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Royal Blood have scored their third consecutive UK Number One album with ‘Typhoons’ and have claimed the biggest opening week for a British act in 2021.The Brighton rockers’ new album, which arrived last week (April 30), debuted at the top spot with over 32,000 chart sales – 24,000 of which were physical copies.In addition, the duo – who also had the most digital downloads of the week – outsold the rest of the Top Five combined and claimed the biggest opening week for a British act in 2021 so

Congratulations to Royal Blood, who earn their third Number 1 album with Typhoons.

Wolf Alice, Ed Sheeran and Royal Blood are among the artists who will record brand new performances for Radio 1’s Big Weekend of Live Music 2021.This year’s Big Weekend festival will take place online for the second consecutive year due to coronavirus-enforced restrictions, and will run on BBC Radio 1, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds from May 28-31.Radio 1 have today (May 6) confirmed eight big-name artists who will record new performances “from very special locations” for this year’s Big Weekend,

Holly Hagan was gutted she had to postpone her dream wedding to fiancee Jacob Blyth last year. But she's dound the perfect solution - planning two weddings, one in Ibiza and one in the UK.The reality star, 28, who swears by this £5 blurring powder for fixing her shiny gym skin, spoke out about her double wedding plans on her Instagram story during a Q&A with her fans.

Royal Blood are currently outselling the rest of the Top Five in this week’s race for the top of the Official UK Albums Chart.The Brighton duo released their third album ‘Typhoons’ last week (April 30) and are leading the pack of new releases in today’s (May 4) chart update.The record has been both the most physically purchased and downloaded album over the Bank Holiday weekend, making more chart sales than new albums by the likes of The Coral and Birdy, as well as a Pink Floyd live album and a

Royal Blood have revealed what happened to the fan favourite live track ‘King’, which was roadtested along with recent single ‘Boilermaker’ but didn’t make it onto new album ‘Typhoons‘.‘King’ was one of two new songs first debuted on the band’s summer 2019 tour, becoming a firm favourite among fans – many of whom voiced their disappointment when it didn’t appear on the final tracklist of the record.

huge new album ‘Typhoons‘, Royal Blood talked NME through the origin, inspiration and making of each and every song on the record. Watch it in the video above.Gearing towards a sound more “euphoric, danceable and fun” allowed frontman Mike Kerr “a licence to be vulnerable, and confidence to be more revealing” – with a more colourful sound backing lyrics that detail his journey to sobriety after years of hedonism and the rock’n’ roll lifestyle took its toll.

The Streets, Royal Blood and Richard Ashcroft are all set to headline this year’s Tramlines festival.Sheffield’s biggest city-based music festival will take place at Hillsborough Park on July 23-25.

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Royal Blood have confirmed they’ll hit the road next year for their biggest UK tour to date.After teasing fans of the cities they’ll visit earlier this week, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher have now confirmed they’ll head out across March and April 2022 on a jaunt that will take in their biggest show to date at London’s O2 Arena.“Playing live is the DNA and sole purpose of our band,” said Royal Blood.  On stage with our fans is where we belong, and we cannot wait for this tour to be a reality!”You

Royal Blood frontman Mike Kerr has spoken out about the need to normalise the idea of sobriety – especially in the UK and the music industry.The duo were speaking to NME for the latest Big Read cover story, when Kerr opened up about how he got sober in 2019 after a period “destroying himself” through drink and drugs as a result of the heady lifestyle of touring.As well as discussing in-depth about his decision to go sober, Kerr also talked about the support and information that was available to

Edinburgh has been closed after an ‘unidentified object’ was discovered. The alarm was raised by staff at the Seafield Household Waste Recycling Centre in the capital on Thursday morning.

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Royal Blood have teased details of a forthcoming UK tour in 2022 – see the cities they’ll play below.The shows will come on the back of the Brighton duo’s third album ‘Typhoons’, which is due out at the end of this month.In a new social media post, the band have revealed that they will play Bournemouth, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow on next year’s tour, with full details and dates set to follow soon.Fans can get pre-sale access to the tour by pre-ordering

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Royal Blood have talked about the experience of working with Josh Homme on their new single ‘Boilermaker’, describing the producer as being “just like this big kid having fun”.The duo were speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story when they explained how coming to work with the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman on the track – taken from their upcoming third album ‘Typhoons’ – always seemed like a good fit.“Having toured extensively with Queens, we became really good friends with them