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Pulp have announced a summer 2025 UK arena tour. Find all the ticket information below.Jarvis Cocker and co.

Pulp and LCD Soundsystem have announced a couple of 2025 Hollywood Bowl co-headline shows set to take place later this year.Today, the two bands revealed that they will be sharing the stage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 25 and 26 for a two-night residency in the city of Angels. “You’re seeing double … & it’s all okay. @welovepulp and @LCDSoundsystem.

Pulp will be the first band to contribute to the LIVE Trust, where £1 from every ticket sold at their summer 2025 UK arena tour will be given to fund financial support to those working across live music.The LIVE Trust, which was set up in the wake of last year’s CMS Select Committee investigation into the state of the grassroots, will dish out vital funding and act on behalf of the live music industry, which contributes £6.1billion to the UK economy while employing 230,000 people.David Martin of the Featured Artists Coalition told NME in January that he hopes a levy would be introduced by some artists to support the initiative; “what I would like to see happen is a £1 blanket levy on all gigs above a 5,000 capacity very quickly with that funding going to the Live Trust and distributed between venues and artists in parity, with some of the money going to promoters as well.”Pulp has been announced as the first band to pledge £1 from each of their tickets sold from their upcoming tour to the scheme.“As the first UK band to endorse our mission, Pulp is championing the future of UK live music by backing a £1 ticket addition that directly supports grassroots venues, festivals, and emerging talent across the UK,” the social media announcement post reads. “Their commitment shows that live music is about passion, community, and a sustainable future.”A post shared by LIVE Trust (@livetrustcharity)Other artists have also introduced levies on their tickets, donating some of the money from each sale to various causes.

Little Simz has been announced as curating the 2025 edition of Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre.The British artist is set to curate a boundary-breaking line-up for this year’s edition of the 11-day festival, and will be taking to the stage herself as one of the performers.Scheduled between Thursday June 12 and Sunday June 22, the event will include a number of live performances from artists hand-selected by Little Simz, as well as two weekends of free participatory programming featuring grassroots collectives and local organisations.The first wave of names set to take part in the 2025 edition of Meltdown Festival will be announced later this spring.“I’m super excited to be the 2025 Meltdown festival curator! My team and I are preparing 11 days of art, music, workshops and more,” Little Simz said in a new statement. “So many incredible artists have curated this festival so it’s a true honour to be a part of it.

Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Devo and more have been announced as contributors featured on the ‘Los Angeles Rising’ wildfire relief benefit compilation album.The Los Angeles wildfires, which began on January 7, have left 28 people dead, more than 12,000 structures destroyed and saw the evacuation of more than 150,000 residents.Created by Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) and producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES), all proceeds from ‘Los Angeles Rising’ will go to Sweet Relief – a musicians fund that helps provide financial assistance to musicians and music industry workers. You can purchase the album exclusively from Bandcamp.The LP features 16 previously unreleased tracks from the likes of Cave, Harvey, Gary Numan, Primal Scream and more.

FKA Twigs, Beach House, Ezra Collective and more have been announced as new additions to the We Love Green 2025 line-up.The likes of former NME Cover stars Fcukers, Snow Strippers, DJ Koze, Marcel Dettman, Clara Luciani, Lucky Love, Polo & Pan, Avalon Emerson, Sublime, Gesaffelstein, Judeline, Laylow, Maureen, Paul Kalkbrenner, Theodora, Tiakola, YSEULT and Zamdane have been added to the line-up as well, joining the previously announced Charli XCX, Air, Kavinsky, Parcels, Magdalena Bay, HorsegiirL, Spill Tab and more.The French music bash is set to return to the heart of Bois de Vincennes, Paris on June 6 through June 8 2025 following this year’s record-breaking edition which saw over 110,000 people in attendance.Early bird tickets for the 2025 edition of the festival are available for purchase here. Prices start at €159 (£132) for a weekend pass and €64 (£53) for single weekday tickets.This year’s edition saw the likes of Justice, L’Imperatrice, Burna Boy, Paris Texas, OutKast, BADBADNOTGOOD, Four Tet, Kim Gordon, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kenya Grace and SZA perform.In a four-star review of the We Love Green 2024, NME shared: ” We Love Green is so named for its ecological credentials, and after all, this world we love will only remain green if sometimes it rains.

