Royal Blood comment on that Radio 1 Big Weekend performance

Naman Ramachandran Elton John’s headlining set on Sunday night at Glastonbury Festival on BBC One received the biggest ever overnight audience for a Glastonbury performance, the broadcaster said. The performance, the 76-year-old legend’s last in the U.K., had a peak overnight audience of 7.6 million and an average of 7.3 million with a 48.9% share. It was also broadcast on BBC Radio 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Overall, 200,000 festival goers attended the concerts across different stages on Worthy Farm. On the BBC, a record 21.6 million people — 7% more than last year across linear TV — watched, with over 40 hours of linear programming available to audiences.

Lewis Capaldi‘s set at Glastonbury 2023 has been described as “amazingly powerful” by the mother of a teenager with Tourette’s.While onstage on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday (June 24), Capaldi was noticeably experiencing vocal difficulties, and exhibiting tics from his widely-publicised Tourette’s.Speaking to the PA, Laura Hummersone, whose 19-year-old son Harry has Tourette’s, said that the performance and visibility of the condition was “amazingly powerful” as the pair watched at home on TV.“Watching Lewis yesterday, in that moment, I think he did more for Tourette’s than any charity or education on the topic in all the times I’ve known about Tourette’s,” she said. “I was in tears.”She added: “[Capaldi] was openly ticing and my son tries to suppress his most of the time when he’s out, which means that when he comes home, he has these huge tic attacks where he can barely do anything.“Some of the tics that Lewis was doing were tics that my son does on a regular daily basis, jerking the head.”Hummersone went on to hail the “acceptance, tolerance, understanding, empathy and compassion which the crowd showed yesterday,” calling it “phenomenal”.“I wanted Harry to see the love from that crowd,” she added.

Elton John raised the roof at Glastonbury last night in what could be the Rocketman singer’s last ever performance, and he was watched by more than 7M viewers on the BBC.

The mother of a teenager with Tourette’s has said that Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury performance left her in tears because of the “amazingly powerful” impact it will have on raising awareness for the condition.

Lewis Capaldi has been praised by a mother of a teenager with Tourette's syndrome after his 'powerful' Glastonbury performance.

Glastonbury viewers hailed Lewis Capaldi as 'brave' after he struggled with ticks throughout his set on Saturday night (June 24).

Lewis Capaldi took to the stage today (June 24) for his set on the Pyramid Stage Glastonbury Festival but at one point, struggled with his voice.Recently, Capaldi cancelled all work commitments until his performance at Glastonbury in order to “rest and recover”.The singer released a statement on June 5 explaining that the last few months have been a lot for him and that it had taken a toll on him “both mentally and physically”.“This is a really difficult message and one that hurts me a lot to have to type, but I’m really sorry to say that I’m going to have to cancel all commitments from now until I play Glastonbury on June 24th,” Capaldi wrote.“It’s been such an incredible time leading into this new album, and seeing all of the support from everyone has been beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of,” he added. “That said, the last few months have been full on both mentally and physically, I haven’t been home properly since Christmas and at the moment I’m struggling to get to grips with it all.”He continued: “I need to take a moment to rest and recover, to be at my best and ready for Glastonbury and all of the other incredible shows coming up so that I’m able to continue doing what I love for a long time to come.

Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher wore an Arctic Monkeys shirt during his set at Glastonbury Festival today (June 23), returning the favour to Monkeys’ drummer Matt Helders, who sported a Royal Blood shirt during his own Glasto set back in 2013.Royal Blood took to the Pyramid Stage at Glasto 2023 this afternoon, in the slot between Foo Fighters – who were revealed to be mystery band The Churnups – and headliners Arctic Monkeys.Back in 2013, Arctic Monkeys drummer Helders wore a Royal Blood t-shirt during their Glastonbury headline set. To return the gesture, Thatcher took to the stage in an Arctic Monkeys t-shirt 10 years later.ICONIC— Wanting FSG OUT #FSGOUT (@Lpool_5843) June 23, 2023Royal Blood opened with ‘Out Of The Black’, also performing tracks including ‘Come On Over’, ‘Boilermaker’, ‘Lights Out’, ‘Mountains At Midnight’ and more.The band, however did not address the moment their annoyed reaction to the crowd at Radio One’s Big Weekend that went viral recently.“I guess I should actually introduce ourselves seeing as no-one actually knows who we are,” frontman Mike Kerr told the crowd last month.

