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Evening Standard
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
The best and worst Glastonbury moments ever
Step in Jarvis Cocker and Pulp - and it was very much a surprise as few in the crowd had any idea who was replacing them until Pulp walked onstage. To say they stepped up is a vast understatement – they went down in history. The band performed a number of hits including 'Babies', 'Disco 2000' and 'Common People'.
Daily Mirror
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Tribute band has surprise guest star and crowd go wild as they realise who it is
An incredible moment was shared between the drummers of a legendary indie band and a tribute act for the group, with fans left in awe of the unprecedented moment A legendary indie group's tribute band left fans stunned when they clocked who was on the drums. Tribute acts are all the rage in the UK, and this year's Fake Festival saw "history made," as put by the lead singer of one such act. The band, belting out classics and lesser-known tracks of a beloved group, had a "something special" up their sleeve for those in attendance. Fake Festivals, which hosts tributes to the likes of Oasis, David Bowie, and Pink, recently witnessed a jaw-dropping moment during Pulp'd's set. At Sheffield's Fake Festival on May 10, Pulp'd's own Jarvis Cocker doppelgänger announced a thrilling surprise for festival-goers. Pulp, led by the iconic Jarvis Cocker, is set to embark on their 'More' tour globally, with an inaugural gig in Glasgow on June 7 and a fully booked Manchester show at Co-op Live Arena on Saturday, June 21. The tribute band's lead vocalist exclaimed: "Can you believe this? This is something quite special, it definitely makes Fake Festival history. Because nobody in Fake Festival history has ever had a member of the band that they are tributing get on stage and play a song with them." Nick Banks, the longstanding drummer of Pulp since 1986, graced the stage for the band's second-to-last tune. Veteran drummer Banks revealed he had "joined" the tribute for a one-off performance on Bluesky, posting footage of his entrance on stage. He wrote: "Joined Pulp tribute band last night Pulp'd. Had a blast!" They delved into the iconic Pulp hit, Disco 2000, thrilled to have Banks on drums. Pulp'd shared the electrifying moment on the official Fake Festivals Facebook page with high praise. They wrote: "It was an incredible experience to play with one of our heroes." The group added to the amazement: "We watched him on Top of the Pops when we were younger and to get to play a song with him as a tribute band. An experience we will not forget. Thanks to Nick for making a band of Pulp fans very happy. True gent." After reuniting in 2023, Pulp, with Banks back on board, are set for their big comeback as Jarvis Cocker announced a slew of live dates, signalling their second revival. Eager fans also heard whispers of new tunes, with the lead single 'Spike Island' launched just in April. Come June 6, 'More', the highly anticipated new album from Pulp, drops and they hit the road in the UK and Ireland starting June 7. Banks shares his journey with Pulp and early influences in his upcoming memoir, 'So It Started There'. The crowd buzzed as he graced the stage with Pulp'd, while drummer Joe Hamilton expressed disbelief at their shared performance, exclaiming: "Still can't believe that happened! Yep, that's Nick Banks playing my kit!".
Korea Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival unveils first line up for 20th anniversary edition
Legendary Britpop band Pulp announced as headliner The Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, one of South Korea's premier rock festivals, has unveiled the first names on this year's lineup, which features a blend of legendary acts and rising stars from around the globe. Pulp, the iconic Britpop band often referred to as one of the "Big Four" of the genre, is the headliner of the festival, which celebrates its 20th year this year. The upcoming performance marks Pulp's first-ever concert in Korea. Formed in 1978, the band rose to prominence in the 1990s with hits like 'Babies,' 'Disco 2000" and 'Common People.' The band recently thrilled fans by announcing plans to release a new album this year — its first release in 24 years. Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation will also headline the festival. Since the band's debut in 2003, the band has garnered critical acclaim for its emotional melodies, dynamic vocals and powerful instrumentals. The band last appeared at Pentaport Rock Festival in 2007. The lineup also includes singer-songwriter Beabadoobee, selected as part of the BBC's 'Sound of 2020,' and the atmospheric experience that is DeafHeaven, pioneers of the blackgaze genre. Among Korean artists featured in the announcement is singer-songwriter Chang Ki-ha, known for his broad musical range including film scores and band work. Hyukoh, the band which recently wrapped up its Asia tour, will team up with Taiwanese indie band Sunset Rollercoaster, while Balming Tiger will showcase its unique sound. The lineup also includes singer-songwriter Meaningful Stone, Band Nah and genre-defying vocalist Song Sohee, who bridges Korean traditional music and rock. Hanrorro, who recently featured as a guest act at Coldplay's Korea concert, will also perform alongside prominent Korean bands Touched and Lucy. The 2025 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival will be held Aug. 1-3 at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in Incheon. Around 60 domestic and international artists are expected to perform. In celebration of its 20th year, the festival will also feature limited-edition merchandise and a series of events reflecting on the journey of the Korean rock scene since Pentaport's inception in 2006.