Pulp‘s Jarvis Cocker has opened up about the creation of their song ‘Mile End’ for Danny Boyle‘s film Trainspotting.The iconic frontman was the latest guest of Criterion‘s Closet Picks series on YouTube. The series sees select artists visit the American home-video distribution company’s DVD closet and allows them to choose and explain their favourite films from the Criterion collection.While picking his favourite films, Cocker mentioned Trainspotting, the 1996 classic which follows the lives of a group of heroin addicts and their friends living in Leith, Edinburgh.

Pulp have signed a new record deal with Rough Trade amid rumours of an album coming in 2025.A brief press release, shared today (December 12) reads: “Pulp are pleased to announce that they have signed a record deal with Rough Trade Records.”The Sheffield band wrote: “Rough Trade have managed Pulp for over 30 years so it feels great to be finally on the label. We did it!”Jarvis Cocker and co.

FKA Twigs, Jarvis Cocker, Munroe Bergdorf, Marcel Dettman, Annie Mac, Jayda G, Tony Andrews, Nonotak and No Tags Podcast, with more to be announced.Then, the night programme will feature club shows at HERE @ Outernet and EARTH Hackney, with performances from Erika de Casier, Kojaque and Mechatok.You can see the full line-up below, and sign up to access tickets here.A post shared by AVA Festival (@avafestival)A post shared by AVA Festival (@avafestival)FKA Twigs will feature in a live recording of the Resident Advisor Exchange podcast at the British Library, while Jarvis Cocker is set to deliver a special climate-themed lecture titled “Biophobia” in association with EarthPercent.AVA first ran in 2017 and has previously hosted the likes of Brian Eno, Charli xcx, Laurent Garnier, Bicep, Orbital, Joy Orbison and Irvine Welsh.In other news, FKA Twigs is set to release ‘Eusexua’, the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s ‘Magdalene’ on January 24 2025 via Young (available for pre-order here).So far, she’s shared three tastes of the record.

Pulp guitarist Mark Webber has spoken to NME about his new book I’m With Pulp – Are You? – as well as what the future may hold for the band.Published back in September, the new book gathers Webber’s extensive collection of ephemera and objects. It was accumulated over 40 years with the band and presented as a visual history of Pulp as told through photos, flyers, record covers, setlists, badges, posters, press clippings, merchandise and more.It comes with a foreword from frontman Jarvis Cocker, who describes Webber as a “hoarder” as well as the band’s “first fan” as well their “first tour manager” before he joined as a member in 1995.“I don’t think I can claim to the first fan, but definitely one of the few in that period of the mid-to-late ‘80s,” Webber told NME.

Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales have teamed up for a performance of Tina Turner‘s ‘Private Dancer’ at the Royal Albert Hall.Last night (October 28), Gonzales took over the famed London venue and performed tracks from his recent album ‘GONZO’ which was released last month. For the eighth song of the night, the Pulp frontman – who had been previously announced as a special guest of the night – joined the Canadian musician for a rendition of Turner’s 1984 song.The duo’s rendition of ‘Private Dancer’ was slower than the original track with Gonzales at the grand piano and Cocker singing the lyrics while remaining straightfaced, turning the upbeat track into a more stripped-back, dramatic tune.Cocker returned later in the show for a performance of ‘Tearjerker’ from the duo’s collaborative album ‘Room 29‘.

Pulp have debuted yet another new song on their ongoing US tour titled ‘Farmer’s Market’. Preview the track via fan footage below.In 2024, Pulp are currently embarking on their first US tour in 12 years – and, along the way, they have been giving audiences a peek into new material.

Pulp have debuted a new song titled ‘You’ve Got to Have Love’ at a concert in Brooklyn, New York last night (September 13) as part of their ongoing North American tour.The song made its way into the setlist during the band’s second encore, which followed a rousing performance of ‘Common People’. ‘You’ve Got To Have Love’ is the third new song debuted on the band’s current US tour after ‘Spike Island’ and ‘My Sex’.The song was originally written and recorded as a demo during sessions for 2001 album ‘We Love Life’, which has since been the band’s last studio album.

Pulp have debuted another brooding unreleased song titled ‘My Sex’ while on tour in the US. Find footage of the moment below.Jarvis Cocker and co.

Pulp have kicked off their US tour by debuting a new song called ‘Spike Island’. Find footage of the moment below.The iconic Sheffield band launched their US tour on Sunday night (September 8) with a show at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. It followed on from their extensive run of performances across Europe this summer, and marked their first North American tour in 12 years.While the vast majority of the set in Chicago mirrored that of their European shows, Jarvis Cocker and co.

