Here is DYRTFT, also got Hardcore but haven't got round to uploading it yet. Was too busy screaming and jumping to film anymore (except Jarvis taking his jacket off for some reason :P) 

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I have to say that I am little bit tempted to make a sign that says "PLEASE PLAY 'SILENCE'" for tonight! ;) 

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Maybe Russell and Jarvis have been working on Silence today. Pulp should restrict the set to pre-Separations songs tonight.  Then I won't feel like I have missed out . 

Although last night's set had some "rarities", all bar three of the songs were singles (if you include Underwear which was supposed to share top billing with Common People).  I reckon Nick Banks just got them to do Hits.

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Ahem, but on a more serious note, what makes you think that about Nick? Is he known for being keen on the "crowd-pleasers"?

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When Hits was released they had an interview with Nick on the pulp people website when he defended, quite rightly, the idea that a Hits album should contain the hits and nothing else and if people didn't want to buy it for Miners Strike they should download it.  He also said that Mis-shapes was not included cos they didn't rate the song anymore (how things change).  

The impression I got (sadly can't find the interview now, so I have to rely on memory) was that Nick enjoyed the hit making and was proud that Pulp has an abum that would stand beside Queen's Greatest Hits.  Hence my throwaway comment on Nick deciding the set list.  Just my opinion no real insight here.

Finally, Lipgloss! God, I'm seriously considering selling my car and flying out before this all wraps up. Sounds like such an amazing show.

And on that note, a little cheeky, but maybe a "Please Dont Break Up Again" sign tonight would be apt?

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...if you fancy a laugh read the London Evening's Standard review

 

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Mmmm, wasn't particularly funny just piss-poor.  "Right Said Fred with northern accents".  Some insight.  At least the responses are more real.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23982886-pulp-o2-academy-brixton---review.do

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Eamonn wrote:

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...if you fancy a laugh read the London Evening's Standard review

 

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Mmmm, wasn't particularly funny just piss-poor.  "Right Said Fred with northern accents".  Some insight.  At least the responses are more real.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23982886-pulp-o2-academy-brixton---review.do

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Eh! Chill. I was upset when I read that, then relieved when I saw the reviewer's name. After all the lashing-out, he still gave 3 stars.  3 stars for Pulp by his standard meant he found the show omfgawesome. Anyone who knew him will be shocked he actually gave a 3, a 1 star rating is even generous.  He hates Pulp with passion.  I'm a Blur fan so I know this and he loves Blur a lot but he tends to hate Blur songs that are universally praised. 

"Right said fred with northern accents", "shallow songwriting", "novelty tag"  - there, your  bias-free writing clues. Makes you think why did he even bother. I feel bad for one poor soul (me) who struggled to have a ticket and then some critic who regarded the band as useless got easy passes. I truly believed he's mellowed. We should be sending him a fruit basket or better yet, the latest NME issue with Jarvis and Julian Casablancas on the cover. 

Cheers guys, I'm from Manilla, Philippines. So jealous right now. 

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And on that note, a little cheeky, but maybe a "Please Dont Break Up Again" sign tonight would be apt?

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Or "Please tour America!"

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 Russell Bergkamp will never do the USA.  You can't even get him to go to Greece.

Online music mag The Quietus is live-Tweeting the show right now. Check out the most recent tweet.

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Online music mag The Quietus is live-Tweeting the show right now. Check out the most recent tweet.

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 Sheffield Sex City, of course the oft played Underwear replaced it. grrr....

Trees, Monday Morning, and The Fear  pretty good, but stil not yet regretting not going tonight (not that I was able to anyway as my wife was having her night out).

It was me he kicked it at it was like this wooden little box thing hit my wrist didn't hurt that much just a bit shocked. I've got it though looks like something for a gutair. I thought maybe someone might ask for it back but no one did so it's now sat in my room with me still trying to work out what the hell it is.

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BTW...perhaps it has already been mentioned on this thread and I just haven't read it thoroughly enough...but what had actually happened when Jarvis mentioned kicking something at someone (presumably in the crowd)? Did he actually cause someone an injury? :S

I have to say that I am little bit tempted to make a sign that says "PLEASE PLAY 'SILENCE'" for tonight! ;)

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It was me he kicked it at it was like this wooden little box thing hit my wrist didn't hurt that much just a bit shocked. I've got it though looks like something for a gutair. I thought maybe someone might ask for it back but no one did so it's now sat in my room with me still trying to work out what the hell it is.

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Haha! Really? Jarvis sounded quite contrite about that in fairness.

And I loved Nick's exit from the stage last night. He did it really slowly, last one off, turning and half-turning to the crowd, wanting to take in all the adulation but very gracious for it too. Was really nice to see.

