Royal Blood's UK tour sells out in two minutes • News • DIY Magazine

Currently sitting pretty at the Number One spot on this week’s UK Album Chart, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood’s UK and Ireland tour - announced on Monday - sold out this morning within two minutes.

The band head out beginning in Dublin on 27th October, and finish on 12th November in Bristol.

The tour includes two nights at the Electric Ballroom in London.

‘Royal Blood’ sold over 66,000 copies in its week of release, making it the fastest-selling rock debut since 2011. It is expected to hold the top spot on Sunday’s chart, outselling Sam Smith’s ‘In The Lonely Hour’ and Ed Sheeran’s ‘X’.

Their sold-out dates are:

OCTOBER

27 Dublin, Academy
29 Newcastle, Riverside
30 Glasgow, O2 ABC
31 Sheffield, Leadmill

NOVEMBER

02 Manchester, Ritz
03 Liverpool, O2 Academy
04 Birmingham, Institute
06 London, Electric Ballroom
07 London, Electric Ballroom
08 Cambridge, Junction
10 Portsmouth, Pyramids
11 Oxford, O2 Academy
12 Bristol, Bierkeller

“It’s been overwhelming,” explained vocalist/bassist Mike Kerr to us in the September issue of DIY (out now). A snippet from that interview can be read here.

We also ran down the band’s swift - and impressive - rise to the top.

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