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<p>Mike Kerr of Royal Blood onstage at BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2023</p>
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Royal Blood’s strop was pure entitlement – good crowds must be earned

Mike Kerr, the frontman of the British rock band, swore at the crowd during a bad-tempered set at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend. Live music is a two-way street, writes Louis Chilton, and Kerr should have known better than to expect automatic adulation

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