Pulp have announced details of their first show for 2025, taking place at a huge new festival in Japan.Announced today (August 15), the new tour date will be held as part of the new Rockin’ On Sonic festival, which will take place at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall in Chiba.Held between January 4 and 5, the recently shared line-up sees the Jarvis Cocker-led band top the bill, alongside California rock band Weezer.Also on the first list of artists confirmed for the new festival are Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, The Lemon Twigs and Wednesday.More artists set to perform at Rockin’ On Sonic 2025 are set to be announced at a later date, and tickets for the festival go to pre-sale on Tuesday (August 20). Visit here to buy yours.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics)The announcement that Pulp have locked in their first live show for 2025 comes amid speculation that the band are working on new material.Rumours of the band working on new music came to a head after the frontman was recently spotted in Walthamstow.

Pulp are “back in the studio” after the band’s frontman Jarvis Cocker was spotted in Walthamstow.Earlier today, Stella Creasy – the Walthamstow Labour and Coop MP – took her social media accounts to share a photo of Cocker that was lifted from the Walthamstow Residents News.The image saw the singer in the London Borough wearing a bucket hat and carrying an orange Rough Trade tote bag while waving at the camera. Those who took the photo, reportedly claimed that the frontman revealed that the band were “back in the studio”.“Look who was in the ‘Stow yesterday… he said that they were back in the studio!” read the caption of the photo.

Pulp performed ‘A Sunset’ live for the first time at Flow Festival this weekend.The song, which is co-written by Richard Hawley, was first performed in 2022 when he and Jarvis Cocker debuted it at The Leadmill in their native Sheffield.Earlier this year it made another appearance, performed by Cocker before he delivered ‘Biophobia’ at GEI (Green Events and Innovations conference) in London in March, when a 30-minute multimedia presentation featured the unreleased song.Now, the track has been played by the band for the first time, while Pulp performed on the main stage at the Helsinki festival on Sunday (August 11). According to Setlist.Fm, the moment saw Hawley join them for the rendition, and it arrived as the final song, following on from fan-favourite ‘Common People’.

Charli XCX has responded to Pulp frontman Jarvis Cover playing her track ‘Girl, So Confusing’ remix during his Glastonbury DJ set.The ‘Common People’ singer took over the Stonebridge Bar in the Park on Friday (June 28) where he played a DJ set with Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip. During the set, Charli’s remix of her ‘Brat‘ track ‘Girl, So Confusing’ featuring Lorde was played.Charli commented on a TikTok of the song being spun by Cocker to which she commented: “Omg I’m dead.” Fans took to the comment section to express their excitement.

Pulp performed ‘Bar Italia’ for the first time in 12 years in Italy last night (June 23).The track, which is based on the Italian café located on Frith Street in the Soho district of London, closes their classic 1995 album ‘Different Class’.The song describes the café as “round the corner in Soho” and “where all the broken people go”, and the band can be seen sitting in the haunt on the artwork for their classic hit ‘Common People’.Many fans expressed their delight at hearing the band play the track for the first time since 2012 at the Medimex festival, with one writing on X: “Pulp ending their set tonight with Bar Italia, the final song from Different Class, was EPIC.”Another added: “PULP PLAYED BAR ITALIA???? WHAT THE FUCK?????”I can’t believe it

Jarvis Cocker of Pulp has joined The Jesus & Mary Chain for a performance of ‘Just Like Honey’ – watch footage of the performance below.While performing at the Medimex festival in Italy, The Jesus & Mary Chain brought out Pulp frontman Cocker to aid them in singing their 1985 hit ‘Just Like Honey’. It is worth noting that Cocker did not sing the main vocals for the song, and instead only provided backing vocals for the band’s Jim Reid.Watch fan-shot footage of Jarvis Cocker joining The Jesus & Mary Chain for ‘Just Like Honey’ below.A post shared by dee (@deetledum)Elsewhere during their set, The Jesus & Mary Chain performed several songs from their new album ‘Glasgow Eyes’, including ‘Jamcod’, ‘Venal Joy’ and ‘Girl 71’ – the latter of which featured guest backing vocalist Rachel Conti.Later that night, Pulp headlined the same festival, where they performed an array of career highlights, including ‘This Is Hardcore’, ‘Do You Remember The First Time?’, ‘Common People’, ‘Something Changed’, ‘Underwear’ and more.