There must be an official DVD out before Christmas but I can't see how a couple of tracks on TV would harm sales. Maybe they just want people to come to the shows rather than watch it on telly. ("It's better to be there, don't you think".)
Definite gap in the tv schedule when Pulp are on. I think it's interesting that there have been no new publicity photos (bar what's been taken of them actually performing), no interviews other than the one on Lamacq's show and Nick's with The Times and no tv footage. Preserving some mystique (interesting given the events of this week) and still tickets sell out and they've had rave reviews.
-- Edited by Deborah on Sunday 10th of July 2011 01:03:07 PM
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There must be an official DVD out before Christmas but I can't see how a couple of tracks on TV would harm sales.
Do music DVDs sell particularly well? I wouldn't expect them to. I would have thought that given Pulp are performing old material that only devotees would look to buy a DVD.
I know Blur did a film of Hyde Park, and though I have a fair few Blur records, I wasn't too bothered about getting it on its DVD release. I haven't got it still.
I don't know : if they announce a dvd with all the 2011 tour footage right after their 'last' concert (or a big one eg. reading) I think quite a lot of people would be all hyped up after having seen them play live and buy it (much like the Brixton gig)
I don't know : if they announce a dvd with all the 2011 tour footage right after their 'last' concert (or a big one eg. reading) I think quite a lot of people would be all hyped up after having seen them play live and buy it (much like the Brixton gig)
Even so, I don't know how many DVDs bands sell. I would say it is low, a few thousand perhaps, as the people that buy DVDs are probably the more devoted fan. Even with bands I like a lot like Arctic Monkeys & Franz Ferdinand, I only bought the DVDs when they were on sale for £2 at FOPP. I think the only DVDs I buy are Harry Potter ones for the kids, when they are a fiver at Tesco. The rest I get off online DVD rental sites.
The blur DVD is fantastic, the documentary with it has some great old footage and gives a pretty great insight into what went on over the years. Blur were always my favourite and I won't lie I cried like a baby when they played this is a low at hyde park. I don't know why it took til the last show for that to happen, I saw about 6 of them.
I must say, blur are my favourite but Pulp gave a better live experience when I saw them at primavera. Probably one of the best shows I've ever seen.