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Jarvis Cocker says Pulp will not record new music

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Jarvis Cocker has stated Pulp will not record any new music. The band - also formed of Candida Doyle, Mark Webber, Steve Mackey and Nick Banksare - are reuniting for a Christmas show in their hometown of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, next…

Paul McCartney to play Teenager Cancer Trust show

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Sir Paul McCartney has been added to the line-up for this year's Teenage Cancer Trust gigs. The Beatles legend will kick-off the run of shows at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of the charity on March 29, followed by 'Changed The Way You Kissed…

Pulp - It/Freaks/Separations

Reissue of first three albums from 1980s originally released on Fire

(Fire) Testament to the 80s’capacity to incubate provincial bands until they’re ready for megastardom, Pulp’s first three albums on Fire were a career’s worth in themselves, although hardly anyone remembers. Containing, as all three of these reissues…

T in the Park - Balado, Kinross, Fri 8–Sun 10 July 2011

Beyonce, Pulp, Lady North and Tom Jones among highlights

A city-sized piss-up spread across seven stages, T in the Park has grown to almost incomprehensible proportions. With the territory comes an obligation to please everybody some of the time, something which inevitably has a habit of leaving fans of…

Review - T in the Park, Balado, Sunday 10 July

Glorious Pulp, heavy rain and hard electronic madness

I was duly punished for arriving late to T in the Park this year by a brief, but torrential shower, hitting at about 3pm on the Sunday. A quick meteorological experiment to measure the level of rain in my wellies revealed that it had just ‘pissed down’.

Pulp close Wireless festival

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Pulp performed a triumphant set to close London's Wireless festival last night (03.07.11). The legendary Britpop group - who are playing their first shows since originally splitting in 2002 - closed the three day festival in London's Hyde Park in…

Song wishlist for T in the Park 2011

Request a specific track from your favourite T in the Park band

Will you be a mardy bum if Arctic Monkeys don't play 'Mardy Bum'? We're creating a wishlist of songs that we want to hear bands play at T in the Park, and we're inviting readers to contribute. If you're desperate to hear your favourite track played by…

Pulp reformed for friend

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Pulp were inspired to reunite by the death of a friend. The 'Common People' group are playing a string of festival dates this summer - their first shows since splitting in 2002 - and frontman Jarvis Cocker said they were spurred by the tragic…

RockNess / T in the Park line-ups announced

Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, and Foo Fighters for T; Groove Armada, Kasabian and Chemical Bros for RockNess

The great and good of the music world are set to arrive in style this summer with both T in the Park and RockNess dishing up the goodies for their June and July festivals. At TITP in Balado, the mighty Pulp join Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Foo Fighters…

Spotify playlist: T in the Park 2011

Highlight from the line-up, including Pulp, Friendly Fires and The Streets

It's that time of year again and as yet another blisteringly cold winter shows signs of giving in, we can once again start to dream of the greenest pastures, cold refreshments and a beating sun to boot. Alternatively, we can look forward with a hopeful…

Pulp, Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys confirmed for T in the Park line-up 2011

Foo Fighters also joined by Deadmau5, Bright Eyes and Beady Eye

Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, Deadmau5, Friendly Fires, Bright Eyes, Eels, The View, Script, Kesha, Manics, Tom Jones, Death crew 77, Eliza Doolittle, Stornoway, Vitalic, Diplo, Imelda May, Miles Kane, Noah And…

Jarvis Cocker likes tight underwear

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Jarvis Cocker only wears tight-fitting underpants. The Pulp star refuses to wear baggy boxer shorts as he hates the lack of support they offer. He said: "I'm wearing American Apparel Y-fronts. Not boxers. I find that boxers provide insufficient…

Foo Fighters added to Isle Of Wight line up

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Foo Fighters will join Pulp and Kings of Leon at the Isle Of Wight Festival 2011. The US rockers will headline the Saturday night of the event, which kicks off the festival season in the UK on June 10 next year. The show is expected to be one of…

Pulp to headline Isle Of Wight festival

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Pulp will headline the UK's Isle Of Wight festival. The 'Common People' group announced last week they are reforming with their original line up, and have today (26.11.10) been confirmed as one of the three headliners of next year's Isle Of Wight…

Pulp reform for Wireless

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Pulp have reformed. The legendary Britpop group - comprising of Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior and Mark Webber - are to headline the Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park on July 3 2011, and have also hinted…

Pulp to reform for Glastonbury?

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Jarvis Cocker wants Pulp to reform for next year's Glastonbury Festival. The singer is keen to follow in the footsteps of fellow Britpop band Blur and reunite for the world famous music event. He told BANG Showbiz: "I still speak to the boys, and…

EIFF launches its 2010 programme

On the miserable wet morning of Tue 1 June at Filmhouse in Edinburgh, the good the bad and the ugly of Scottish media gathered in surprising numbers for the later-than-usual-launch of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's 2010 programme. In…

Field of Dreams - Festival History

Jay-Z, Glastonbury 2007 The announcement that Jay-Z was to headline Glastonbury was seen by some – mainly the weekend-hippie middle classes who have adopted their annual pilgrimage as self-serving statement of their true nature whilst working for…

Video: Jarvis Cocker installs himself in Paris gallery

Jarvis Cocker has installed himself as an exhibition at the Galerie Chappe in Paris. The musician has been appearing between the hours of 12 noon and 7pm this week in the gallery. One highlight so far has been this video in which he dances with…

Trade secrets

Five months before Margaret Thatcher’s landslide 1979 victory, and with Britain’s city streets still retaining the air of a depressed bombsite, highbrow arts programme The South Bank Show appeared to have been hi-jacked by a cell of musical terrorists.

TV on the Radio - Time for heroes?

Pulp Time to hit big: 12 years Languishing in the back streets of Sheffield and the toilet circuit for almost a decade before Britpop, multiple Mercury nominations and ‘Disco 2000’. Biffy Clyro Time to hit big: nine years In the time they…