Royal Blood ‘meant no offence’ after swearing at Big Weekend crowd
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oyal Blood singer Mike Kerr has mentioned his sense of humour is “dry as MDF”, saying he “meant no offence” when he referred to as the gang “pathetic” and left along with his center fingers within the air after acting at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
The British rock duo carried out on the primary stage of the pageant in Dundee final Sunday in a slot between pop stars Niall Horan and Lewis Capaldi.
As the band got here to the top of their performing slot, frontman Kerr berated the viewers for his or her perceived lack of enthusiasm.
He has now mentioned he was “trying to make light of the situation”.
The band had been subsequently lambasted on-line for the behaviour.
The efficiency was from the BBC’s on-line protection however a video shared by The Rock Revival went viral on Twitter with greater than 18 million views and a lot of feedback.
Speaking to Greg James on his Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Kerr mentioned: “I’m amazed at how that escalated to that kind of size.
“Walking off from that show I felt I was being entertaining, in a way of trying to make light of the situation, perhaps I was doing a performance where I felt a little bit out of place.
“I expected to be a little bit bemused and maybe confuse a few people, but not to that kind of scale. [It was] pretty wild.”
Drummer Ben Thatcher mentioned: “It was a moment of madness that has gone out of control I think.
“We actually loved the gig. We love playing music, and we love doing what we do. So it has been a bit of a mad week to come out of this.”
Kerr continued: “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’.
“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.”
When James mentioned Kerr was dry in his humour, Kerr agreed, saying he was “dry as MDF”.
He mentioned he had watched the efficiency again, including: “When I’m in that zone there’s a part of my personality which only exists on stage.
“I can’t find any other context in which I’m that energised. I feel like I look different when I’m on stage.
“Offstage, I’m very quiet and sort of awkward.
“That’s why I love it, because there’s an energy to it. I guess it’s very easy to get sort of swept up in that energy and honestly, it’s quite fun and I don’t mean any offence.
“My intention is never to alienate anyone or anyone away.”
Asked if he needed share a message with the gang from Dundee, he mentioned: “My message is that I meant no offence. We look forward to coming back. And applause is optional.”