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A Leeds woman was left stunned when she heard her boyfriend’s voice live on the radio asking her to marry him. Becky Horner, 40, was told at the start of the week that she had been chosen to play one of the regular phone-in games on BBC Radio 1’s breakfast show on Friday (June 9). The sales worker, from Middleton, had to sing along to a novelty tune with DJ Greg James in order to win gig tickets.

Royal Blood was a last-minute addition to BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend music festival, and the rock duo made quite the impression on the crowd.

Lewis Capaldi has made the "difficult" decision to cancel all his upcoming shows to ensure he is "at his best" for his performance at Glastonbury on June 24.

Lewis Capaldi yesterday announced he is cancelling all of his current commitments ahead of a performance at the Glastonbury Festival later this month, which includes scheduled shows in Leeds, Glasgow and London, and a planned set at the Norwegian festival Neon.The musician said he needed some time away from the spotlight to “rest and recover” and “to be at my best and ready for Glastonbury”.A statement on social media read: “This is a really difficult message, and one that hurts me a lot to have to type, but I’m really sorry to say that I’m going to have to cancel all commitments from now until I play Glastonbury on 24 Jun”.“It’s been such an incredible time leading into this new album, and seeing all of the support from everyone has been beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of”, he went on. “That said, the last few months have been full on both mentally and physically, I haven’t been home properly since Christmas and at the moment I’m struggling to get to grips with it all”.“I need to take a moment to rest and recover”, he then confirmed, “[in order] to be at my best and ready for Glastonbury and all of the other incredible shows coming up so that I’m able to continue doing what I love for a long time to come.

Royal Blood have spoken out after criticising their audience at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend last month.The Brighton duo — comprised of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher — made headlines last month after their set in Dundee, when the frontman criticised the crowd for not engaging enough with their set, before eventually throwing down his guitar and walking off the stage holding his middle finger to the audience.The show took place at Camperdown Park in Dundee as part of Radio One’s annual festival on May 28, and Kerr’s visible frustration with the crowd escalated as the set progressed.“Who likes rock music?” he asked the crowd, only receiving a small cheer. “Nine people.

Lewis Capaldi covered Taylor Swift‘s ‘Love Story’ for the second time at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend – check out the new performance below.The Scottish singer’s first performance of the classic hit came during a surprise turn at a 1975 show in Newcastle back in January.At the weekend, Capaldi once again took on a version of ‘Love Story’ during his performance at the Dundee event.During his set, he transitioned from his own song ‘Before You Go’ into an acoustic version of Swift’s hit.Watch the performance below.Before You Go / Love Story is a combo i did not know i needed until now #lewiscapaldilive #lewiscapaldi #foryoupage #bigweekend #taylorswifttok ♬ original sound – Cheaper Than Therapy Elsewhere, Capaldi has announced a “super intimate” Reading & Leeds warm-up show. The singer-songwriter, who released his second album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ this month (May 19), is due to headline the Main Stage West at the dual event this August.Now, it’s been confirmed that Capaldi will play a tiny gig at The Wardrobe in Leeds on June 6 with support from James Marriott.Capaldi’s forthcoming performance at the 400-capacity Leeds venue follows his 2023 UK and Ireland arena tour, which took place in January and February.Capaldi will top the bill at Reading & Leeds on Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27, respectively.

Royal Blood have announced a series of North American tour dates set to take place later this year.The shows will be in support of their recently announced album ‘Back To The Water Below’, which is set for release on September 8.Split into two parts, the first leg of the tour will see the duo venture to New Jersey’s Sea.Hear.Now festival on September 16 to kick off the live dates. From there they will make stops in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and more, before wrapping up in New York on October 3, supported by Bad Nerves.For the second part of the North American tour, Royal Blood — comprised of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher — will head to Los Angeles for a show at The Wiltern on November 9.

British rock band Royal Blood couldn’t stomach their lukewarm reception at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend.

Royal Blood singer Mike Kerr has come under fire for branding the crowd “pathetic” and departing the show with his middle fingers in the air after performing at BBC Radio 1’s 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.

Royal Blood becoming annoyed with the crowd at Radio One’s Big Weekend has gone viral, sparking a variety of reactions.The duo performed yesterday (May 28) at Camperdown Park in Dundee as part of Radio One’s annual festival, where they weren’t too impressed with how the crowd reacted to them.“I guess I should actually introduce ourselves seeing as no-one actually knows who we are,” frontman Mike Kerr said at the beginning of the clip. “We’re called Royal Blood and this is rock music.“Who likes rock music?” he asked the crowd, getting a small cheer.