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Telegraph
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: I don't mind if my children switch off my music – I'm not trying to raise tiny fans
How do famous names spend their precious downtime? In our weekly My Saturday column, celebrities reveal their weekend virtues and vices. This week: Sophie Ellis-Bextor 5.50am I've got five children [Sonny, 21, Kit, 16, Ray, 13, Jesse, nine, and six-year-old Mickey] so it's pot luck if we get a lie-in. During the week I'm the house alarm clock, but on Saturdays hopefully I'll get to wake up a little later. If the youngest does wake early, we'll send him downstairs to watch cartoons and snooze for a bit longer. On a good day, everyone will stay in bed, and I'll get two hours more sleep. 9am I love Saturdays at home and without fail I'll make pancakes for everyone after I've had my cup of tea, the first one always with sugar, the rest of the day without. I have the same breakfast I have every day: two slices of toast, one with Marmite, one with peanut butter. 10.30am Our morning soundtrack will be some news then BBC 6 Music if I'm in charge, but usually the kids will order Alexa to switch channels to something they like, or Sonny and Ray will put on music for their Saturday-morning guitar lessons. Occasionally, one of my songs will make it on to the stereo, probably something from my forthcoming album Perimenopop, but it's an unusual day when it gets to the end without being taken off. But that's fine. I'm not trying to raise tiny fans. 11.30am Now the weather's nicer, we'll open up the garden and have a bounce on the trampoline, usually still in our jim-jams. I love trampolining and even filmed one of my videos on one once. I love a good bounce. I find it quite contemplative. No somersaults though. I'm worried I'll break my neck. 1pm Richard [Jones, Ellis-Bextor's husband and bass player of The Feeling] and I both love cooking, so we'll pick up fresh food from the local butcher, fishmonger and grocer and often have loads of people over. Last weekend we had 40 people for a barbecue. Richard will do the meat and fish, and I'll do loads of salads and potatoes. My pomegranate and pistachio couscous and roasted peppers with anchovies went down really well. 3pm As a musician there's no hard and fast 'no work at the weekend' rule, so I might do a little. Richard and I do multiple projects together, so we might prepare for our Monday podcast, or I might rehearse in our home studio. We've also recently invested in a little business called Four Leaf Coffee in a local garden centre and take it in turns to go over there. We try to keep to the creative side rather than the boring admin stuff. 5pm I love an early-evening aperitif and my go-to is a Tia Maria espresso Martini. If I'm performing, I'll wait till later and have it as a post-gig celebration. It's been a wild 18 months since Murder on the Dancefloor featured in the film Saltburn. It's opened up a whole new American market – including me performing in Times Square. It's put so much wind behind me making the new record. 8pm We'll have been grazing on lunch all afternoon so supper tends to be lighter, maybe pasta, then as it's not a school night I'll let the kids stay up later. If I'm doing a gig, I'll grab something twinkly to put on, do my own hair and make-up and whisk off into the night with my sparkly shoes on. 11pm If I'm performing, I might get back any time between 11pm and 1am. When I was younger the distance between my everyday existence and me on stage was wider, but now there's not so much of an on/off switch to the process, so I don't feel the need to burn off the energy after a show. Midnight I like to have a chat with all the kids before they go to sleep, starting off with the youngest ones. I've been in the parenting zone for so long now I can survive on only five hours of sleep a night. 12.30am I've got a ton of books on my bedside table that I've started but not finished. I know people say don't do it, but before I close my eyes I bloody love spending a bit of time mindlessly looking at my phone, and I might have a final look at eBay before calling it a night.
