Hot Wax, who are playing on the Western leg of the tour, announced the news on Instagram. They said, as shown below, “This is insane! we are headed to America for the first time in november supporting Royal Blood on the west coast leg of their tour. hope you like rock music”

Hot Wax have generated a lot of buzz this year, especially after performing a lengthy string of great shows around the United Kingdom. Their sound is a blend of grunge, heavy guitar, and impressive lyrics which are often sung by all three band members; a mix which makes them a key feature in the current rock scene that prevails in the South East. NME.com even wrote an article about them, saying they could be “Britain’s next great guitar band“.

The band, featuring three 18-year-olds from Hastings, released their debut EP A Thousand Times on May 19th with Marathon Artists. It garnered great reviews across the internet and social media. The lead single “Rip It Out” was premiered on BBC Radio 1’s Future Alternative segment on May 22nd.

The official video for the song can be viewed below:

Supporting Royal Blood will be the first time the band have toured outside of the UK.

On the other end, Bad Nerves, a five-piece punk band from London, are the support for the Eastern leg of the tour.  They announced the news on twitter, as shown below:

NORTH AMERICA HERE WE COME @royalblooduk pic.twitter.com/EADMN08F61

— BAD NERVES (@BADBADNERVES) May 30, 2023

The band self-describe themselves to “play ferociously fast distorted pop songs, with melodies that hook so deep, even the most skilled lobotomist would struggle to scrape them out.” Their debut, self-titled, and only album came out in 2020, and the band have an impressive 420,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Adding fuel to the metaphorical fire, the band released a live album this year, aptly titled Alive In London.

The band supported Royal Blood already at a massive show at Nottingham Rock City on the 26th of May, and are set to support them again at a sold out show in Newcastle on the 21st of June. They are also supporting Nothing But Thieves in Luxembourg in June, and are set to play under rock giants Guns N Roses, The Pretenders, and The Darkness at Hyde Park this summer.

Listen to “Can’t Be Mine” from Bad Nerves below:

The announcement of both Bad Nerves and Hot Wax supporting them in North America is huge news for all parties.

The news of support acts comes after Royal Blood announced a UK and Ireland tour as well, set to happen this October. This is shown here:

Despite all of the news, Royal Blood very recently courted controversy after having a meltdown on stage whilst performing at Radio 1’s Big Weekend. Read more about it here.

Royal Blood UK and Ireland tour (takes place between Eastern and Western legs of US tour):

20/10/2023 – O2 Apollo – Manchester
22/10 – Globe – Stockton
24/10 – Eventim Apollo – London
25/10 – Mountford Hall – Liverpool
26/10 – Wolverhampton Hall – Wolverhampton
27/10 – Guildhall – Portsmouth
29/10 – Telegraph Building – Belfast
30/10 – 3Olympia Theatre – Dublin

The North American tour dates are as follows:

Royal Blood with Bad Nerves:

16/09/2023 – Sea.Hear.Now Festival, Asbury Park – New Jersey
18/09 – The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, Michigan
19/09 – Agora Theatre – Cleveland, Ohio
21/09 – Louder Than Life Festival – Louisville, Kentucky
22/09 – The Pageant – St. Louis, Missouri
23/09 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, Illinois
25/09 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Toronto, Ontario
26/09 – MTELUS – Montreal, Quebec
27/09 – Roadrunner – Boston, Massachusetts
29/09 – College St. Music Hall – New Haven, Connecticut
30/09 – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

02/10 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, New York
3/10 – Webster Hall – New York City, New York

Royal Blood with Hot Wax:

09/11/2023 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, California
10/11 – Fox Theater – Oakland, California
11/11 – The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, California
13/11 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, Washington
14/11 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver, British Columbia
15/11 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, Oregon
17/11 – Union Event Center – Salt Lake City, Utah
18/11 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, Colorado
20/11 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, Oklahoma
21/11 – South Side Ballroom – Dallas, Texas
22/11 – ACL Live at The Moody Theater – Austin, Texas
25/11 – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, New Mexico
26/11 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, Arizona
27/11 – The Sound – San Diego, California

All available tickets for the UK are available here. Tickets for the US shows can be found here.

Their new album Back To The Water Below is due to be released September 8th.