BBC News
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Pulp reveal their first new album in 24 years, and a single called Spike Island
Indie icons Pulp have announced a new album, More, and shared their first single in almost 24 years, called Spike on BBC 6 Music, frontman Jarvis Cocker said the band had been tempted back into the studio by the overwhelming response to their 2023 reunion tour."We did play one new song towards the end of the tour, and nobody threw things at us, or left to go to the bar," he said. "So we just thought we'd carry on and see what we could conjure up."The Sheffield band were one of the biggest acts of the 1990s Britpop era - although their music never quite fit into the backward-looking musical revisionism of that movement - with songs like Babies, Disco 2000 and Common People. Formed in Sheffield in 1978, they sold more than 10 million records after taking a (very) long road to success. After 2001's We Love Life, the band went on a decade-long hiatus. They reformed in 2011 for a number of festival dates, including a surprise performance Glastonbury, and reunited again in 2023. The new single was inspired by the infamous Stone Roses concert at Spike Island in 1990 - a show that has been variously described as a milestone for British indie music, and a disappointing shambles with dodgy guitarist Mark Webber told 6 Music's Lauren Laverne the show had been "a slight anticlimax, to be honest"."I think everyone felt that way," he said. "There was a lot of anticipation but it didn't sound very good, it was very windy and the vibe wasn't there."Cocker said he hadn't been at the show, but had written the lyrics after speaking to various attendees, including musician Jason Buckle, from the band All Seeing I, who co-wrote Pulp's single."All he could remember was a DJ who between every song said, 'Spike Island come alive, Spike Island come alive'," he said."That phrase stuck with me. I've got a very short attention span I think."Cocker said the track was a sister song to 1995's Sorted for E's and Whizz, which was also based on a fan's experience of the Stone Roses' inspiration for that track was "a girl that I was speaking to at The Leadmill in Sheffield one night," he recalled."She said all that she could remember were people going round saying, 'Is everyone sorted for E's and whizz?'. So that phrase stuck in my mind." More will be released on 6 June, and is dedicated to Pulp's former bassist Steve Mackey, who died in 2023, at the age of said that recording without the musician was "weird at first" but that there were "two songs on the record which date from when Steve was around", which made him feel part of the project."It was not the nicest thing," the singer continued, "but people who you're close to, you never forget them, and you can do things to remember them by". The album was recorded over three weeks in 2024, and Cocker said there were "no over-riding themes, except feelings, maybe, which sounds very wafty and not very precise".He said the absence of an overarching idea had given the band a sense of freedom, compared to more conceptual Pulp albums such as This Is Hardcore."We [recorded] it quite quickly, and we were trying to not think about it too much, because that's what kind of made the last couple of Pulp albums a bit of a pain," he said."It was mainly my fault," he added, "because I'd never got the lyrics together, so I was always changing them and messing around."This time, they were all written before we went into the studio, and I realised it was a lot less stressful. "You know, I would always be a bit stressed in the studio, because I knew once the music was done, then I had to write the words. I don't know why I put myself through that," he said. Artificial intelligence video In a press release announcing the record, Cocker added: "We hope you enjoy the music. It was written and performed by four human beings from the North of England, aided and abetted by five other human beings from various locations in the British Isles. "No AI was involved during the process."However, he did employ artificial intelligence to create the video for Spike Island, which animates the infamous "cardboard cut-out" figures from the cover of Pulp's biggest-selling album, Different Class. "All the moving images featured in the video are the result of me feeding in a still image and then typing in a 'prompt' such as: 'The black & white figure remains still whilst the bus in the background drives off', which led to [a] sequence where the coach weirdly slides towards the cut-out of me," he wrote."The weekend I began work on the video was a strange time: I went out of the house and kept expecting weird transformations of the surrounding environment due to the images the computer had been generating. "The experience had marked me. I don't know whether I've recovered yet."After completing the video, the musician said he'd landed firmly on the side of "human intelligence" over band kick off a UK tour the day after the album is released in June but, in response to a 6 Music listener, said they had "no plans" to play do so would require a logistical miracle, as they're due to play two shows in California's Hollywood Bowl on Glastonbury weekend.
