Well Wireless is the show, so probably just that.

How interesting...looking forward to this!

The tweet is:

The countdown has begun. Are you on our mailing list ? You should be ... (Might miss something.)

Must be either pre-sale tickets for a tour or a big UK gig!

PLEASE GOD LET IT BE A UK TOUR...

Maybe it means they're playing Countdown at Wireless? (PLEASE Pulp, if you're reading this...!)

Also, with Like A Friend at Glasto, we now know the set isn't limited to what was played at Toulouse.
So what's everyone hoping for, & why? (Apart from the obvious..)
A couple or so from me-

The Birds In Your Garden - my Mum is coming to Wireless & she loves that song.
I Want You - personal favourite.
59 Lyndhurst Grove - great memories from Auto.
Party Hard - not such a great record, but live it's fan-smegging-tastic! (Check Peel Sessions CD if you dissagree ;) )
Separations - love Russell's violin on it
Your Sisters' Clothes - see above
She's A Lady - I still think it should be the opener, despite being called mad on this forum!
Live On - no need to justify that one

Oh, & things go better with a little bit of Razzmatazz...yes, I know I said apart from the obvious, but...

Seductiveberry wrote:

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ArrGee wrote:

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Tour, new album, new dvd - I'll take any

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I wonder if the band may shy away from it because they think not enough people will know it? If so, then I'm sure that's not the case anymore, even if it was 15 years ago. Most of the people going to their shows these days will have the full albums rather than just a single of "Common People".

That's the last one I got.

legendarygirlfriend wrote:

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uhhhh!!! they haven't used the mailing list much have they? think the last email i got was the pulp tube one wasn't it?
Imagine if it's a warm up on friday night hehehehehe

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Not Friday! I will be on the sleeper making the long journey from Cornwall to London...

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29 Jun

Actually thinking about it this all makes perfect sense.

They're using the festivals to build up momentum and then announcing a big tour on the back of it. Think about how much more interest a Pulp UK tour would get now - all their festival shows have been brilliantly recieved and they stole the show at Glastonbury - efestivals is full of people saying how it was one of the best gigs they've ever seen.

Let's not forget when they left the scene they were hardly pulling up trees in terms of sales and their profile had slipped considerably - this is reflected in the sluggish sales for Wireless too. I think if they'd announced a big tour straight off the bat looking at the Wireless sales it might not necessarily have sold out that quickly. But I think after Wireless/Reading+Leeds etc it'll generate a whole new wave of interest in them.

Even Jarvis said they were seeing how well the festivals went before deciding on a proper tour - well I think now this is pretty much guaranteed.

If true, I wonder what sort of venues they would play. If the reviews keep strong over the summer, particularly at the UK gigs (Wireless, T In The Park, Leeds/Reading) I wouldn't be surprised to see them do a couple of arenas (maybe in Sheff and London) and then the usual mid-sized venues over the rest of the country (the various Academies etc.). Even with We Love Life's modest sales they sold-out three nights in Brixton on that tour. Now, after last weekend in particular, their profile is rising quickly again.

Given that they're 10 years older, one big indoor concert in London at Wembley Arena/the O2 might make more sense. If that's the case you imagine they'd do something equally big on home turf aswell...I don't think they've played Sheffield (not counting Auto) since the '96 arena tour.