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The “Trouble’s Coming” hitmaker’s new single is sure to be a fan favourite; “Honeybrains” brings together the band’s signature rock sound with catchy hooks found within modern pop songs. An artistic black and white music video accompanied the single’s release. Within the video the band can be seen performing in a room of mirrors. The video also acts as a perfect representative of the song’s lyrics, the erratic effects used compliment the song’s narrative themes of anxiety and survival.

The duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist/bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher first rose to fame with the release of their self-titled debut album, Royal Blood became an overnight success, securing a Mercury prize nomination in 2014. The album also garnered commercial success, reaching number one with the album charts whilst introducing music fans to the group’s unique use of instrumentation.

“Honeybrains” is the first single to be released by Royal Blood in just under a year. “Limbo” was released on the 25th March 2021 and was the third track to be taken from the group’s latest album. The band’s third and most recent studio album was released on 30th April 2021, Typhoons was a huge commercial success and reached number one within the UK album charts. The release also gained great favour within the group’s fanbase, and whilst retaining the elements which propelled their popularity, Typhoons also saw the band experiment with different genres such as dance and disco.

The English rockers have recently discussed their dream venues, the duo who formed their musical partnership in Worthing, a seaside town in West Sussex and have both stated that they enjoy playing hometown shows. Thatcher spoke further on the matter and expressed his fantasy of performing at Brighton and hove Albion’s stadium, “The obvious one for me is The Amex. For the obvious reasons, it’s a big, big place. The beach would be like a fabulous thing that would be fun. With those places, there’s a lot of organisation that needs to go into those things and it can be very costly as well. Whereas you have the Brighton Centre which is set up already and is the biggest place around really. We love playing The Dome as well, which is one of my favourite venues to watch other bands. But want to get those extra fans in.”

The new track has been released ahead of the band’s upcoming arena tour; the band’s UK 2022 dates mark the group’s biggest tour to date. The UK leg kicks off with a performance in Swansea on 19th March 2022, the nine-date tour concludes with a performance at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro on 3rd April 2022.

Royal Blood UK tour

19/03/2022 – Swansea Arena – Swansea
25/03 – International Centre – Bournemouth
26/03 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
27/03 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
29/03 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
30/03 – The O2 – London
01/04 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
02/04 – AO Arena – Manchester
03/04 – SSE Hydro – Glasgow

Click here to purchase tickets.

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The arena, which is located in Swansea Marina, has also unveiled a myriad of other shows and acts for 2022, including comics John Bishop, Alan Carr and Katherine Ryan, legendary glam rocker Alice Cooper, and the hit musical Jersey Boys. You can find out more about what’s on at this link.

In a social media announcement, Swansea Arena praised Royal Blood highly, saying: “Royal Blood have completed a phenomenal hat-trick in which all three of their studio albums have immediately topped the UK album charts, and the success of the band’s latest album ‘Typhoons’ heralds an exciting new era for the band…The Brighton duo – Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher – have achieved 2 million global sales, and won the BRIT Award for Best British Group, two NME Awards and a Kerrang! Award. Their debut album was also nominated for the Mercury Prize.”

The band’s 2022 arena tour is going to be in support of their recent album Typhoons, released back in April. This is the band’s third studio album since exploding onto the scene in 2014 with their catchy, blues-tinged self-titled debut. The new album has been showered with praise, with NME giving the album a four-star review, and saying; “Typhoons’ is not only their best work to date, but all the better for Royal Blood being free to explore what they’re capable of.”

Frontman Mike Kerr alluded to overcoming personal demons during the infancy of the album’s writing process in an interview with NME, saying; “Sobriety was something I knew I had to do in order to make this record. This album or this band wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t have done this. It was all quite scary.”

The album is available on all streaming services, and you can purchase physical media here.

Royal Blood’s 2022 UK arena tour will commence on the 8^th of March. Tickets can be purchased here, and the dates are listed down below.

08/03/2022- Swansea Arena- Swansea
25/03- International Centre- Bournemouth
26/03- Utilita Arena- Birmingham
27/03- Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
29/03- Motoproint Arena- Nottingham
30/03- The O2- London
01/04- First Direct Arena- Leeds
02/04- AO Arena- Manchester
03/04- SSE Hydro- Glasgow