Perhaps the only thing more unattractive than entitlement is vocalising your entitlement while insulting the people you claim should love you. This rather unique scenario unfolded in Dundee this past weekend, and, as luck should have it, it was filmed in high definition.
The internet not only allows these transgressions to go viral, but petrifies them, making permanent moments that would, in yesteryear, have never escaped the small circles unfortunate enough to witness them in person. Occasionally, I feel for the perpetrators, having to relive the embarrassment of teenage tweets or never being able to escape that drunken video from that night they can’t remember. In the case of Royal Blood, I don’t have much sympathy. During their set, the duo’s lead singer Mike Kerr decided to try and get to know the thousands of paying customers in front of them – and, well, it went downhill from there. “I guess I should introduce ourselves seeing as no one actually knows who we are,” he began. “We’re called Royal Blood and this is rock music. Who likes rock music? Nine people, brilliant.” It was then the time to introduce the drummer, Ben Thatcher, who proceeded to perform a strange stunt of swigging tequila, and then blowing it up into the air, like some sort of patron-breathing dragon. It was as cool as it sounds. Rock n’ roll, baby.Royal Blood making their feelings known about the crowd at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend yesterday 😂
pic.twitter.com/Meh6GZnByJ — The Rock Revival (@TheRockRevival_) May 29, 2023

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for KROQ)
