This was posted by a Coachella fan on the Coachella forum. Shows how well this idea is going over.

 

The more I think about this cruise the more embarrassed I am to be a Pulp fan.

Holy shit that poster is indeed class. I can't take the joy away for people who are going on it just to see Pulp, but isn't it real expensive for tickets and everything? It's like Pulp playing for the posh.

Hahaha so reaction is going well both sides of the pond...

"JARVIS COCKER vomiting from irony while singing Common People" - Brilliant!!

In the same way I don't really begrudge any band I love making money by any (legal) means necessary, I certainly don't begrudge Pulp a monstrous paycheck at the end of all of this. They've played some amazing gigs, given it a lot of passion, retained their dignity, and gone digging through their back catalogue to continually surprise us.

Blur made £1,000,000 each during their main reunion year. Why should we begrudge Pulp doing the same?

It's the same reason I can (just about) forgive Ash for 'Shining Light'. £1,000 left in the bank between them, and then they released their biggest hit, even if it was a bit naff. But heigh ho, they brought us pleasure, so who can begrudge them financial stability...?

I don't begrudge them making money, but this seems a long way from truth and beauty to me!

Stephen wrote:

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It's the same reason I can (just about) forgive Ash for 'Shining Light'. £1,000 left in the bank between them, and then they released their biggest hit, even if it was a bit naff. But heigh ho, they brought us pleasure, so who can begrudge them financial stability...?

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I didn't know that about Ash, only £1000?? No wonder Free All Angels was so poppy! Its still a great album though, including Shining Light....and even Candy :)

It's all fine by me. Sheffield's set is likely to be as special as it would have been if it was to be the last & the cruise, although sits at odds with the band's ethos as ambassadors for the working classes it does not so much for their track record of doing slightly unexpected things and performing in different & inventive venues. It's been muted here that a glasto 2013 appearance may be on the cards & I must say I wouldn't be suprised having seen this latest development. They must have a loose plan as to how much longer they can keep up playing the old material and I'm guessing we are nearer the end now than we are to the beginning.

In Nick's defence I think throughout the hiatus he was the one who'd have been happiest to regroup at any point. Remember him saying in an interview that it'd be all up to "His Nibbs" [Jarvis] & he'd be happy to do it. I think he's outwardly over the moon to be playing with the band again & is clearly loving the fat pay checks that come with it. It's all fair enough. Ticket prices (as far as I remember) have been pretty reasonable throughout the reunion. I'm sure they could have charged at least double for Sheffield Arena tickets. So they don't strike me as being greedy at the expense of the fans.

The only problem I really have with it all is it now feels like a gamble buying tickets for Pulp shows. You feel you must scrape together your hard earned cash in case it is to be the last one. Maybe a nice radio interview or something at this stage may help to clear some stuff up & remind us that they love us for our personality & not just for our money.

I'm still happy - I just hope they don't ruin what has so far been the best executed band reunion I have seen recently by out staying their welcome. If we really aren't to get any new material, I'd be happy for them to take a break and return every now & then to remind us all why the are the finest band in the entire history of fine bands.

Jarvis, Nick and Steve should make an album together, or just Jarvis and Steve if Nick Can't be bothered. Oh hang on...

I agree with a lot of that, especially that they could do to reveal a bit more about their plans. The mystery aspect was already getting tiresome for me before this recent development, mainly down to that NME "story".

I would be happy if they carried on playing even if they didn't make new music so I suppose them annoncing more dates even after Sheffield is good - I'm sure no matter what, Sheffield will be a night to remember.

It is the fact that people who can afford the cruise are far from common that annoys me about the newly annonced set of concerts, and the whole notion of a headlining a music cruise does go against the pulp ethos (btw that poster is brilliant!). Still they are Pulp and so I can't be too irritated and they seem to put 200% into every concert so it seems that they do take fans into consideration (as well as money).

The main thing that annoys me is the strategic timing when annoncing gigs. It's like what weed said: they annonce one gig and hint it may be the last and then as when it's over they annonce another. I suppose it's not really that bad as I probably wouldn't have gone to all the pulp gigs that I have if I hadn't been worried it would be their last, and I have thoroughly enjoyed all their concerts. 

Still I hope it's someone else telling them to do things that way rather than the band themselves because it does seem to me to be a bit... money-grabbing

Is this like when my friend at college thought pizza was spelled pitza even though he could spell everything else fine? That's really tickled me. It's like the policeman in Allo Allo.

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Or is he happy advising on mortgages?

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 Huh?

And can you expand on the Ash story? They only had a grand left so purposely wrote a "hit" to save their careers or they thought it was a great song and released it anyway? I don't understand.