The stage setting is plain black with a Resident logo backdrop. Inside, Ben’s extensive drum kit in a sparkly white finish looks impressive on its own riser, house right. It’s worth arriving early to secure a good vantage point, and needless to say, both shows are fully sold out. I’m standing in a good-natured queue snaking around a labyrinth of tubular barriers in advance of the 5pm door time for the first of two shows. It’s a hot and sunny afternoon, and Brighton seafront is particularly busy. For the fans this is a rare opportunity to catch their heroes in a relatively intimate setting, and with almost everyone buying a copy of the album to gain entry, it’s a healthy quantity of extra sales too. On the Tuesday after release they’re back in Brighton, with two out-store shows for Resident at the 650 capacity Concorde 2. Established act or not, with the charts still weighted towards physical sales, that means a busy schedule of release-week shows for record shops. With the previous three all making number one in the UK charts, there’s an understandable enthusiasm to maintain that statistic. Nearly a decade on, the band has released their fourth album, ‘Back To The Water Below’ on 1st September 2023. Royal Blood at Concorde 2, Brighton 5.9.23 (5:00pm show) (pic Cris Watkins) ![]() The idea of a bass-led duo making a massive full-range rock sound seemed to chime with the public imagination, and their eponymously titled 2014 release was the fastest selling debut album for many years. ![]() Deals with Warner Music and management company Wildlife Entertainment followed. ![]() After a brief spell in Australia with an early lineup, they settled on the current core personnel of Mike Kerr on bass and vocals and Ben Thatcher on drums, and spent most of 2013 in Brighton Electric Studios developing their act. Royal Blood 5pm show review by Richie Nice:Īs a genuine stadium-filling act, Royal Bloodneeds little introduction, and being originally from Worthing, they are a shining example of a local band made good. ROYAL BLOOD – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 5.9.23 (5pm show + 7:30pm show)
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