I was after a seat (back problem makes it painful for me to stand all day) but didn't receive an e-mail/code for the pre-sale. Looks like I'll have to pray for tomorrow morning.

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Had a try for standing tickets at Scarborough, but showing none available. Can it really have sold out yesterday to Barclaycard holders? Maybe they'll be onsale tomorrow.

There are seated tickets available, but I don't fancy paying £70 to sit the other side of a road from the stage, seems pointless without the atmosphere of a crowd. I'd rather sit at home at watch my old Park Is Mine / Brixton videos.

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It took me about 4 attempts to get standing tickets. It kept saying they were unavailable and then suddenly they were, weird.

Ach, what a weird experience. I haven't had to 'try' for tickets since the 1990s. Good for Pulp if they sell out venues at 60, and 20 years since an album. Would try for tickets at Sheffield, but can't avoid work on Friday, and based on this, the hometown gigs will disappear instantly.

Here we go! Good luck everyone! Currently in the queue, and there are 9354 people ahead of me. Hoping to get a couple of seated tickets for the Saturday Sheff gig.

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Here we go! Good luck everyone! Currently in the queue, and there are 9354 people ahead of me. Does not bode well.

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 On ticketmaster is for every thing including other bands & festivals.  I am 17000 or so

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 Ah, that's reassuring - thanks. Seems to be moving fairly quickly - up to 5814 now. Been a while since I've bought tickets on release - nail-biting stuff!

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Here we go! Good luck everyone! Currently in the queue, and there are 9354 people ahead of me. Does not bode well.

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 On ticketmaster is for every thing including other bands & festivals.  I am 17000 or so

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 Ah, that's reassuring - thanks. Seems to be moving fairly quickly - up to 5814 now. Been a while since I've bought tickets on release - nail-biting stuff!

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SeeTickets is a lot quicker than ticketmaster. https://www.seetickets.com/tour/pulp/?src=mk_hpto

Absolutely bonkers. I ended up with seated tickets for Sheffield on the Friday. Tried for a few others but didn't get anything else. I see Viagogo are already listing resale tickets 

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Got two for Brid Spa. It had entirely sold out by 9:03.

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 No, I finally got one about ten past.

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However, I will point out that the Arctic Monkeys tickets for Hillsborough Park next summer cost an eye watering £195. Yes, you read that right.

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For one?!

They were clever putting tickets on sale before their mature, snoozey new album came out

For one, yes. Now that's Northern value awlraight.

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Got a Cardiff ticket, what a struggle!
Such a shame its mostly large venues, last time round Brixton and Royal Albert Hall were my 2 favourites!
Wonder if they will do any smaller venues later down the line, or the promoter favours Arenas/outdoor for volume of potential tickets to sell??

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 Likely to do what happened last time and play indoors from September to May.  

I suspect there is more money to be made with 40,000 in a field than 6,000 in Albert Hall or 5,000 at Brixton.  Can't say I think of either as small venues, but you can get close to the stage at both.  

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I love Pulp but that demand was mental. I can only presume a lot will be resale arseholes etc.

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 Resale for profit isn't that prevalent these days with eTickets.  I have noted that lots of tickets become available on Twickets close to the date for lots of gigs.  Can only list at up to price paid including fees.  Twickets add around 10%. 

It was  similar demand last time around and even back in 1990s.  Ever since Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1994, Pulp tickets sell very quickly.

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However, I will point out that the Arctic Monkeys tickets for Hillsborough Park next summer cost an eye watering £195. Yes, you read that right.

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 Fucking hell, I wouldn't watch them if you paid me £195.

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Two nights in Sheffield Premier Inn for £400 ??? Hotels in the centre are ASTRONOMICAL. I managed to just book an Ibis in Rotherham for 2 nights, 82 quid

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 Ditto Dublin.  Will be in Ireland that weekend, but an extra couple of nights in Dublin is another 400 Euro.  Might just head direct to Tipperary where its just 80 Euro.

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Two nights in Sheffield Premier Inn for £400 ??? Hotels in the centre are ASTRONOMICAL. I managed to just book an Ibis in Rotherham for 2 nights, 82 quid

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 Travelodge wanted £399 when I checked this morning.. Bloody TRAVELODGE.

