With a new album to play live, English rock band Royal Blood was ready to go when it launched its tour in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
Returning to the road after being stuck at home for nearly two years, the duo played a few successful gigs without incident. However, Royal Blood was forced to cancel a stop in Paris due to a trucker protest. Then they rescheduled dates in the UK and Dublin following a sold-out show at London’s O2 Arena due to bassist-vocalist Mike Kerr testing positive for COVID-19 and losing his voice.
“It’s been great to come back to work and be in our natural habitat again,” drummer Ben Thatcher said during a Zoom interview from his home in Brighton, England while Kerr was at his home in quarantine. Kerr has since fully recovered and the band was able to make up the rescheduled tour dates and are now heading out on the North American leg of the tour, which comes to The Novo at LA Live in Los Angles May 5, House of Blues Anaheim May 7 and Observatory North Park in San Diego May 8.
