I thought this would most likely be the last show, but then the whole Coachella thing makes me think otherwise. I don't see Pulp ending on a gig that is only in the price bracket of a small group of people. I suppose Coachella is a good thing; it means we're most likely going to see some more of Pulp in 2013 (either that or there will be a final gig right at the end of 2012...Doomsday gig on 21 December, anyone?).

-- Edited by salmon92 on Wednesday 18th of July 2012 04:31:32 PM

I don't think they misled anyone since they've said it's probably gonna end by the end of the year and I believe that's exactly what's gonna happen sadly.

That's exactly what I was thinking liltman; they end the band with a Caribbean cruise! How bizarre is that? Nick said in the Radio Sheffield interview that they wanted Sheffield to be "one of the last things they did" so this is what they had planned!?! (I'm gonna run out of my daily quota of exclamation/question marks soon!) It fits in with "probably finish by the end of the year", "no more British shows" and the statement about Sheffield from Nick.

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Yeah, he stumbled over his words didn't he? I think it's fair to say none of us could have guessed this would happen a week or so later! Christ, it even makes the Sheffield gig look like a warm-up now!

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 Nah, come on guys. The Sheffield one is still by far the most special one, it will genuinely be epic. The performance, (perhaps) Russell, a longer setlist, a hometown gig, ..

The most potentially galling thing about this is that due to the multiple performances that they're due to play and the fact that they've rehearsed huge chunks of the back-catalogue they could easily put on a rarities or full album show which would be a real pisser if it was a once-off.

I agree the cruises are essentially a festival, so not dedicated fans in general, completely in contrast to the Sheffield one. I don't think the cruise thing diminishes the Sheffield show at all, they seem like very different things to me. I also think the "tissues optional" comment is more to do with the coming home sentiment, therefore the closing the circle/circle being unbroken reference.

It's not really 4 shows though, it's 2 shows per cruise. If the whole boat sells out they might be playing to completely different audiences at every show.

I think this may be the only time in life where if I was offered two tickets for either a two-week cruise to the Bahamas/Jamaica, or an evening in Sheffield, I may just choose Sheffield.