![]() Chad Childers of the website Loudwire praised the performance, highlighting frontman Mike Kerr's "muscular groove" and noting that drummer Ben Thatcher "took the spotlight a bit during a mid-song breakdown". The band performed the song live for the first time on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on, alongside the 2014 single " Figure It Out". The track was released as the first single from the band's upcoming second album How Did We Get So Dark? on 13 April 2017. After the two bands had been sharing ideas, Bass Drum of Death's frontman John Barrett co-wrote "Lights Out", with Kerr crediting him as "a big part of that tune coming together". Royal Blood wrote "Lights Out" whilst on tour in the United States with support act Bass Drum of Death, who Mike Kerr described as "really good friends of ours". It was also used in the FUT Icons trailer of FIFA 18. The song is also used in the soundtrack of the Electronic Arts racing video game Need for Speed Payback. It reached number 96 on the UK Singles Chart and topping the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart. The song was written by the band with Bass Drum of Death frontman John Barrett, and it was produced by Jolyon Thomas with Royal Blood. Now, the only thing left for them to do is get their name at the top of the biggest festivals, which, on tonight’s showing is a matter of when and not if." Lights Out" is a song by English hard rock band Royal Blood, released as the first single from their second studio album How Did We Get So Dark? on April 14, 2017. The prospect of selling out this arena is always daunting, but they shrugged it off and delivered an hour and a half of crunching rock numbers. But that’s by no means a bad thing – in fact, it’s to be admired. Venues like this don’t faze them they play The O2 with an air of confidence that almost crosses the bridge to arrogance. ![]() While there have been years of hard work of graft and a trajectory only the youngest of rock bands could dream of, you still get the sense that Royal Blood are only just getting started. This is a fine-tuned machine, but still with all those gritty undertones of their early-day club shows. The exhilarating climax of All We Have Is Now, Ten Tonne Skeleton and Out Of The Black typifies what this band stand for: big, burly rock songs that create this humongous wall of pure anthemic noise. It’s a fitting tribute to a man who has heavily influenced this band – and undoubtedly the audience, too, who were left with a very large lump in their throat. Whilst Ben thrashes his kit, it becomes clear that it’s an instrumental we’ve all become familiar with over recent years: as a picture of Taylor Hawkins lights up the background, Ben takes his tribute a step further by playing one of the Foo Fighters legend’s very own drum solos. When you’re on this fine form, it would be rude not to throw in a drum solo. What follows is a set brimming with hit after hit, anthem after anthem, from the high-energy explosion of How Did We Get So Dark?, to the absolute mega-anthem Figure It Out. Opener Typhoons flexes it muscles with ease and reverberates around the arena like it was made to be played in such aesthetics. Since that day you changed my life – I love you, man!” proclaims Mike after the duo have pounded their way through Troubles Coming, Hook Line And Sinker and Little Monsters.Īs the pair fistbump after every break in play, the brotherhood these two share goes deeper than the music, and that energy expands across the crowd making this feel like a long-overdue family reunion. “About 10 years ago I asked Ben to be the drummer for my new band because he’s the best drummer in the world. In essence, it’s one of the biggest gigs of their lives. ![]() And tonight’s gargantuan show at The O2 in London shows that what these two started back in 2011 has taken them to the pinnacle of British rock. The bond shared by Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher goes a lot deeper than just bandmates they’re practically brothers.
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