Ooh, most of the new album to be heard before it comes out? I know a lot of it has already but these versions will be a lot closer to the finished product.

I got one.

Yeah, there was a half hour delay with the email.

Do these shows tend to get broadcast in full or is it something we'll be waiting for on the "More" deluxe edition in 2045?!

Ah yes, I watched that. Think they screened the whole thing. Blur might have gone through their whole new Darren album, would need to check that.

I kinda hope Pulp don't play the 3 unheard songs (Tina, Grown-Ups, Eclipse) as it means when More comes out, the studio versions won't be the first time we've heard those songs.

Hearing a song live first before the studio version can be shit if you don't like the album one as much (kinda ruined some of Further Complications for me). So I might just skip over those songs if they perform them or if I'm lucky to get tickets, wear noise-cancellation ear buds....yeah, right. But you know what I'm saying.

The experienced pros like Sturdy, if i recall correctly him saying, had an anti-climactic feeling when Different Class came out cos between the live gigs and Peel previewing tracks in advance, very little was new-new. And you don't want that to be your memory of experiencing the best album of the decade...

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So I wasn't concentrating very well when I posted earlier, Nick Grimshaw was still talking while I was typing. It looks like from this they will record two different sessions, one for Radio 2 that sounds like it will be hits and one for Radio 6 that is supposedly less mainstream. Though going by Lauren Laverne's programme last week, she described Underwear as a deep cut and despite encouraging listeners to suggest more obscure tracks, didn't stray beyond HnH and DC in her actual selection. 

Im delighted that the band have agreed to give the BBC two contrasting sets, one for Radio 2 appealing to musical mainstream audiences and another for 6 Music whose listeners tastes lie beyond the mainstream.

https://ontheradio.co.uk/2025/04/jarvis-cocker-reveals-pulp-to-perform-exclusive-bbc-sessions/

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That's the same as the Cure did last year.  They also did the 6 Music one in black and white, which was a nice touch.  

I understood it as the 6Music Session being separate. No dirty fans allowed in for that, the studio is too small anyways.

So the Radio 2 one will be a condensed festival/hits set rather than a preview of the new record?

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Does anyone know how long it usually takes for the BBC to notify people if they've been successful? We would need to make travel plans as soon as possible if lucky.

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 6. Successful applicants will be sent a pair of e-tickets from Wednesday 23 April. If you do not receive e-tickets, your application has not been successful. No correspondence will be entered into. Well keep you on the waiting list in case more tickets become available. We're often able to send out small numbers of extra tickets if other applicants receive tickets but are unable to use them.

It holds 550 according to a quick Google search. I will certainly consider myself very lucky if I get anywhere near it (those in the Greater London area obviously have a better chance than us lot up North). Shame it's not first come first served, as I was probably signed up in a minute, haha.

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Fair play, I don't think you're gonna be disappointed. As good as the new songs have been live, I don't think they'll sound inferior on the album.

From the Youtube uploads, I've probably rationed myself to: 5-10 plays of My Sex/Got To Have Love/Farmers Market; 10-20 of Background Noise and...maybe 50-ish of both Slow Jam & Hymn of the North! Was so relieved that the latter two made the cut as I love them very much.

Yeah...you'd choose a hitherto undiscovered 1985 session over a triple CD of 1999-2000 demos, any day of the week, amirite?!

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Yeah...you'd choose a hitherto undiscovered 1985 session over a triple CD of 1999-2000 demos, any day of the week, amirite?!

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 That lost John Nicholls tape is out there somewhere!

Plot twist, Tina is Paula with just the name changed.

Somehow I can't imagine Tina Turner "screwing in a charity shop, on top of black bin bags full of donations".

The song will do well to beat the genius of
"Ain't it sad when your dreams outlast ya? The things you do to make life go faster."

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Somehow I can't imagine Tina Turner "screwing in a charity shop, on top of black bin bags full of donations".

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 THAT'S the lyric? Ohh my...

Deadline passed last night. Good luck everyone!

Classic BBC.

No one's heard yet then?

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Plot twist, Tina is Paula with just the name changed.

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 I heard Jarvis say in one interview that it is in a long line of girls names ending in A. My immediate list got as far as Paula, Sylvia and Angela, Deborah doesn't technically end in A.

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 Unless you're Tyrannosaurus Rex of course....

Unsuccessful here too.

It's outrageous. It's disgraceful.

Not me either... have none of us?

-- Edited by lipglossed on Thursday 24th of April 2025 04:27:16 PM

Unsuccessful :(

Wonder if these will somehow end up going on sale, I know they asked for the attendee's name but of course there are ways around that for scalpers.