Leader Live
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Pulp revealed as mystery band Patchwork as they appear for Glastonbury set
The Sheffield band began with a rendition of their hit song Sorted For E's And Wizz while the words 'Pulp Summer' appeared on the screen behind them. Their performance comes 30 years after their headline performance at the festival when they stood in for The Stone Roses after the Manchester band's guitarist John Squire was injured in a cycling accident. Groups of people wearing waterproof parkas took to the stage before the performance began, and footage from their 1995 headline show was broadcast on the screen behind. Following their opening track, the Jarvis Cocker-fronted band launched into one of their best known songs, Disco 2000, from 1995's Different Class, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 1990s, prompting a mass singalong from the Glastonbury crowd. Following the song, Cocker said: 'My name's Jarvis, we're Pulp, sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork, did you know that we were going to play?' After cheers from the crowd, he added: 'Psychic? Good. 'Listen, those two songs we just played, Sorted For E's & Wizz and Disco 2000, were first played on this stage 30 years and four days ago. 'It was the very, very first time they were played – you could say they were born in Glastonbury. 'Why were we here at Glastonbury that time? We'll get into that, but if you listen to this song, which isn't so old, and actually was released four weeks ago or something, it gives you a clue in the title, and I want you all, every one of you, right back to those tents at the back, to come alive.' The band then played Spike Island, which was the first single from their first album in 24 years, More, released earlier this year, which the band said was intended as a follow-up to Sorted For E's & Wizz. Pulp also treated fans to Acrylic Afternoons from 1994's His And Hers, backed with violin, with Cocker holding some cups up as he sang about cups of tea, and appearing to throw food into the crowd. Cocker, who was wearing a brown suit and green shirt, then picked up an acoustic guitar for a performance of Something Changed from Different Class, which brought a sway from the crowd. The band finished with a double whammy of two of their best know songs, Babies and Common People, having played their breakthrough single Do You Remember The First Time? earlier in the set. Pulp's appearance comes after keyboard player Candida Doyle had appeared to confirm the band would not perform at the festival. Asked whether she would be performing on BBC 6 Music, Doyle said: 'We wanted to, just because it's the 30th anniversary and that kind of thing, and they weren't interested. 'And then we were thinking maybe next year, and then they're not doing it next year.' Formed in 1978, Pulp struggled to find success with the dark content of early albums It (1983), Freaks (1987) and Separations (1992), before finding their audience during the 1990s Britpop era with their first UK top 40 single, Do You Remember The First Time? and the subsequent His 'N' Hers album, in 1994. In 1995, they gained nationwide fame with the release of the single Common People and their Glastonbury performance. Pulp are currently made up of singer Cocker, keyboard player Doyle, drummer Nick Banks and guitarist Mark Webber, and have achieved five UK top 10 singles and two UK number one albums.
The Herald Scotland
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Pulp revealed as mystery band Patchwork as they appear for Glastonbury set
Their performance comes 30 years after their headline performance at the festival when they stood in for The Stone Roses after the Manchester band's guitarist John Squire was injured in a cycling accident. Jarvis Cocker enjoyed a number one album with Pulp this year (Yui Mok/PA) Groups of people wearing waterproof parkas took to the stage before the performance began, and footage from their 1995 headline show was broadcast on the screen behind. Following their opening track, the Jarvis Cocker-fronted band launched into one of their best known songs, Disco 2000, from 1995's Different Class, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 1990s, prompting a mass singalong from the Glastonbury crowd. Following the song, Cocker said: 'My name's Jarvis, we're Pulp, sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork, did you know that we were going to play?' After cheers from the crowd, he added: 'Psychic? Good. 'Listen, those two songs we just played, Sorted For E's & Wizz and Disco 2000, were first played on this stage 30 years and four days ago. Pulp thrilled the crowd just over 30 years since they headlined the event (Yui Mok/PA) 'It was the very, very first time they were played – you could say they were born in Glastonbury. 'Why were we here at Glastonbury that time? We'll get into that, but if you listen to this song, which isn't so old, and actually was released four weeks ago or something, it gives you a clue in the title, and I want you all, every one of you, right back to those tents at the back, to come alive.' The band then played Spike Island, which was the first single from their first album in 24 years, More, released earlier this year, which the band said was intended as a follow-up to Sorted For E's & Wizz. Pulp also treated fans to Acrylic Afternoons from 1994's His And Hers, backed with violin, with Cocker holding some cups up as he sang about cups of tea, and appearing to throw food into the crowd. Pulp are one of Britpop's most enduringly popular bands (Yui Mok/PA) Cocker, who was wearing a brown suit and green shirt, then picked up an acoustic guitar for a performance of Something Changed from Different Class, which brought a sway from the crowd. The band finished with a double whammy of two of their best know songs, Babies and Common People, having played their breakthrough single Do You Remember The First Time? earlier in the set. Pulp's appearance comes after keyboard player Candida Doyle had appeared to confirm the band would not perform at the festival. Asked whether she would be performing on BBC 6 Music, Doyle said: 'We wanted to, just because it's the 30th anniversary and that kind of thing, and they weren't interested. 'And then we were thinking maybe next year, and then they're not doing it next year.' Pulp were originally formed in Sheffield (Yui Mok/PA) Formed in 1978, Pulp struggled to find success with the dark content of early albums It (1983), Freaks (1987) and Separations (1992), before finding their audience during the 1990s Britpop era with their first UK top 40 single, Do You Remember The First Time? and the subsequent His 'N' Hers album, in 1994. In 1995, they gained nationwide fame with the release of the single Common People and their Glastonbury performance. Pulp are currently made up of singer Cocker, keyboard player Doyle, drummer Nick Banks and guitarist Mark Webber, and have achieved five UK top 10 singles and two UK number one albums.
