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Royal Blood timeline (EN)

2026
announced fifth album

On 12 August 2026, Royal Blood announced their fifth album, Dead Company , due for release on November 13 2026. The lead single “Ten Over Ten” was released on the same day as the announcement.

2023
received criticism

The band received some criticism for calling the energy level from the Dundee crowd “pathetic” on 29 May 2023 after playing a live show for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend . There have been conflicting opinions on the incident, with some commentators speaking out in defence of the band.

announced the single

On 23 May 2023, Royal Blood announced the single “Mountains at Midnight” would be released on 25 May 2023. The band also announced their next album, Back to the Water Below , was to be released on 8 September 2023. The release date was later brought forward to 1 September…
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supported Muse on tour

In summer 2023, Royal Blood supported Muse on the Will of the People world tour in the UK and France. They also embarked on their own headlining tour to promote the album.

2021
second single released

On 21 January 2021, the second single ” Typhoons ” was released, along with the announcement of the album itself, which was released on 30 April 2021 and features the previously previewed track “Boilermaker”. Royal Blood contributed a cover of the Metallica song ” Sad But True ” to the…
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2019
presented Jimmy Page with Icon Award

In June 2019, Kerr and Thatcher presented Jimmy Page with the Icon Award at the Kerrang! Awards . The following month, Royal Blood debuted two new songs, “Boilermaker” and “King”, in Wiesbaden , Germany. In March 2020, the band announced they had begun recording their third studio album, though production…
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2017
released second album

Following its announcement on 11 April 2017, Royal Blood released their second album, How Did We Get So Dark? on 16 June 2017, preceded by the singles ” Lights Out “, “Hook, Line & Sinker” and ” I Only Lie When I Love You “. It debuted at number one…
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2016
video uploaded to Instagram

On 16 October 2016, a video was uploaded to the band’s official Instagram account showing the band in the studio. The video showed Mike Kerr playing the Robbie Williams track ” Let Me Entertain You ” on piano, with Ben Thatcher recording the video and singing. The video was captioned…
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released a new track

On 29 March 2016, the band released a new track, “Where Are You Now?”, inspired by the American TV series Vinyl . The song was later re-recorded during the making of their second album How Did We Get So Dark?

2015
played main stage at Reading and Leeds

On 29 and 30 August 2015, Royal Blood played the main stage at Reading and Leeds 2015. During both of these performances, the band revealed a new song titled “Hook, Line & Sinker”. In October 2015, the band had finished touring for their debut album. The song “Careless” is used…
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