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| Royal Blood: How not to win over a festival crowd | Royal Blood: How not to win over a festival crowd |
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| Royal Blood were a later addition to Radio 1's Big Weekend line-up | Royal Blood were a later addition to Radio 1's Big Weekend line-up |
| Chances are if you're heading to a music festival this summer you won't know every artist in the line-up. | Chances are if you're heading to a music festival this summer you won't know every artist in the line-up. |
| For many, one of the best things about the experience is discovering new music. | For many, one of the best things about the experience is discovering new music. |
| If you find yourself dancing along to a new act, not knowing all the words, you'd hope the artist wouldn't storm off stage angrily. | If you find yourself dancing along to a new act, not knowing all the words, you'd hope the artist wouldn't storm off stage angrily. |
| But that's exactly what Royal Blood's frontman is being accused of at their performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend. | But that's exactly what Royal Blood's frontman is being accused of at their performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend. |
| Mike Kerr swore at the crowd in Dundee. He labelled them "pathetic" for not knowing who the group were, and berated them for not being fans of rock music. | |
| The band's performance isn't available on BBC iPlayer but a video shared by The Rock Revival has over 20 million views on Twitter. | The band's performance isn't available on BBC iPlayer but a video shared by The Rock Revival has over 20 million views on Twitter. |
| Newsbeat has contacted Radio 1 and a representative for Royal Blood. | Newsbeat has contacted Radio 1 and a representative for Royal Blood. |
| Lots of fans have taken to social media to call out Royal Blood's "cringey" behaviour and say the band should've worked harder to win over the crowd. | Lots of fans have taken to social media to call out Royal Blood's "cringey" behaviour and say the band should've worked harder to win over the crowd. |
| They were on stage on Sunday before former One Direction star Niall Horan and Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi. | They were on stage on Sunday before former One Direction star Niall Horan and Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi. |
| And some people tweeted in defence of the band, with a few asking why they were placed between two huge pop acts. | And some people tweeted in defence of the band, with a few asking why they were placed between two huge pop acts. |
| 'Winning people over' | 'Winning people over' |
| Harrison Brocklehurst, a music journalist at The Tab, thinks Royal Blood's "immature behaviour" will really "backfire". | Harrison Brocklehurst, a music journalist at The Tab, thinks Royal Blood's "immature behaviour" will really "backfire". |
| He says it's important bands realise it's unlikely the crowd at festivals will be full of "diehard fans". | He says it's important bands realise it's unlikely the crowd at festivals will be full of "diehard fans". |
| Emma Linton, a BBC Introducing presenter for Cumbria, was in the crowd and doesn't think there was a "lack of energy". | Emma Linton, a BBC Introducing presenter for Cumbria, was in the crowd and doesn't think there was a "lack of energy". |
| "People maybe didn't know the songs and I think there were people there that were fans," she told BBC Radio 5 Live. | "People maybe didn't know the songs and I think there were people there that were fans," she told BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| "And there were people singing along - me being one of them - but I think it was not necessarily a crowd that were destined to be super fans, especially because Lewis Capaldi and Niall Horan were after them." | "And there were people singing along - me being one of them - but I think it was not necessarily a crowd that were destined to be super fans, especially because Lewis Capaldi and Niall Horan were after them." |
| Tibasko enjoy playing to new audiences at festivals | Tibasko enjoy playing to new audiences at festivals |
| Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande also thinks that festivals are very different to when you are doing your own show. | Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande also thinks that festivals are very different to when you are doing your own show. |
| "I assume usually at a festival that no-one knows who you are," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. | "I assume usually at a festival that no-one knows who you are," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. |
| For Emeli, it's more of a case of "winning people over" and explaining who you are, if people haven't heard your songs. | For Emeli, it's more of a case of "winning people over" and explaining who you are, if people haven't heard your songs. |
| But what is the best way to get a crowd on side, if they don't know who you are? | But what is the best way to get a crowd on side, if they don't know who you are? |
| In pictures: BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Dundee | In pictures: BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Dundee |
| Esports degree more than just a game - Fifa pro | Esports degree more than just a game - Fifa pro |
| Rappers ready to 'rep’ South Asians at Big Weekend | Rappers ready to 'rep’ South Asians at Big Weekend |
| Tibasko, who performed on the BBC Music Introducing stage at Camperdown Park in Dundee, say they love the "challenge" of "winning over new fans". | Tibasko, who performed on the BBC Music Introducing stage at Camperdown Park in Dundee, say they love the "challenge" of "winning over new fans". |
| "When we're DJing we like to spot these little of pockets of people who aren't dancing too much and see what we can do to make them dance," they say. | "When we're DJing we like to spot these little of pockets of people who aren't dancing too much and see what we can do to make them dance," they say. |
| For Tibasko's Andy Bowden, there's nothing as fulfilling as when you see someone who starts the set "a little bit confused" but ends it dancing away in the front row. | For Tibasko's Andy Bowden, there's nothing as fulfilling as when you see someone who starts the set "a little bit confused" but ends it dancing away in the front row. |
| And his bandmate Ken Petalcorin agrees that Royal Blood have missed an opportunity to "persuade some new fans to check out their music". | And his bandmate Ken Petalcorin agrees that Royal Blood have missed an opportunity to "persuade some new fans to check out their music". |
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| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Live music | Live music |
| Radio 1's Big Weekend | Radio 1's Big Weekend |
| Music festivals | Music festivals |
| Music | Music |
| Dundee | Dundee |
| Royal Blood | Royal Blood |
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