Royal Blood Manchester Ritz SOLD OUT 02.11.2014
This year my ears were well and truly pricked by one new band they are the only new band that resembled an early sound incarnation of 'Muse'.
I'd heard 'Come On Over' and 'Figure It Out' and I'd found bliss basically,hailing from 'Brighton' (Yes its also a coastal town) with Mike Kerr on vocals and Benji on drums,they are a duo to be reckoned with with a mighty wall of sound.
Tickets for this show were 'Gold Dust' and even I had trouble bagging one,but fate shone and here we are,I arrived early expecting a handful of fans ,no one actually arrived til 1'O Clock it was a sunday and I'm reliably informed by tour manager that they the band have actually gone to watch the Manchester Derby at Etihad (Man U Vs Man City) so they wont be here until at least another 3 hours for soundcheck.
I meet and chat with the crew and later some more fans arrive who were as passionate as me about the band's exciting sound,I've never got so quickly into a new band as these guys I can tell you.
Doors Open at 7pm support is at 8'O clock from 'Turbowolf' a band with a stage act reminiscent of 'Frank Zappa' colliding with 'The Darkness', singer is extremely hyper leaping up and down playing keyboards and zipping around moshing in rock star fashion.
By 9.15pm the main act finally walk onto the stage,'Benji' walks over to his drum kit on the right and 'Mike' picks up his bass guitar and to start with 'Hole' the crowd go wild & he stands tall wearing Black t-shirt and Black jeans,'Benji' on the drums is a sight to behold he's an excellent drummer to watch,only a few are really but tonight he's living the dream!!.
Next up the awesome single 'Come On Over' and I'm in my element now ,it feels like a bigger venue than it actually is the crowd are roaring the roof is blown off 'The Ritz' tonight,this is followed by another album track and then 'Figure It Out',the crowd are getting a little over excited and loving it as am I ,in fact I can't stop whooing and shrieking, Its Rock chic hysteria time folks!! the next few songs in is another favourite 'Little Monster' the first song to make me decide I had to see the band live.
I'd waited all year to see them play live so when the album came out I was ready,I was anticipating a show to match the euphoria and tonight that is what I got,these guys will be massive soon,already nominated for a 'Mercury Music Prize' and with a Debut No1 album going straight in at the top it's easy to see how important this band could be for Rock music,Rock is not dead it's well and truly resurrected for the younger generation in the form of 'Royal Blood'.
They only played for 55 minutes they showcased new single 'Ten Tonne Skeleton' with the Wah Wah effect pedals they simply dominate the small stage,next up 'Loose Change' and it's getting sweaty we have a few male crowd surfers in the house and they ended with 'Out Of The Black'.
I Managed to catch up with 'Mike' after the set to tell him of my excitement for the bands music,and I said to him that "I hope that you will come back to Manchester soon as its not on the tour schedule next year
" he replied that "We try to play everywhere we can I'm sure that we will " he seemed shy about the attention and glady posed for fans pics and Signatures,he then went over to the tour bus to possibly get some sleep rumour has it next morning the tour bus got a parking ticket for being on double yellow lines early morning,welcome to Manchester lads bless ha.
I met some great friends at the show and had such a great night it was hard to come back down the next day,I hope to catch up with them all next year all being well as 2015 is going to be #Busy #Hectic #SubjectToChange.
Til Not Long from now Rock-Out !!
LMi x
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