Beyonce headlines Sunday then. What a let down

Damn it, just read that Reading/Leeds has an exclusive headliners policy, so I guess that's out. But there must be some warm up gigs to be announced, surely?

I'm beginng to think that if there are going to be warm up gigs then they are going to be really small and possibly very short notice (maybe even secret) affairs! I wish I hadn't just spent all of my pay on useless things this month too as if I am wrong and they do a small tour I'd expect them to be announcing that in the next few weeks.

I'm beginning to wonder myself Weed, if they were to announce a tour for this summer they'd surely be announcing it any day now. Maybe it will just be a secret warm up

Looks like they were meant to be on before the Rolling Stones but are now below Beyonce.

I'm sure I read on the Primavera website that Pulp were playing their comeback gig at the same event that they played their last gig, but that's not right is it? wasn't it in Rotherham or somewhere else in the UK where they had their last gig? Anyway, if that is true, which I don't think it is, it would point towards them doing zero warm up shows.

Still, I hope they do, and I hope they find away of letting us lot on here having the first pick of tickets (pretty please!) Sheffield would be the obvious location!

I think they'll do Glastonbury too. My guess is they will do it but not as headliner, and quite possibly as a 'secret, TBA band' on The Park Stage or somewhere similar.

No, the Primavera site says they last played in Spain at the same festival in 2002. Barcelona was also the last place that the classic, re-united line-up performed in '96. So all sorts of nice symmetry, marvellous.

Speaking of Primavera, day tickets are now on sale (65 EUR + booking fee) so I'm going to get a Friday one over the weekend. Really want to see Grinderman and PJ Harvey too (wonder how Nick and PJ get on these days) but they're on Thu and Sat respectively which is annoying as there's no way I'll get time off work to do the whole festival. Being a bit skint doesn't help either - 65 yoyos to see Pulp and some other decent acts (The National, Belle & Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens) is fine. The 170 euro for the full thing is a bit beyond me. Might just do the Fri and Sat.

It would be great to meet up with folk from here - I know a few have said they are going. Nearer the time we should have a thread to organise it.

-- Edited by Eamonn on Thursday 10th of February 2011 12:25:27 AM

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On his Bunny Munro tour in 2009 or early 2010 she was at a concert in London and someone in the crowd shouted out to play Henry Lee with her. They did.

Yeah, interesting to see Jarvis be so cagey about it. It's only lately on his Sunday Service show that he's mentioned the reunion. The other week he played a clip of Robbie Williams bemoaning the nature of touring ''Thanks Robbie. You've made me really excited about the summer now'' and then the show was recorded live from Sheff as he was up there rehearsing with the band. I wonder whereabouts... the Bank's pottery warehouse looked fairly cramped when that Common People docu was made a few years ago. Something magical about the thought of all six of them rehearsing together at the moment.

I wonder if the band will do much press before the summer. Can't wait to see some new group-shot pics.


-- Edited by Eamonn on Thursday 3rd of March 2011 09:50:22 PM

i think he was carrying a pointer, like the ones he was using during his dates a couple of years ago. will examine the pictures more closely now though!

There's currently a big Lollapalooza-sized hole in their schedule. Wishful thinking, I know!