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There were still a small number of standing and seated tickets left at around 10am at Record Collector in Broomhill in Sheffield today. Was on my way to try the arena having given up on the internet and phone when this was mentioned in passing on Radio Sheffield so I headed there instead and got 4 standing tickets!

There was no queue as they said nobody really knew they had any there.

Maybe try them if you are local or call them if you are not in Sheffield? Not sure if they sell over the phone but worth a try? Seats still available now (1.40pm) as I just called them! Hope this helps someone?

Record Collector
233 Fulwood Road
Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 3BA
0114 266 8493

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Did anyone try these guys? Looking through the Pulp tag on twitter earlier, a few people were saying tickets were still available there.
(Also Record Collector is a great store...)

Oh, keep trying back at the Arena box office closer to the gig, I've snagged tickets a couple of weeks before a supposed sold out gig due to stage rearrangements or returned tickets.

Oh dear, oh dear. Just got in from a holiday with no access to t'internet, and with little or no Pulp news I wasn't expecting anything. Absolutely gutted, I'm fairly sure it will be their last gig, the fairytale ending etc. I know everyone says the same about the summer gigs this year but this is the big one; the hometown show everyone has been waiting for. I can't see it carrying on, especially with all the comments of them 'probably' ending this year etc.

I'm a young Pulp fan if I'm honest, not sure how many 16-year-olds are incredibly into Pulp, but I love em to pieces! No other band would make me travel to somewhere as far as Sheffield so that says a lot. I saw them at Glastonbury last year and Brixton on the 1st night also, missed out on the 90's era obviously so I've tried to see them as much as possible before they go, alas I am too late...now I pray to God for an arena tour which ends in Sheffield; even though I know a gig in Cardiff or wherever would be nothing on the one in Sheffield. Sheffield is a place which means so much to them, the Day That Never Happened gig/playing the Leadmill every other weekend in the 80's pretty much and everything else for that matter. Just the messages on the site excite me a bit to be honest!

On a positive note, well done to those who got tickets and have a hell of a lot of fun! It will be unbelievable, hopefully some rarities will pop up! If you see anyone looking bored or uninterested at the show then please tell them off for me as I would love to be in their position so much...

P.S Actually quite surprised it's at the arena, thought they might have the guts to do a few nights at the Leadmill or something!

alternageek wrote:

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Again, Nick mentioned doing something outdoors, but the biggest the council would authorise is 5,000 people ( the size of the arena). That, to me, was pointing to Tramlines and the main stage at Devonshire Green. Dev Greens copacity is about 5K. No other venue, city centre, would be able to hold that size of a crowd.

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 huh? I thought the arena's capacity was well over 10,000?

calumlynn wrote:

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alternageek wrote:

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Again, Nick mentioned doing something outdoors, but the biggest the council would authorise is 5,000 people ( the size of the arena). That, to me, was pointing to Tramlines and the main stage at Devonshire Green. Dev Greens copacity is about 5K. No other venue, city centre, would be able to hold that size of a crowd.

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 huh? I thought the arena's capacity was well over 10,000?

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I guess the forum cant read alt codes. I'd put 1/3 symbol and it didnt show. Sorry for confusion.

I've noticed the arena's venue says doors open 6.30. Is that unusual for an arena gig? It is to me but I haven't done one for a while. Can't believe how excited I am to see them one more time. I had to miss the Brixton gigs as we were abroad and the RAH gig as our baby was too young to leave, and i didn't want my only experience of the reunion to be Glasto and Wireless, as amazing as they were. I wanted a proper gig, in the dark! I never lost faith that they'd round things up with a Sheffield gig but I was beginning to get annoyed at the wait and that NME article actually made me a bit sick of this whole air of mystery, though that's probably the NME's fault, not Jarvis. The day before Auto I was supposed to go to our work's party and was going to ask someone out but was too ill. She's now my wife and, almost ten years to the day, we're going to finally see Pulp together! It's going to be an emotional night so if you see a grown man blubbing it'll probably be me.

7.30-11 on stage? That'd do me!

I would like to see a government have the balls to tackle the problem of touts. It's far worse than ever now. It should be illegal to sell a concert ticket for more than it's face value + booking fee without any loopholes like charging £80 for postage or whatever.

weed, i agree completely.

Well, Russell presumably won't be going on the cruise....so there's that...
Wildly annoyed by this news, as I can't really take a week off to go to Sheffield then go on a cruise a week later.

I have a mixed feeling about this. On the one hand it is such a bummer indeed that Sheffield isn't their last gig. Everything seemed to suggest it was, I didn't see this coming. And yes, it makes the gig slightly less interesting. But on the other hand, this is a really unique chance for them, one they shouldn't refuse. After all, they never explicitly said that Sheffield was their last gig. And headlining Coachella (okay: a variant of it) is huge.

Well I'm very glad to hear its not the last gig. New material or not, I hope Pulp continue.