Selling two Scarborough tickets on Ticketmaster. They still haven't gone yet, if anyone here is interested.

-- Edited by timahall on Thursday 20th of April 2023 03:38:18 AM

Richard is supporting in Dublin too. Maybe you could get a cheap flight from Dublin to somewhere near Sheff in the UK and I'm sure locals on here would help put together a list of places to see and experience.

I wonder what he means by "deep cuts". I can't see them performing songs like "Back in LA" or "My Lighthouse" at a festival (imagine?). There are some songs from "This is Hardcore" such as "Seductive Barry", that haven't been performed for around 25 years so this could be what he's referring to.

The ones I'd like to see them perform are "Deep Fried in Kelvin", "It's a Dirty World" and "The Professional" (with uncensored lyrics). Here's to hoping.

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I'm tempering expectations i.e any non-DC album tracks. I think Hardcore and Life will get a good airing though.

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This is how I'd break down my expectations:

 

Definites

Common People, Disco 2000, DYRTFT?, Babies, This Is Hardcore

 

Near-certainties

Sorted, Something Changed, Underwear, A Little Soul, Sunrise

 

Probables

Mis-Shapes, I Spy, Help the Aged, Party Hard

 

I'd suggest these songs will provide the core of the setlists, and then there will be a pool of others that they pull from. That might not be the method by which they rehearse/choose songs, but I think after the shows are all over, it'll look like that.

 

Pool candidates

Razzmatazz, Joyriders, Pink Glove, Pencil Skirt, Live Bed Show, F.C.L, Monday Morning, Bar Italia, The Fear, Glory Days, Like A Friend, Weeds, Birds in Your Garden, Bad Cover Version

 

Other songs

A couple of deep cuts will be aired. I Want You, Countdown, My Legendary Girlfriend, O.U, Acrylic Afternoons, She's A Lady, Happy Endings, Mile End, Dishes, TV Movie, Sylvia, Laughing Boy, Minnie Timperley, and The Trees are all candidates, though it wouldn't surprise me if only 3 or 4 of those are actually played.

Also potential for some I haven't mentioned. Something from 'It' may pop up. I'd expect Sex City to be played in Sheffield. If Cuckoo happens, Park Hill won't be the only ones to [redacted] in unison...

 

Other thoughts

They might have decided they don't like Mis-Shapes again.  Also, it's a real shame they've never nailed down Lipgloss live. It really should be a live staple - as the lead single to their breakthrough album, and such a popular tune of theirs - but shorn of Russell, it's perhaps understandable, with the riff being fiddly and Ed Buller's production creating such a specific sound. Would be nice, though - if you're reading, Pulp, then please, pretty please?

 

A couple of old lyrics here and there have not aged so well - not sure how well Razzmatazz fits with the new body positivity era - but it's Razzmatazz, so jettisoning it would be tantamount to heresy. No chance of Anorexic Beauty or Aborigine though!

 

I do think there is a chance Help the Aged could be omitted. Yes, they're all firmly middle-aged now - so the track is a bit tongue-in-cheek, it would make sense to play it - but the Steve news paints a bit of a different light over the whole thing now. I reckon it'll still be aired, but not consistently. Depends how 'up for it' Jarvis feels.

 

Speaking of which... I can imagine a song being dedicated to him specifically - it feels a bit wrong to speculate - with visuals of Steve behind the band; maybe Hardcore, or a ballad like Something Changed (or something from We Love Life). Of course they'll pay tribute in the way they feel most appropriate, tasteful, etc... Icould also, generally, imagine a little more reflective-sounding set than the 2011-12 reunion, with more balladry and less sex-pop, especially given the fact they're all a bit older now.

 

In reality, of course, we'll gratefully lap up whatever they give us!

-- Edited by lipglossed on Monday 24th of April 2023 06:37:12 PM

Blur have now announced warm-up shows. Maybe Pulp will do the same.

Well, I capitulated to impatience and got hold of a couple of TRNSMT day tickets. Very excited for Pulp! (although the rest of the bill is absolute dross, whoever thought George Ezra and Niall Horan were worthy of a slot had to be kidding themselves)

It was Def Leppard. Never mind.

I thought Wet Leg were supporting at Finsbury? Anyway Baxter Dury was pretty good at Brixton iirc

Ah, bless, they've done the classic overpriced merch drop.

pulpofficial.co.uk/

Thoughts on the designs, folks? The tea caddy is a fun trinket... Also the best t-shirt design (the "i'll see what i can do" t-shirt) has a bad colour scheme - you can't see the bloody text!

Uruguay! Which are their own shows, Argentina and Chile?

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Uruguay! Which are their own shows, Argentina and Chile?

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 Just Argentina. Expecting an epic show for that one!

zaqx wrote:

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Anyone in Cardiff today from here? Curfew is 11pm, so maybeeee a couple of extra songs ala Brid?

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 Not me, but let's get a thread goin'.