Really lovely to meet some of you last night. Far surpassed my expectations with the setlist. Very tempted to try and come again tonight but bottled it because I was so knackered from last night. I hope this isn't the end and I'd love to hear more from TiH...

Aw man, I just watched the DYRTFT video that Jazza put up, I wish I went to tonights gig now but I decided to be sensible with my finances for once. I'm sure the setlist will appear on here soon, that's when i might cry :)

Saying that I hope they were great for those that went tonight and let us know if there were any clues about their futures.

 

set list - though not sure if all were played

http://yfrog.com/nvjk1oj

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set list - though not sure if all were played

http://yfrog.com/nvjk1oj

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There are a few on there I would love to have heard, yeah they never played Sheffield Sex City last night I wonder if it got an airing tonight.

Was Wickerman played as well as Sex City in the end?

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Was Wickerman played as well as Sex City in the end?

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Only Wickerman for the 2nd encore, but this time Russell played on it!  He kept trying to launch a paper airline into the crowd and failed all 3 times.  Adorable.

Just really disappointed we didn't get His n Hers either night, that is a fantastic track and deserved some party time.

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Just really disappointed we didn't get His n Hers either night, that is a fantastic track and deserved some party time.

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I have to admit that I had my fingers crossed for His N Hers when they came back for the second encore, but in the end I was quite happy to hear Wickerman again...in fact it seemed a very appropriate end to the evening. There was a nice atmosphere in the crowd for the most part but (and it's unlike me to say this) but I thought they were a little bit tame in some places. I got a few funny looks when I was jumping about and singing along to the likes of Sheffield: Sex City and Countdown...but sod 'em. I had fun! ;)

setlist looks amazing:
makes me cry a little bit.

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great set! bet it was a fantastic night.

last night was amazing...personally glad to hear the set we got that night, my friend and I went on a bit of a nerdy trip to 59 Lyndhurst Grove a few hours before just to see it/take a photo and were constantly saying how cool it would be if they played Countdown and O.U. ....so when he said they were going to play some different songs and played Countdown SECOND we were going nuts!! :)

I was just gutted to find out later that whoever chucked that letter onstage inspired them to drop Sex City in favour of.....Underwear. :P Great song yeah but when you're on a high watching Pulp do the rarely played tracks you'd really hoped for you don't want to Jarvis go "hmm we were going to vary it a little but no, let's play Underwear" haha

can't have everything though, and we got to hear O.U/Countdown so I don't mind! :D fantastic set, beat Wireless by a country mile obviously, and was up there with their Glastonbury set. really hope this isn't the end for them...if not simply to hear His N Hers/Sheffield: Sex City at some point ;)

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From twitter...

 pre-encore

Jarvis: "it could be the last time we ever see you"

post-encore

"I hope we do meet some time in the future,"

Ah, teasing everyone again.

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I have to say, I left the gig with the gut feeling there was to be no more Pulp. Hope to god I've got it all wrong, but these two comments made by Jarvis, and something about the way bowed out at the end, definitely looked to me like he was saying goodbye on a greater scale than just for the end of the night.

I don't want to put a downer on all the excitement of an amazing night, and I've probably been one of the most optimistic on this board about the prospects of a new album, another tour etc, but at the end of tonight, I came away feeling it was the last time I'd seen Pulp. 

Was it just me?

 

Did Candida read the opening paragraph? She didn't in the only bootleg I have from an earlier gig.

Apart from Sunrise, No he didn't.

Candida's VO was sampled.

errrr one black eye, one broken finger, two cracked ribs and a very lumpy/bumpy head!!!!

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errrr one black eye, one broken finger, two cracked ribs and a very lumpy/bumpy head!!!!

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Sounds nasty. How? 

A few people around me lost their specs on Wednesday night, but nothing as bad as that.

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just front crushing :( I moved back after Sheffield Sex City and actually had a great view etc because of the sloping floor!

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Best place in Brixton is just in front of any of the numerous crush barriers.  But never behind them.  It may be tempting pre-gig to have them to lean on, but once it starts duck under and move forward.  I broke a couple of ribs once upon a time after being pushed onto the edge of a stage.   Anyway, look after yourself. 

Sounds aaaaaaamazing. Been thinking of you all whilst at work, while Im at work, you guys are all enjoying Pulp at Brixton >

I cannot wait to heard Sheffield Sex City v2.0 -

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Sounds nasty. How? 

A few people around me lost their specs on Wednesday night, but nothing as bad as that.

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There was a bit of unpleasantness - I was right at the front (will post photos over the weekend) and there was an UTTER DICK behind us at the start - think I'm safe in saying he isn't likely to be on the forum but if anyone wants to offer me out then ok - who was barking a couple of words per verse that he knew of DYRTFT and Monday Morning, and spilling his beer over everyone. I turned round, shushed him, grabbed his wrist and pushed his beer down to his side. Got away with it and he seemed to get the message, but he did have a fight with another person and then a bouncer just before the first encore.

