I love these reviews/tour diaries, thank you! Feel like I've been there. So, so excited for you that you got to have some great chats with the band! Mark's comments are magic. And thank goodness you were called home for tea in Acrylic Afternoons.

Outstanding!

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Thank you - I am just so overjoyed by the last few days. I'm off to Melbourne in the morning for Tuesdays gig. The last 6-8 months etc I've been feeling abit like - just I should be doing more with my life. I have a good job (albeit a bit boring some times) I have a house I have a wonderful partner but I suppose some of excitement had / has been missing. I'm a very anxious person but this has really given me a reset. I realise it wont last forever - I've got a week to go but just going out into the world is not so bad. You can have fun. People are friendly. Anyway thank you to Pulp for giving me a bit of a kick up the arse.

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 Love this for you.

Hate that for you.

What a shame! Hope you get back home OK.

Sydney Opera House now trolling me by sending me my tickets

Oh Weener! I was looking forward to this with you. Ie doing the lineup for 9 hours!!! I have been in and out of the news but lots of stories here of poor people stuck in Dubai and not able to get home. Even though it's **** house Pulp concerts aren't as important as staying safe. I hope that you can see them in Manchester or Europe later? This crazy messed up world... will we ever learn...

Are you going to that one too?
Yes definitely better to be safe. If it was all cancelled because of techinical issues at Heathrow or something I'd have been furious but stuff like this well it's not the airline's fault and innocent people are getting killed and not getting to Australia isn't the end of the world.
I was getting trolled by a MAGA **** on the pulp facebook group when I put a link up with my ticket. It was amusing. The comments have been hidden sadly

Yes poor old Steve, I can't believe it has been 3 years

 

(ps not trying to be politically devisive here!)

-- Edited by weener on Monday 2nd of March 2026 09:19:56 PM

Just back from Melbourne gig. ABBA was indeed played and Steve was remembered. Melbourne was very very very up for it. Maybe because I was seated I could see the crowd better going absolutely nuts. Think I got a good recording of it ( listening back to parts of it) so can share in the next few weeks. I've been using my H5 Handy Recorder. No A Sunset - probably because of curfew and the ABBA song switch. Very sweet to see Jarvis give Candida a kiss on the head. I just wish with 2 x remaining Sydney shows we might get Slow Jam, My Sex and Hymn again. Auckland was incredibly lucky to get all those. Brisbane just got Slow Jam ( so not complaining).

The Fear we also got in Brisbane ( very pleased about that). The ABBA cover sounded magnificent. The sound in the bowl was the best they have sounded I think on this tour. Their loudness got even louder and then travels up the hill.

 

Also remembered that Melbourne went crazy for Razzmatazz! 

-- Edited by cutcopy on Tuesday 3rd of March 2026 11:17:45 PM

The reviews for Melbourne are off the scale. Five stars, best gig that people in their 20,'s to 50's and 60's have ever been to... dozens of comments gushing over it.

Poor Australians... they've been missing out on wit, charm and wonky-pop all their lives.

Yes that's Melbourne. I think I gave it a like on Ig. My feed seems to be Pulp, Pulp and umm mkre Pulp. Went down to the Opera House to scope out where to line up tomorrow. Glad they have the lineup undercover because it's baking down there. In Nick's book he says how bored he was playing Sydney's Enmore Theatre 3 nights in a row in 98 so I hope he doesn't get bored the next 2 nights. Attached a photo of what the band will be looking out onto.

 

Yes Eamon the reviews have been spectacular but the shows and crowd especially in Melbourne was something else. I was talking to someone about how the big 4 Oasis, blur, Pulp and suede never cared to much about Australia to tour when maybe they should have. Out of them blur made it here first finally in 97. Then oasis and Pulp in 98 then suede in 99. Yes it's a long way but lots and lots of fans and expats of course who love these bands. 

 

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I was talking to someone about how the big 4 Oasis, blur, Pulp and suede never cared to much about Australia to tour when maybe they should have. Out of them blur made it here first finally in 97. Then oasis and Pulp in 98 then suede in 99. Yes it's a long way but lots and lots of fans and expats of course who love these bands. 

 

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 Perhaps the costs just don't add up? The Suede tours here and in Europe are playing to nice sized venues, c. 2000 capacity, but the More tour has been playing much larger venues, so perhaps the margin is better. Even so I think I read Mr. Webber saying that the large ensemble, and all the light show etc. means the tour will make money, but not much. Also goes to show that Pulp will go those extra thousands of miles for their fans; it's superb that they've covered so much of the globe with More.

-- Edited by inspirit on Thursday 5th of March 2026 10:01:36 PM