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LeoVK


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My first was Brixton Academy in 2001. I think it was the 2nd of the three dates there. My favourites were both nights of the recent Brixton ones. I preferred the setlist on the first night, but I was sitting in the circle. Was downstairs for the second night. Swings and roundabouts!

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Can't remember the first, but I think Edinburgh in August 2000 was my favourite. Not only did I get to hear stuff like "Weeds" for the first time but the reworked versions of "Common People" and "FEELINGCALLEDLOVE" were a treat too.

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1. way out west 2011 easily the best concert I ever been to.

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PS. Wireless definitely my least favourite. No fault of the band though!!

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1. Cardiff International Arena 1998 TIH tour - I was 15 and my mother was making amends for dragging me away from Glastonbury before they came on (this was in the days when Glastonbury was free on a Sunday and we live nearby).

2. I've seen them 13 times now (6 pre and 7 post). The Brixton shows and Glastonbury return were immense but I think the best has to be Primavera for the sheer euphoria of having waited 10 years for that moment. I came close to a heart attack.

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I was actually in shock for the first couple of songs at Glasto last year. It just wouldn't sink in!

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Glasto 2011 was such an emotional concert. My 8th Glastonbury and favourite band. It felt like an unofficial homecoming. My sister (Deborah) cried during Disco 2000.

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Being the nerdy indie girl who only listened to strange music late at night on the radio in her bedroom, the whole idea of live music was something I never experienced or contemplated. I lived in the middle of nowhere and none of my friends shared my strange tastes. So live music was a habit I never developed, and even when I did contemplate it later on, the tales of tall people crushing you in mosh pits drowning you in liquids that may be beer if you are lucky only served to convince me this was something other people did.

So it took Pulp to overcome this at all with the admittedly rather sanitised Wireless experience last year, but for me, that was an accessible entry point, so I am very grateful for it and was quite overwhelmed to just see them even from so far away, but I was determined that I was going to be near enough to see them with my own eyes and not just via the big screens, which seems like an especially pointless thing to do.

My only other, and better, experience was at the Albert Hall, which was a) more civilised for my sensibilities and b) not so new and overwhelming, so I could really take it all in and enjoy it and c) I was by myself, not worrying about whether my husband was bothered about how carried away I was getting with the whole thing and d) I got to meet several people from here and actually feel a part of something which is not something that has happened to me very often.



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First - (and my first gig of any notable sort, fittingly enough) was their Dublin gig to promote We Love Life in December 2001. Went with my sister. She, despite being older, got IDed. Thankfully I didnt as I wouldnt have got in!). It was great, top venue (an old cinema which is currently housing the Human Bodies exhibition which I went to recently and was the first time Id been back since the Pulp gig). Apparently they cut their second 3-song encore on the night due to some pissed-up members of the crowd throwing Guinness on-stage but i wasnt aware of that until the report on the official site later.

Best - Either Primavera or Brixton#1. The former as it was fascinating to see Pulps official comeback - the quintessential English band in many ways, being lapped-up by thousands of foreigners. The latter as the set was so varied and full of anticipation and I got to meet some fine folk off here.


Im in Italy at the moment for the gig theyre playing tomorrow night actually so hopefully that will live up to the previous two. Apologies for the punctuation, I cant remember where the apostrophes are on Italian keyboards.

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This got me on PulpWiki to try and remember when I've seen them! I've been at:

RAH 2012
Wireless 2011
Auto 2002
Reading 2002
Birmingham 2001
Reading 2000
Birmingham 1998

Birmingham 2001 was brilliant - Jarvis was on form but from what I remember the set wasn't too long. I must admit I absolutely loved the RAH gig. Auto was ace too but I'd say RAH gig was the best....just.



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seductivebarry wrote:

This got me on PulpWiki to try and remember when I've seen them! I've been at:

RAH 2012
Wireless 2011
Auto 2002
Reading 2002
Birmingham 2001
Reading 2000
Birmingham 1998

 i think ive been to 11 gigs?

 

v96.

royal court 98

queens hall Edinburgh 99?

London garage 2000

Leeds 2000

Nottingham rock city 01

Sheffield octagon 01

Manchester apollo 01

Dalby forest 01?

Leeds 02

glasto 2011

*  not in the right order/or year possibly :s

 

Ive seen Jarvis twice at manchester (07?) and glasto (2010?)

 

 

 



-- Edited by Rachel on Saturday 14th of July 2012 02:27:22 AM

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liltman wrote:

I also loved Hull Ice Arena in 96, Leeds 2000 and 02, Dalby forest and Wireless. In other words, every gig of theirs I've been to...

 i was at Dalby forest!! i had a spare ticket! my ex, sister, and best mate couldn't/wouldn't come to!! (literally world letting you down moment)

my dad came in the end cos he felt sorry for me ...lol

That gig is special to me cos i was right at the front with my dad. he'd dragged me to a few Joe strummer and the mescaleros gigs previously, so it felt good to show him my favourite band. (he absolutely LOVED the gig)

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My first gig was Edwards No. 8 in Birmingham in 1993. The gig that changed my life. The stage was so tiny with a really low roof and every time Jarvis did his red cordoroy kick jumps he half-brained himself.

I've seen them 30-plus times since then and loved every one of them for a different reason. In true Glastonbury style, the last gig I saw - Royal Albert - was the best ever. The way everyone in the seats leapt to their feet and bounced and sang non-stop for 2 hours. The twinkling This is Hardcore. The unbelievable luck of getting choir seats overlooking Candida, and Candida toasting us with her plastic champagne goblet. The sheer joy of being part of the best fandoms ever (everyone I've ever spoken to at a gig has been lovely), for the best live band that has ever existed.  I literally could not stop smiling for a week.



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I was on the front row at Dalby as well Rach! To the right of it. Great gig but Jarvis was a bit grumpy if I remember right. They played I Want You. Jarvis's solo Glasto gig was 09. Saw him at Plug in Sheffield too whenever that was, 06? 05?

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1. Newcastle Arena 26th February 1996
2. I think Leeds 2000 set a new bar for the band but I can't put my finger on why. I think I was just exactly the right age for it (18)

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Glasto 2011 should really be my favourite but I still can't believe it actually happend!

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First time V96 - Chelmsford.

Favourite, i just don't know! Certain gigs have been special to me for different reasons - the first time is always special of course; the last time before they 'split' (Auto) special for that reason (and the first time I was down the front); the first time I saw them after the wilderness years (Wireless) felt like a dream; and the Brixton gigs last year were special for hearing songs I never believed I'd ever hear live. But I really can't decide which type of special is the most special.

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