Failed :(

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I mean, it's a BBC event, so the crowd'll probably be full of Reform councillors 'picked at random' anyway.

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50% rando luvvies like Tess Daley, Andy Peters and Eamon Holmes

Not a single one of us? Ester you're our last hope!

Let's be gracious and welcome potential new Pulp hardcore obsessives in the future who one day may also take their daily espresso at this esteemed Bar Italia.

Halfwits in leotards, the lot of 'em

Mostly from London anyway aren't they? And I don't think the Pulp fan distribution really matches.

Nowt for me either :'((((

Let's just hope that when BBC Two air the concert one Saturday in June they'll give us a decent evening of Pulp programming and not just lazily schedule some general Britpop filler alongside it.

I think we can safely assume they'll have cobbled together a Pulp At The BBC compilation using their performances on TOTP and Jools Holland, maybe even Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, peppered with clips of things like Pop Quiz and Live & Kicking. I wouldn't be surprised if they also wheel out No Sleep Till Sheffield (it's been on BBC Four a handful of times) and/or The Story of Pulp's Common People.

Of course, what I'd really like to see turn up is the Eden Project show from 2002, unseen since BBC Choice originally aired it; my ropey old VHS recording that's been floating around the Internet for the past couple of decades could do with a long rest.

-- Edited by Pip on Friday 25th of April 2025 09:06:11 PM

Has an evening of Pulp at the Beeb on TV been confirmed?

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Slightly off topic but I've got a digital copy of the Eden Project gig somewhere, Pip. Obviously not in 4K but if you want me to upload it somewhere I'm happy to see if I can find it

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 That would be wonderful, yes please! (though if it starts with a Sky on-screen EPG flashing up just before the start of the programme, that's my tape!).

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 Haha! Yes it is  that one!

I've put it up on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Mo_gWWztBF6MQj-3exE2ONm5xQ7H0s7/view?usp=sharing

 

 

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seductivebarry wrote:

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Slightly off topic but I've got a digital copy of the Eden Project gig somewhere, Pip. Obviously not in 4K but if you want me to upload it somewhere I'm happy to see if I can find it

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 That would be wonderful, yes please! (though if it starts with a Sky on-screen EPG flashing up just before the start of the programme, that's my tape!).

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 Haha! Yes it is  that one!

I've put it up on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Mo_gWWztBF6MQj-3exE2ONm5xQ7H0s7/view?usp=sharing

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 Many thanks, I have never seen this before!

Folks, the first promoting-new-Pulp public performance is mere days away!

The Elysians posted a rehearsal photo today, presumably for the performance. What do we think the set will be? And will it foreshadow the 2025 live set?

I'm really curious as to what the opening song to start the summer shows will be. It's always a strong statement of intent. They've done DYRTFT and I Spy on the reunions. I guess Spike Island is a likely choice. I would love for it to be She's A Lady though. It worked great as an opener when Jarv Is... started their gigs in 2021 with it. The Elysians could really give their strings a proper work-out with the extended intro and Pulp haven't played the song live since....1994??!!!

It will be lucky to get even an encore outing ever again, sadly...

Nah, the opener has to be uplifting, vintage (as in '92 - '95 which is the most distinctive Pulp sound) or something new. And if it's something new it'll probably have to have been released which thus far, means Spike Island.

So that's why you were tweeting about heartbreaking Pulp songs....sorry, bud. It's never easy. Hope a Pulp summer cheers you up a bit.

Was just thinking about what the intro song will be. 5 weeks from Dublin. Cannot wait. I also thought they might stick with I Spy. The drama of it. It is such a perfect opener.

You're so right about the opener being a statement of intent. And we know Pulp pay real attention to that kind of thing. I always remember Jarvis talking about how strong the opening lines of a song need to be. Helped me out at school no end in English class! Start and finish strong I wouldn't vote for Spike Island as the opener. Think they should start with something more known though I did wonder about it.

Sunrise is a cracker live. Wonder will they play it. Looking forward to hearing the setlist.

I'm a bit out of the loop. Are the strings going to be on the tour? That will be brilliant. I cannot wait to hear the magical Hymn of the North live. What a song that is.

Blimey, there's deep cuts and there's that!

However it does raise the idea of a Pulp gig with a full orchestra (including the blessed Elysians) at the Royal Albert Hall or similar. They have the ballads for it, would the cheekier tunes work so well?

 

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So that's why you were tweeting about heartbreaking Pulp songs....sorry, bud. It's never easy. Hope a Pulp summer cheers you up a bit.

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Cheers Eamonn, much appreciated. Ah, it is what it is. At least I get to pair the experience with a brand new Pulp album! Considering how emotional the music's going to be, I do think it'll enhance the experience :)

Cuckoo Song is effing incredible isn't it? Those lyrics oh man how did they not release this? Too personal maybe? I've had it on repeat for days anyway...

