King No-One have their eyes on headlining festivals after taking to the stage at TRNSMT

NOT even one of their members suffering a suspected broken foot after an ‘epic’ game of tig could stop King No-One wowing the crowd at TRNSMT.

The York-based trio took to the King Tut’s stage on Sunday afternoon, and admitted they’ve got their eyes on headlining the festival one day.

“Glasgow’s such a wonderful city,” says frontman Zach Lount. “The more north you get I find the more willing they are to let go. There’s less of a self-conscience and people are a bit more open, that really adds to people having a great time.”

Drummer James Basile adds: “Every time we play Glasgow it’s off the chain, the fans are great.”

The tig injury belongs to the third member, guitarist Joe Martin, who wasn’t quite sure how it would affect him on stage as he and his bandmates chatted to The Sunday Post backstage before their set.

“In true rock and roll fashion we were having an epic game of tig and I went over on my foot, but I won!” he explains.

“I think on stage there’ll be a lot of playing on my knees, in an awesome, epic, stature.”

James laughs: “We were thinking of getting a throne of guitars for him, like Dave Grohl.”

The band realise the opportunity of playing at a festival the size of TRNSMT, and playing on the King Tut’s stage.

Thousands of potential new fans were part of the crowd at the Glasgow Green event, which also featured sets from Miles Kane, Blossoms and headliners Arctic Monkeys.

And King No-One are hoping to hoping to follow the lead of Gerry Cinnamon and Lewis Capaldi, who both performed at the stage last year before ‘graduating’ to main stage sets this year.

“You have to win over these people. One day we’re going to headline festivals like these so it’s these stages where we have to step out and prove that to the audience,” Zach says.

Joe adds: “People love to say they’ve seen you first. We’ve all been there when we were growing up as well just going to festivals and trying to catch new bands who were cool so being able to be one of those bands is something else.”

The band are ‘proudly unsigned’, preferring to do things their own way as they set out to make a name for themselves.

They even took to Glasgow’s Buchanan Street busking before a previous gig in the city to raise funds and awareness of their music.

“Every step we take is going to be more of a lunge,” Zach insists.

“We’re choosing to be unsigned because we’re working things out and we want to be in complete control at the moment, until someone comes in and says ‘I like what you’re doing, I’ll invest in it’ rather than someone coming in and trying to change what we’re doing.

“What we’re doing is working, every tour’s doubling in size and the songs are getting stronger and stronger and our message is getting more and more important.”

He was keen to emphasise the importance of the fans coming along to shows and making the show an experience.

“People are joining in, it’s not just the band and if you see one of our shows you’ll be able to see this first hand,” Zach says.

“It’s not just a band on stage and everyone’s having a good time, it’s… without sounding a bit wrong it’s like a bit of a cult!

“Everyone goes and becomes a part of this atmosphere and it’s this one big package of theatre.”