There you go Andy. No more moaning from you.

I love those early 90s radio interviews with the excitable and quite adorable-accented host and hostess of the Black sessions when they played France.

Does this mean they'll be doing a mini-European tour November time then? the Razzmatazz in Barcelona (har har), Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam etc.?

it's bound to happen i suppose, they've ignored Europe, i mean besides festivals, right ?

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You could say the same about non-London UK.

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 Indeed you could! This French date does seem odd, not straight before they go to South America, so I'm assuming there'll be one or two more dates before they go. I don't understand why they haven't broadened themselves out UK wise. I think if any pre-Sheffield dates were announced they'd have been by now

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I guess with the Sheff show being a huge arena gig they probably figured they could cram in most misfits between Norwich and Newcastle. That it sold out in two seconds flat suggests they were correct.

Numbers-wise it would be the same as playing what, half a dozen mid-sized Academy/Corn Exchange/Barrowlands etc. venues, right? Which would be more than half of a UK tour back when they were promoting albums (arena tours excluded of course).

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Oh yeah, don't get me wrong it makes more sense to do one Arena gig than a small UK tour, I don't think that was ever on the cards anyway. Just surprised once Sheffield sold out they didn't set up one or two smaller gigs in other parts of the country!

"....ukHMmm" (clears throat); "this is a song off our first record... most people don't own it..." (strums a bar, twinkly piano kicks up); "...When I was with... this girl last night... she held me tight..."

-- Edited by superchob on Thursday 6th of September 2012 09:34:28 PM

There's no way they'd be able to get all their kit and band members on the Leadmill stage these days.

Yes! 90 euros is a bit much, but i've been waiting for this for close to 17 years, so what the hell

It's not 90 for one ticket is it? Seems excessive

has it sold out?

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What's the capacity?

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It's 1772 to 1996, i guess it will be unseated so 1996. But it's an historic venue now owned by Vivendi, so it's always a little more expensive than independant venues with the same capactiy. Madonna recently charged 100 euros for one ticket there (they were the cheapest). The fact that it's a "festival" also adds to the price i guess.  

How much were the sheffield ones ?

-- Edited by andy on Saturday 8th of September 2012 01:37:41 PM

Came to about £33 each

boncoin.fr....

Oh im ready! Be sure i'll mention any surprises on here asap.

Hmmm, only found that they've played Help The Aged so far... anybody found anything else?

Or  "on this day in 1942" - he said on Sunday his mum is 70 today. My mum was 70 a couple of weeks ago, hard to think of her as old though.

Hopefully a recording of Little Girl will surface!

If I dare adding anything to Andy's awesome quick report, they really seemed to enjoy playing in Paris, for le Festival des Inrockuptibles, that really "launched" them (Jarvis "We were more famous here than in the UK then"). This gave a special emotion to the show ( jig that brought me back in the days, as I attended the Olympia show in 1996)...and,such energy !!!!!

Wow, they played Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) again! And Countdown, too! They're two songs I've always wanted to hear live. I really hope someone made a recording of this, sounds like it was an awesome gig.

So brilliant and brings back so many happy memories of hearing that song live (requisite moan: just needs Russell's violin).

-- Edited by saw119 on Wednesday 14th of November 2012 01:51:20 PM

I forgot : Party hard wasnt played, coz of the 11pm curfew.

I think Countdown should be played earlier in the set. It's an energic song and by that time, Jarvis was too tired to really show people who dont know the song (there were a lot yesterday), what it really is. I thought the guitars were also too loud and the keyboards too low compared to the recorded version. But maybe that was because of where i was in the venue.

Jarvis was really really excited yesterday, one of the best performance i've seen from him. They all seemed like they were having a good time more than doing a gig for money (we talked about that in other threads, the cruise thing). The audience was also really into it, although i suspect most were here for the hits, because Sunrise or Have you seen her lately got polite applause only and smartphones were quickly out of the pocket, if that makes sense (people get bored fast nowadays, dont they ? :D)

NOW, what i really want, what they have to do, is a new album. They have it in them. They're not getting any younger, it's now or never. Yesterday i didnt see a band that was doing a farewell tour, more like a band that's happy to be back together. And it would be interesting too, if they did sets with more obscure songs. Coz anything they play works live, i've rarely seen that in a band.

Now, Sheffield should be really special as well, so if you're going, you're in for a magical night.

Feckin' curfews. There better not be one in Sheff, they own this town.

I agree one hundred percent!

Any hints of finishing soon?

bless whoever filmed that. I would kill this song live in person.

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Hints for a future : loads of light effects, gear, instruments, an extra violinist for a couple of songs, rarities played at main gigs... Hardly a band only doing a farewell tour. In 3 words : a big show. To me the message is: hey fans, we're definitely back. Hopes : Blur, Stone Roses, Suede are all reuniting with new projects ahead. Some faster than others though. I would imagine this tour with some shamefull stops could also be to raise money to record something on their own, free of all record label ?

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 This is a really good point. It cost a lot of money to put out a record without a label and if they're pursuing that then the money from the Coachella cruise would probably be incredibly helpful. (though maybe they just did it because they wanted to it doesn't really matter). 

But I thought they had some sort of contract with Rough Trade?

Beautifully done, good to see Steve humping the bass as per.

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Andy, how many people were in attendance?

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 2000. But i think they could have filled a bigger venue 

I suppose the "new" record would be on rough trade, but maybe the band would pay for the recording sessions. That's how i see it anyway. Just a publishing deal

-- Edited by andy on Wednesday 14th of November 2012 02:25:47 PM

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 If they do the 'kickstarter' route, I think I might have to go without food for awhile. Hope there is more to come!

 

and here :o) http://pinterest.com/fguillot/pulp-concert-olympia-paris-13-novembre-2012/

They seem to be adding more into the songs......new gear......missing stylophone though as it wasnt on Pink Glove which was odd?