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For what it's worth, I'm thinking of taking a train down to London and hanging around Broadcasting House on the off-chance... (I've just been brutally, er, 'cobbed' so I've not got much else to do at the moment!)

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 It's 15 minutes walk from my office, but haven't blagged my way into a gig for a long time, and it looks like one of the least-blaggable locations.

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 Yeah, you've got a point there bound to be a patrol of steadfast, stentorian security. All the same, though, after Bridlington, I'd do anything to get to a Pulp indoors again... nothing to lose by trying!

 

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That could be one hell of a setlist; "Wickerman" and "Seductive Barry" would be prime candidates. There are also some other tracks (such as "Live Bed Show" with the extended outro) that could be given the orchestral treatment.

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 'Happy Endings' would be another...

-- Edited by lipglossed on Saturday 3rd of May 2025 11:30:16 AM

En route to the Big Smoke now for some good old fashioned blagging. Wish me luck!

Just tell the heavy at the door that you're their biographer, who wants to sell the story of Pulp to a new generation of broken biscuits.

-- Edited by Eamonn on Wednesday 7th of May 2025 04:50:05 PM

We have been told we aren't being let in. It's nearly all guestlist/BBC.

A well-known television comedian walked in arrogantly munching on a pasty spitting crumbs all over the security staff.

 

EDIT: And two well-known MPs now

-- Edited by lipglossed on Wednesday 7th of May 2025 07:22:27 PM

If I were singing Common People I wouldn't want to look out into the audience and see three currently governing MPs singing back the words ...

Aww bollocks, didn't realise it wasn't gonna be broadcast until the 29th :(

I didnt. Just queued on the off chance like the others and didnt get in

We saw Stella Creasy, Lou Haigh and Rose Blake. They turned up late, at 7:15, and waltzed straight in. Actually Creasy spent several minutes just chatting on her phone first...

Setlist has been reported! Debuts for Tina and Grown-Ups" Dishes is back!

www.setlist.fm/setlist/pulp/2025/bbc-radio-theatre-london-england-13590199.html

1. Spike Island
2. Something Changed
3. Tina / Grown Ups
4. Dishes
5. Sorted for E's & Wizz
6. Disco 2000
7. Got to Have Love
8. Do You Remember the First Time?
9. Farmers Market
10. Sunrise
11. Common People
12. A Sunset

Looks so weird/brilliant to have so much new material enmeshed with classics. I wonder why Tina and Grown-Ups are lumped together? Something Changed early always seems off to me. A Sunset looks like it's gonna be a solid full stop on the shows/album.

Also, this ends Babies unbroken run of being performed at every Pulp show going back to....anyone know?

Sorry, does the above need to be in spoilers? I can't get it to work.

-- Edited by Eamonn on Wednesday 7th of May 2025 09:48:50 PM

Yeah, or Weeds & Weeds II 2023 live version. Tina and Grown-Ups are also positioned like this on the album. Maybe there's a natural segue, there was no pause from the band and they ran into each other and the Setlist.FM person assumed they were two parts of the same song.

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Setlist has been reported! Debuts for Tina and Grown-Ups" Dishes is back!

www.setlist.fm/setlist/pulp/2025/bbc-radio-theatre-london-england-13590199.html

1. Spike Island
2. Something Changed
3. Tina / Grown Ups
4. Dishes
5. Sorted for E's & Wizz
6. Disco 2000
7. Got to Have Love
8. Do You Remember the First Time?
9. Farmers Market
10. Sunrise
11. Common People
12. A Sunset

Looks so weird/brilliant to have so much new material enmeshed with classics. I wonder why Tina and Grown-Ups are lumped together? Something Changed early always seems off to me. A Sunset looks like it's gonna be a solid full stop on the shows/album.

Also, this ends Babies unbroken run of being performed at every Pulp show going back to....anyone know?

Sorry, does the above need to be in spoilers? I can't get it to work.

-- Edited by Eamonn on Wednesday 7th of May 2025 09:48:50 PM

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Dishes! Yay! One of those Pulp songs that really lends itself to an intimate setting.

Even more surprising than no Babies is no This Is Hardcore. That leaves Sunrise as the only Pulp song to have been performed at every gig since its debut.

BEYOND FUMING at Tina and Grown Ups being debuted like this ... The two I was looking forward to most!

Hope Lipgloss returns as do Pink Glove, Like a Friend, and some surprises. (That seems less likely now though.) Also, Background Noise.

-- Edited by lipglossed on Wednesday 7th of May 2025 11:02:59 PM