Pulp, the Britpop group will reform for concerts

Ten years after their last concerts, Pulp, the Britpop group led by Jarvis Cocker will reform in 2023, to return to the stage.

The singer of the group had hinted at the end of last week, on Instagram. She had posted this sentence: “What exactly do you do for an encore?” (what do you do as a reminder?), accompanied by this comment: “good question”. A “deliberately cryptic” message, as she put it on Twitter, and a reference to a line from her album. this is hardin 1998.

“Next year, Pulp is going to give concerts!”

“Keep Calm and Hug Your Pulp Records”

Drummer Nick Banks has also confirmed to BBC Radio Sheffield that a series of concerts will take place in 2023.

“Keep calm, hug your Pulp records and dream of going crazy in 2023,” he tweeted on Monday.

When asked on the radio about the fate of the group, dormant for over 10 years, Nick Banks says:

“There was never any question that we all started swearing at each other and throwing our toys out of the pram. The group is in a drawer under the bed and we know they are safe and will eventually be resurrected.”

The group from Sheffield, formed in 1978 and known above all for their hits Common people Y disco 2000album excerpts different classin 1995, he released his last album in 2001. Since then, Jarvis Cocker has released several solo albums, the first of which, in 2006, titled Jarvis.

His most recent album is an album of covers of French songs, Tip-Top: boredom songs, released in 2021. She plays Dalida, Dutronc or Gainsbourg. Jarvis Cocker also participated in the compilation Monsieur Gainsbourg revisitedresuming in english I came to tell you that I’m leaving. She also participated in Charlotte Gainbourg’s second album, 5:55in 2006.

Returning to the stage in 2010, Pulp made his final stage performance in 2012.