The band were scheduled to play at the free opening night concert of the Adelaide Festival in Adelaide , Australia, on 27 February 2026. They had been ready to pull out after Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah ‘s invitation to Adelaide Writers’ Week was withdrawn in January, but committed to playing…
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Pulp released More , their first album since 2001, on 6 June 2025. ” Spike Island “, the album’s first single, was released on 10 April, and the second single ‘Got to Have Love’ was released on 22 May. Later in the month they played a surprise set at Glastonbury,…
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Later in 2025, the band announced an EP, “The Man Comes Around”, to be released on 27 February 2026. The EP would contain a cover of the Johnny Cash song of the same name as well as two tracks that were recorded during the More sessions.
On 12 December 2024, the band announced that they had signed with Rough Trade Records , which had managed the band previously.
For the reunion tour, the band were joined by Andrew McKinney on bass, Emma Smith on guitar and violin, and Adam Betts on keyboards, guitar, and percussion. The tour also featured a ten-piece string section called the Elysian Collective. During this tour they also debuted two new songs; “Hymn of…
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The reunion was officially confirmed on 28 October 2022, with dates announced at Finsbury Park , TRNSMT , Latitude Festival as well as two homecoming shows at Sheffield Arena . Steve Mackey announced on his Instagram that he would not be taking part in the tour but stated; “Wishing Candy,…
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In July 2022, following speculation from a cryptic Instagram post, Cocker announced that the band would reunite for a series of concerts in 2023. Nick Banks also tweeted confirming the announcement by saying “Hey folks, unsurprisingly it’s has all gone a bit mental on here. Gig details will be revealed…
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In May 2015, a music heritage plaque was unveiled at the venue of the band’s first gig, The Leadmill, Sheffield. Band members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle and Mark Webber were present at the ceremony.
The band played a one-off concert in their hometown of Sheffield in December that year, at the 13,500 capacity Motorpoint Arena and made a previously unreleased track, ” After You “, available for download to those who had attended the concert. It was subsequently released to the general public in…
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Cocker told ShortList magazine in April 2012 that he was working on ideas for new Pulp songs, but in November he told Q that the band had no plans to release new material and would be “cruising off into the sunset” at the end of the year, signalling a possible…
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