’s a big difference.

Eg - me to my son;

“That throw was pathetic”
vs
“You are pathetic”

 

[pearl]

I feel bad for Ben. Didn't say anything yet has got torrents of abuse online.

Sorry to hear that. Torrents of abuse from people who weren't even there no doubt

 

[pearl]

It’s not exactly Burnley, Middlesbrough or Newhaven It’s posh.

Read twitter tweet (?) that described Mike Kerr as having "Waitrose" accent.
Appealed to my juvenile sense of humour.

 

[BadFish]

No such thing as bad publicity. Having a strop while playing at a big gig probably won't hurt too much.

There was a time the world found this sort of thing funny. Now we tut over our lattes and clutch our pearls on social media.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Good article on the singer about giving up drinking a couple of years back.

https://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/journal/fashion/royal-blood-singer-mike-kerr-recovery-sobriety-interview-1889860

 

[pearl]

Good article on the singer about giving up drinking a couple of years back.

https://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/journal/fashion/royal-blood-singer-mike-kerr-recovery-sobriety-interview-1889860

Oh well if the band goes tits up he could always take up modeling

 

[AmexRuislip]

Mike's tongue is permanently in his cheek

A bit like Jamie Oliver

 

[KZNSeagull]

They are on Jools Holland tonight

 

[Dougie]

They are on Jools Holland tonight

They were good and no tantrums.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Oh well if the band goes tits up he could always take up modeling

I read your post, looked at the picture below too quickly, and though "As long as he doesn't end up marrying Paul McCartney."

 

[pearl]

I read your post, looked at the picture below too quickly, and though "As long as he doesn't end up marrying Paul McCartney."

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He was going to train as a chef, so .... if he did marry Paul McCartney they could open a cafe on Hove seafront .... maybe?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

He was going to train as a chef, so .... if he did marry Paul McCartney they could open a cafe on Hove seafront .... maybe?

Anything is possible when you're footloose and fancy free.

That's enough feeble Heather Mills jokes. I'm off for a lovely cycle

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

They were good and no tantrums.

Rock stars are so boring these days.