Best News In a Very Long Time. The Graun are reporting that Pulp’s original lineup will be reforming to play a handful of dates during 2011.
Pulp are set to re-form for live dates in summer 2011. The Sheffield band, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, have announced a series of festival appearances for next year, including London’s Wireless and Spain’s Primavera Sound.
A press release distributed this morning said: “Pulp have decided to get together and play some concerts next summer. The shows will involve all the original members of the band (Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve MacKey, Russell Senior and Mark Webber) and they will play songs from all periods of their career. Yes, that means they’ll be playing your favourites.”
This is super exciting, and you have to wonder if they’ve been inspired by the success of Blur’s reunion tour (and the fact that Albarn and co. had to massively extend their run beyond the initial 2 Hyde Park dates last year – will Pulp also be hoping for a reprise of their monumental 1995 Glastonbury success…?)
Some cryptic info is available at PulpPeople.com, and there’s also a Facebook page with some more details.
The dates will be the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park (!) on Sunday 3rd July 2011 and then the Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona on Friday 27th May.
The Guardian: Pulp reunite for live dates in 2011 (Rosie Swash)