Amazing night apart from that, though!

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Perhaps they'll do a Suede next year and have one night each for His n Hers, Different Class and TIH. A lot of bands are doing the album tour thing so you never know.

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 That would really be great.  Especially if they do the deluxe versions .  Should combine Intro with His 'n' Hers as they are of the same era.

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 The main albums have already been deluxified. Unlikely to happen again.

Jarvis saying the same thing at the end last night as he did at the Magna gig suggests to me that is it for this particular reformation anyway. Maybe a little tour across the Atlantic, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if there were more domestic shows.

Headliners at Gasto 2013 when it returns maybe.

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The main albums have already been deluxified. Unlikely to happen again.

Jarvis saying the same thing at the end last night as he did at the Magna gig suggests to me that is it for this particular reformation anyway. Maybe a little tour across the Atlantic, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if there were more domestic shows.

Headliners at Gasto 2013 when it returns maybe.

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Don't expect any enhancements to the deluxe editions, just want them to play the extra tracks live as well (highly unlikely).

I suspect that they may play a few arenas in UK and possibly Europe.  Not sure it would be worth heading to the USA, as I don't think they would play large enough venues to justify the costs.

Would do no harm to come back in 2013.  Always leave people wanting more.

If they keep playing these songs live (and I do hope so) I move to London. For sure.

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Did Candida read the opening paragraph? She didn't in the only bootleg I have from an earlier gig.

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 I don't think she did as I was watching her closely during it and her lips did not seem to be moving. Her voice though, so probably a pre recording used.

Enjoyed the second night even more than the first though both were amazing. Only downside for me was that the batteries went on my video camera meaning I couldn't record anything past the intro. Even at the front only about half the people new the words to songs like the Trees, Party Hard and the Fear which was a little suprising, but great to hear these again.

Lovely to meet a few more off here too, if only briefly. It has been an amazing year watching Pulp and if this is the last time I see them at least I know they went out with a top performance. Still hopefull of more gigs though, but I guess we all have to wait and see.

cool thanks Sarah. Done the best photos of 31st (may well add more later) and will do the 1st ones later when I have more time.
This is one I particularly like :P

not too sure how photobucket works but my profile name is Jazza1994 (https://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc387/Jazza1994/) if anyone wants to see some more

also sorry the photo is massive

-- Edited by Jazza on Friday 2nd of September 2011 09:18:51 PM

http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePsuedonym

All my Brixton vids are now posted! Go and have a look!

Back in Cornwall now and trying to take it all. I can't believe I saw them in such an intimate setting on Wednesday. I would have liked to have heard more from TiH and am gutted to have missed The Fear. Given how little they've played from TiH this summer, I'd love them to tour and play the whole thing - preferably with Anne Dudley. What's the chances? Oh well, a girl can dream...

Here we go, photos.

-- Edited by jdc on Saturday 3rd of September 2011 12:18:30 AM

Just arrived back home in sunny Newcastle after a pretty awful train journey home! Mega delays meant a long wait at Kings Cross. They were about to cancel our train due to lack of train guard but thankfully I had the sense to take my other half to see Pulp who is a Train Guard and volunteered to work the train back to get us home!

We went to the Canterbury Arms before the show but due to our late arrival at around 7.45 I didn't see any familar faces still in there. Got into the venue at around 8.40 and took position around mid-crowd. Great view from anywhere in the Brixton Academy so was happy there. Great crowd (around us anyway) everybody singing along with enthusism and we had at least 3 hardcore fans nearby who we had a little brief chat with - probably mutual respect for signing along to every word od 'Sheffield:Sex City'!

Nothing else to say really that hasn't already been said. Thanks for posting all your bits and pieces as I have been reading them on my phone on what became a rather long train journey! - They killed at least an hour.

I must say that having watched Pulp twice this year stone cold sober I decided I should have a few drinks for this one! I was watching my manners and being a rather well behaved drunk when very near the end someone knocked me which in turn made me spill a portion of freshly poured cold beer down the kneck of the young lady in front of me. I did spend about 20 seconds trying to drunkenly apologies to her (knowing she'd also rather watch Pulp than have some man begging for forgiveness at her!) but I think she was ok in the end as we had a little joke about it. If you are that lady - I'm sorry! If it is any consolation I was by that point already covered in beer from an earlier incident where the male responsible was not being quite as well mannered as I was espiring to be!

I attempted to make a recording on my iphone of the show (sometimes works sometimes doesn't) Most of it is of such poor inaudible quality that there is no point in uploading it. I have captured Jarvis' between song banter and perhaps I may have one track that is ok. I haven't listened through it all yet. However, I did note by this recording how long they played for I pressed record at the end of the intro track and stop after wickerman. 2 hrs 15! Thank you Pulp!