There's still the odd seated ticket for Saturday in Sheffield popping up for face value, at time of posting anyway: https://www.gigsandtours.com/event/pulp/utilita-arena/2454599

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Ill never use a Travelodge again....booked one a few years back, the toilet in my room had a Mr Hankey floating, and the room stank of weed!!!!

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 Grim. They also have a habit of aggressively overselling rooms which is a disgrace.

I think I created the prediction of them subbing for AMs! Jarvis to appear, dancing, to I Bet You Look Good... with AMs. Other stage headliners is also on the cards.

Think Travis have played much lower since headlining, and Skunk Anansie were back last year. Then theres the Chems who I guess have been relegated to the Other, though of course theyre not a band really.

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Cool stat!

Folk are speculating a Pulp followed by either Elton John or Arctic Monkeys headline for Glasto. Both are an intriguing proposition. I absolutely hate camping and being surrounded by people 24/7 but I'm going to try for Glastonbury tickets tomorrow morning for the one and only time.

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I'd never go to Glastonbury, but Pulp and Arctic Monkeys on the same bill would be a dream for me. The last two AM albums have been phenomenal- they've come a long way since their early stuff. Although tbh I'd prefer Jarv Is supporting Arctic Monkeys- it's interesting how similar they sound these days!

Yep! Took 7 laptops and 5 phones to manage it, but got there in the end. RIP my credit card after all this...

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You guys will have to give this Seattleite some pointers on transport to Scarborough. Finsbury Park looks easy enough on the Tube.

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London's a doddle, of course, but Scarborough's trickier. I don't have any transport tips for Scarborough, but I guess train would be best, probably about 3hrs from London. My main tip is that English summers can be much colder than the summers in Seattle or New York - Scarborough is about 54deg N - so bring suitable clothing. It's not the arctic or anything, only mentioning it as I've had visitors from Michigan in recent years, and they found our summer temperature quite cool.

Probably a good idea to look for accommodation early. I like Scarborough, but it's about a century past its heyday, and a lot of Scarborough is very 'run down', which is a euphemism for rough (I don't know if 'rough' translates to American English?), and some of the accommodation is not of a high standard.

Also a pronunciation tip: it's two syllables, and sounds a bit like 'Scarbruh'.

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You guys will have to give this Seattleite some pointers on transport to Scarborough. Finsbury Park looks easy enough on the Tube.

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London's a doddle, of course, but Scarborough's trickier. I don't have any transport tips for Scarborough, but I guess train would be best, probably about 3hrs from London. My main tip is that English summers can be much colder than the summers in Seattle or New York - Scarborough is about 54deg N - so bring suitable clothing. It's not the arctic or anything, only mentioning it as I've had visitors from Michigan in recent years, and they found our summer temperature quite cool.

Probably a good idea to look for accommodation early. I like Scarborough, but it's about a century past its heyday, and a lot of Scarborough is very 'run down', which is a euphemism for rough (I don't know if 'rough' translates to American English?), and some of the accommodation is not of a high standard.

Also a pronunciation tip: it's two syllables, and sounds a bit like 'Scarbruh'.

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 Belated reply... If you want to get from London to Scarborough, you want a train up to York (~2 hours) then one to Scarborough (45 minutes). Lots of options for places to stay, but book well in advance as it gets booked up early in the summer. If you do your research you can probably get a nice independent guest house for less than the big nasty hotels.

You won't be able to get a train back to London after the gig - trains don't run late.

Thanks Eammon - sounds good. I'm a school teacher here in the US and my school may actually run through July 1 because we went on strike in September. I may miss the London show! Ugh! But Scarborough is looking like I can make it. I still haven't gotten my physical tickets for Scarborough - trying not to get nervous but I live in a high property-crime/ mail-ripoff area. I seriously do not want someone else with these tickets :)

Thanks Eamonn and Sarah. I'd forgotten Eamonn is going to Bridlington too, it'd be nice to see you again. I think we might try to make it a day out and go and see the puffins too while we are there - I've been wanting to do that for a few years now. It's only an hour from my mum's in York. I hadn't realised it was such a big venue, nearly 4,000 according to interwebs, I'd assumed it was tiny. I just took what tickets I could that were indoor, but this actually sounds pretty exciting. 

Sorry to put a downer on it but if it's puffins in the wild you're after bird flu has decimated the sea bird colonies in the north, and its raging inland Yorkshire too, lots of sad sights of dead birds about.  Most of the tourist stuff will probably still be on hold next spring / summer.