Went along to this at the RNCM theatre in Manchester last night to see our Jarv. I'll try and provide what details I can remember below although it was an alcohol fuelled evening so please forgive me for not recalling everything.

After good performances from the likes of Stephen Fretwell, I am Kloot and Badly Drawn Boy amongst others (six other acts before Jarvis got on at about eleven pm!) the bearded wonder finally took the stage for about an hour of 'unplugged' songs.

He introduced himself and the guitarist accompanying him, 'This is Tim'. The set began with a good performance of Further Complications. After this song he spoke of the line mentioning carrier bags, declaring how life is like a carrier bag, you fill it up then the handle snaps. to much laughter amongst the audience he then said that the song line would be pretty much redundant soon anyway as it's all bag for life these days!

Next up was a performance of Slush. I can't remember much about this song now, but I do remember thinking what a great song it was at it was performed. Leftovers (Told you Twice) completed the only songs from the new album Jarvis played.

A Leonard Cohen cover was next, called 'Tonight will be Alright' or something similar. Then came A to I, a Velvet Underground cover and an interesting accoustic version of Fat Children. Following this were three or four more covers, the names of which escape me except the last one, 'Little Girl' (no, not the Pulp song).

Jarvis also spent quite a while trying to get his guitar in tune after a few of the songs, recalling a nightmare he had where this took him half an hour and when he looked up the audience had gone. 'Was this about to happen?' he asked. No chance Jarv.

These covers were great to hear, but it did seem that the crowd were wondering where exactly Jarvis was heading with this set. Soon though, all this was forgotten. a Pulp song no less was next up, Something Changed. before being given time to recover from the shock of hearing Jarvis perform a Pulp song, we were treated to a fine performance of Babies. The set and evening closed with Sorted. Yes that's right, three, I repeat, three Pulp songs in a row.

All in all a great night, if I remember more later I'll return and post it, other than that maybe someone else can fill out the missing details. Apologies for my shocking memory, but I'm still buzzing from a great evening of music all round, topped off by a brilliant performance from Jarvis and of course the bonus of the three Pulp songs.
Roll on Blackpool!