The set was totally amazing. I could only have wished for O.U. in addition to what we got. Sheffield Sex City was hoped for but 'Wickerman' came out of the blue! Quite simply one of the best shows I have ever seen and reafirming my faith that this band are by far my favourite band in the entire world!

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Just arrived back home in sunny Newcastle after a pretty awful train journey home! Mega delays meant a long wait at Kings Cross. They were about to cancel our train due to lack of train guard but thankfully I had the sense to take my other half to see Pulp who is a Train Guard and volunteered to work the train back to get us home!

 That is quality!

I'm FINALLY back home, after having to travel to Manchester for a uni resit, then get the coach back to Newcastle..done 9 hours traveling today! But it was worth it, both gigs were AMAZING. I think I enjoyed the first one a little bit more, just cos there was more banter and the crowd were better, but both of them were equally as great, really.

So, SO glad we got Sheffield Sex City. Obviously there are always gonna be songs that I wanted them to play (A Little Soul would have been lovely), but those setlists were better than I could have ever hoped for. Have You Seen Her Lately was a big surprise!

On the first night, did anyone notice Jarvis getting really angry during the start of OU? He was shouting at one of the tech guys and pointing at something, whilst banging the bass drum with a face like thunder..I wonder what the problem was. It looked like he was pointing at the stylophone, but I didn't see anyone go over to it.

I had a pretty good view during both the gigs, right at the front in the middle, as this (pretty scary) photo I took during Sheffield Sex City shows..

 

The only people to annoy me was a woman on the barrier with her husband/partner standing behind her, "protecting" her from the crowd. He obviously didn't like Pulp, and didn't smile or sing along at all. I don't know why, but it just wound me up! But I've got a thing about people who try and protect other people at the front of a gig. If you need protecting, you shouldn't be standing at the front! I remember once going to see the Flaming Lips, being right at the front and then this guy shouting at me for "dancing too near" his pregnant wife!! Jeeeez.

Anyway, two amazing nights. Let's hope it's not the end, but if it is, it was a great way to go.

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I have to say, I left the gig with the gut feeling there was to be no more Pulp. Hope to god I've got it all wrong, but these two comments made by Jarvis, and something about the way bowed out at the end, definitely looked to me like he was saying goodbye on a greater scale than just for the end of the night.

I don't want to put a downer on all the excitement of an amazing night, and I've probably been one of the most optimistic on this board about the prospects of a new album, another tour etc, but at the end of tonight, I came away feeling it was the last time I'd seen Pulp. 

Was it just me?

 

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I've had a very long plane ride back to L.A. and 3.5 hours in traffic (had to pick up our little pug) to think about it, and I agree with you...it did seem like a good-bye.  I thought Wickerman was a very strange choice for a second encore, even if Russell did play on it (I could not hear him at all, by the way, and he was practically hugging his monitor through most of the song). 

The only mention of any future appearance was Jarvis' plug for his Literature Festival appearance in October.  They do seem to like being mysterious though, so I hope I'm wrong and they announce a massive U.S.(and U.K., I guess) Tour and knock Russell out like Mr. T to get him on the plane. 

Anyway, the shows were incredible.  I'm sorry I didn't get to the pub on either night--Eamonn tried to help me after the show on the 1st night but I have a very bad sense of direction and an even worse sense of timing.  I enjoyed the 2nd show more, probably because I was much closer to Mr. Senior, and the sight of a ticket pocket drives me wild.  London crowds are so much more polite than American crowds; I expected the big push when the show started but everyone stayed in their places and we barely got smooshed at all.  Hearing "Countdown" both nights was an indescribable pleasure (even Russell was singing along), O.U., Sheffield Sex City...it was all wonderful.  I even had "Trees" (of all songs...) stuck in my head all the way to Heathrow this morning (or whatever day that was, at this point). 

Some ace photos here:

http://www.front-rows-pits-and-pavements.com/images/pulp_london2011/index.html

Does anyone have any bootlegs from either of the shows? I was at the Thursday night show, and it was amazing! After waiting 11 years to see Pulp in the flesh, I had an absolute blast of a time! Despite missing the last train, and wandering the streets of London at 1.30am looking for a hotel, and being exhausted to near the point of collapse, it was the best show I've ever been to, by far!

BTW, just curious...anyone else from America make the trek over the pond for the show?

Do you have an account? Just be patient and f5 the signup page a lot, they really DO open once in a while ...

Any sign of a recording of the first night appearing?

I'm still trying to take Thursday night in. One of the best days of my life - I met every member of Pulp (plus Richard Hawley)... it's still not sank in properly....

A lot of patience waiting at the stage door :)

Jazza, you put my video efforts to shame!

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