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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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James Rodger & Jenna Campbell

Royal Blood slammed for calling crowd 'pathetic' during BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend

Rock band Royal Blood have come under fire for criticising the crowd and storming off stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.

The Figure It Out hitmakers were performing in Dundee as part of the two-day festival, which also featured acts including singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi, Manchester band The 1975, and pop stars Niall Horan and Zara Larsson. However, towards the end of their performance, the band began mocking the audience for their lack of enthusiasm reports Birmingham Live.

"Well I guess I should introduce us because nobody knows who we are," frontman Mike Kerr said. "We are Royal Blood and this is rock music. Who likes rock music? Nine people. Brilliant. This is Ben Thatcher - he plays drums - everybody say hi to Ben."

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