Up for the former. Want to catch some puffins on Saturday (just with my eyes, not by the arms/mouth) on Saturday so I might skip Sunrise.

Looks like they're all gone now. I put a tweet out that Nick then retweeted, so hopefully they all went to genuine fans.

Edited to add: No, my mistake. Had changed to 'Currently unavailable' but now offering the option at least four. Maybe a few more returns? Good luck to anyone after one.

Eamonn wrote:

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Good man! (Or Woman/Human)

Apparently they've been soundchecking at the venue this afternoon. Shit's getting real, folks!

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 Man's grand, cheers ! Looking forward to meeting people - I'll be the lad in the glasses who looks like he's too young to be allowed.

Fucking hell, Pulp are really actually soundchecking. I'm crossing my heart and toes and arse and hoping they'll play Lipgloss...

Eamonn wrote:

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Yeah, me too. Sadly, I don't really do caffeine. On a cramped train to Brid at the moment.

From Nick's Twitter, it looks like they've done soundcheck again. He seems pumped.

Btw, should we post a separate thread with the setlist and gig discussion so that folk don't see spoilers?

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 Also on cramped Brid train! Next stop Ulleskelf...

Not a bad idea tbf!

Barcroft wrote:

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Tempted to drive up, any last minute tickets up for grabs?

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 Are you on the FB Pulp groups? There seems to be ones popping up every couple of hours from people who can't go.

No, checked into my accomm just down the road from the venue but fairly zonked so toying with trying to get an hour's kip.

Unfortunately, I've turned on the telly in the room and am finding Come Dine With Me re-runs being as addictive as ever!

In the queue!

There's a guy in a We Love Life top!

Jarvis absolutely in peak voice. Jesus christ. Some of that was as-good-as-studio, not even joking. His movement and presence - incomparable, amazing. Better than any expectation.

Nick was just monstrous on the drums - properly bashing away.

Candida underpins everything and Mark continues to be the real engine room, trying to be inconspicuous but really he's responsible for some of the most tender moments (Dishes) and some of the most raucous (Sunrise). Also he did flash a smile at me at one point, when I gave him a wave :)

Best song? It's easy to just pick the final song, but gun-to-my-head, Glory Days takes it. As a Gen Z-er, its lyrics have aged exceptionally well. It sounded absolutely colossal tonight. Jarvis's performance sealed the deal for me.

First Time was very warmly received. The crowd recognised Babies from a single Dmaj7 chord. Underwear has grown to rival the biggest hits for stature. Weeds and Weeds II were glorious - I'm so glad they're revisiting WLL! After You getting its debut was special. It was all special. So very fucking special.

Great to meet Fran & partner again and Lipglossed/Sam - the bright new hope of Bar Italia who will hopefully keep this place running and full of life post-2050 (coincidentally which is when we will eventually hear the We Love Life demos ). Hopefully you didn't have to kip under some park bushes in York?!

And a pleasure to finally meet Mr Mark Sturdy for the first time this afternoon, after all these years #i'llrememberthefirsttime #live on

This morning, still coming down from the gig, I went out on the Yorkshire Belle to spot the puffins but the fuckers were hiding, only saw a handful, briefly. Plenty of gannets but c'mon, puffins are clearly Pulppeople (well, Pulpbirds).

Now at the station waiting for my train back south, a bit worse for wear. Only regret is that I didn't have time to get fish and chips. It's been a brilliant 24 hours in Bridlington though and has kind of reminded me that my favourite holidays are actually short city/town breaks in a new place where you see a gig of an artist you love at a quirky venue and then sample in some of the local culture before bogging off back home.

Yes, sorry about that. 

I was a bit late to to The 3 Brass Monkeys due to my phone sending me in the opposite direction. I then went straight to the Bar because I was desperate for hydration, but seemed I was invisible to the bartender who served everyone around me first.

My phone also got terrible reception in the bar so it took another 10 minutes to sort out their wifi access in order to check the msg board for updates. By the time I could check in with the msg board crew I was probably too late to find any of you. I did search around for Barcroft, but to no avail.

I thought The Monkeys had a bit of an intimidating townie vibe and I didn't really feel comfortable there by myself, I left but was drawn into the lounge across the street called "The Garden", where they were exclusively playing Pulp on Spotify all night, so it became a kind of beacon for wayward Pulp fans. Met lots of people there including the Mexican fan club.

We closed that place out then led a group on a Pulp-fan takeover of The Appollo, which was a bit like the Misshapes video tbh.

I did, ultimately, see the sunrise on Bridlington.

I was looking forward to sleeping on the trainride home. Unfortunately network problems let a series of missed connections, and a 8 hour epic journey back to London. Via Sheffield, fwiw.

Sturdy wrote:

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Great to meet you too Eamonn, sorry if my wittering on deprived you offish and chips!

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  I think we were both doing too much Pulp-wittering for your poor other half 

Unfortunately it had to be done, it was high-time!

A quick gawp at a handful , see previous page.

On the subject of puffins, I accompanied the missus to Bempton Cliffs on Thursday afternoon and yes they were sadly rather elusive, mainly gannets as Eamonn said...

... but she did manage to spot one. Beautiful creatures.