If this happens, they will also do a couple more cities too, yes? Definitely need a full set. Would die if they played "Like a Friend". Anyone have any new info?
I wish they would just announce some spring dates so I would know if they're even coming to America at all and try and schedule all my grad school interviews around it. Being a Pulp fan is going to give me an ulcer.
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If this happens, they will also do a couple more cities too, yes?
You would think they would, wouldn't you? I passed on seeing Suede at Coachella last year (wandering around desert with shirtless drunken strangers: no thank you), assuming they would do more shows and they didn't bother, which is still a mystery to me...
I remember similiarly telling myself 'aw, I'll see Sleater-Kinney the next time they come around' - one month later they announced they were breaking up. Still kicking myself for that one...
Whats wrong with drunken shirtless strangers? One of them might be Jarvis!
If this happens, they will also do a couple more cities too, yes?
You would think they would, wouldn't you? I passed on seeing Suede at Coachella last year (wandering around desert with shirtless drunken strangers: no thank you), assuming they would do more shows and they didn't bother, which is still a mystery to me...
I think the amount of people who watched that set completely justified Suede's desicion not to do more shows...
Bort, you're just going to have to accept that it's very, very unlikely that Pulp are going to play in the US, but if they don't it's not some personal attack on you/Americans.
Did Suede not have a good turnout at Coachella? I thought they had a good response (albeit in a tent; still find it kind of obscene that they didn't have a proper stage slot). Though I don't know anyone who actually went, which might be saying something... If they had Coachella somewhere paved, where a girl wouldn't have to worry about getting her heels stuck in the mud, and with lots of seating options, I might consider suffering the weather. Until then I'll (probably) only attend if someone is paying me to attend. Or if Pulp plays. My latest hope/dream/delusion is that Blur and Pulp are going to tour the U.S. together in the spring. Don't rain on my parade, Calum.
Did Suede not have a good turnout at Coachella? I thought they had a good response (albeit in a tent; still find it kind of obscene that they didn't have a proper stage slot). Though I don't know anyone who actually went, which might be saying something... If they had Coachella somewhere paved, where a girl wouldn't have to worry about getting her heels stuck in the mud, and with lots of seating options, I might consider suffering the weather. Until then I'll (probably) only attend if someone is paying me to attend. Or if Pulp plays. My latest hope/dream/delusion is that Blur and Pulp are going to tour the U.S. together in the spring. Don't rain on my parade, Calum.
Mud? It has never rained a drop there. What you have to worry about is sunburn and dust, which isn't nearly as bad as it would be at something like Burning Man, but definitely sunnier and drier than your average UK festie.
-- Edited by Bort on Tuesday 8th of November 2011 10:03:47 PM
Coachella is a great festival. The layout is quite sane and the crowds are generally pleasant, and despite the desert heat there are lots of shade stations where it is instantly 30 degrees cooler because the desert air is weird like that. I've sworn off both Pitchfork and Lollapalooza here in Chicago (I'd eat those words for Pulp only if I had no other option to see them) but I'd go back to Coachella just to go.
It helps that it's a dry heat. If you're in the shade and it's not a packed tent, the heat vanishes. In 2010 it was surprisingly cloudy throughout the weekend.
Mud, dirt, whatever. I have been to Coachella a couple of times, and I know they run it much more efficiently now than most other festivals in the U.S. I just don't find festivals (shorter/hits-focused sets, crowded, dirty, expensive, etc.) very appealing. They are generally not very nice places for someone with a fear of crowds and denim... I'd deal with all of it for Pulp, in any case.
''Anyone who doesn't think We Love Life is criminally underrated, get the fuck out'' - half the room leaves. Brilliant. We should put it in our WLL deluxe petition!