Rhyl Journal
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
Pulp revealed as mystery band Patchwork as they appear for Glastonbury set
The Sheffield band began with a rendition of their hit song Sorted For E's And Wizz while the words 'Pulp Summer' appeared on the screen behind them. Their performance comes 30 years after their headline performance at the festival when they stood in for The Stone Roses after the Manchester band's guitarist John Squire was injured in a cycling accident. Groups of people wearing waterproof parkas took to the stage before the performance began, and footage from their 1995 headline show was broadcast on the screen behind. Following their opening track, the Jarvis Cocker-fronted band launched into one of their best known songs, Disco 2000, from 1995's Different Class, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 1990s, prompting a mass singalong from the Glastonbury crowd. Following the song, Cocker said: 'My name's Jarvis, we're Pulp, sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork, did you know that we were going to play?' After cheers from the crowd, he added: 'Psychic? Good. 'Listen, those two songs we just played, Sorted For E's & Wizz and Disco 2000, were first played on this stage 30 years and four days ago. 'It was the very, very first time they were played – you could say they were born in Glastonbury. 'Why were we here at Glastonbury that time? We'll get into that, but if you listen to this song, which isn't so old, and actually was released four weeks ago or something, it gives you a clue in the title, and I want you all, every one of you, right back to those tents at the back, to come alive.' The band then played Spike Island, which was the first single from their first album in 24 years, More, released earlier this year, which the band said was intended as a follow-up to Sorted For E's & Wizz. Pulp also treated fans to Acrylic Afternoons from 1994's His And Hers, backed with violin, with Cocker holding some cups up as he sang about cups of tea, and appearing to throw food into the crowd. Cocker, who was wearing a brown suit and green shirt, then picked up an acoustic guitar for a performance of Something Changed from Different Class, which brought a sway from the crowd. The band finished with a double whammy of two of their best know songs, Babies and Common People, having played their breakthrough single Do You Remember The First Time? earlier in the set. Pulp's appearance comes after keyboard player Candida Doyle had appeared to confirm the band would not perform at the festival. Asked whether she would be performing on BBC 6 Music, Doyle said: 'We wanted to, just because it's the 30th anniversary and that kind of thing, and they weren't interested. 'And then we were thinking maybe next year, and then they're not doing it next year.' Formed in 1978, Pulp struggled to find success with the dark content of early albums It (1983), Freaks (1987) and Separations (1992), before finding their audience during the 1990s Britpop era with their first UK top 40 single, Do You Remember The First Time? and the subsequent His 'N' Hers album, in 1994. In 1995, they gained nationwide fame with the release of the single Common People and their Glastonbury performance. Pulp are currently made up of singer Cocker, keyboard player Doyle, drummer Nick Banks and guitarist Mark Webber, and have achieved five UK top 10 singles and two UK number one albums.
South Wales Guardian
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Pulp revealed as mystery band Patchwork as they appear for Glastonbury set
The Sheffield band began with a rendition of their hit song Sorted For E's And Wizz while the words 'Pulp Summer' appeared on the screen behind them. Their performance comes 30 years after their headline performance at the festival when they stood in for The Stone Roses after the Manchester band's guitarist John Squire was injured in a cycling accident. Groups of people wearing waterproof parkas took to the stage before the performance began, and footage from their 1995 headline show was broadcast on the screen behind. Following their opening track, the Jarvis Cocker-fronted band launched into one of their best known songs, Disco 2000, from 1995's Different Class, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 1990s, prompting a mass singalong from the Glastonbury crowd. Following the song, Cocker said: 'My name's Jarvis, we're Pulp, sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork, did you know that we were going to play?' After cheers from the crowd, he added: 'Psychic? Good. 'Listen, those two songs we just played, Sorted For E's & Wizz and Disco 2000, were first played on this stage 30 years and four days ago. 'It was the very, very first time they were played – you could say they were born in Glastonbury. 'Why were we here at Glastonbury that time? We'll get into that, but if you listen to this song, which isn't so old, and actually was released four weeks ago or something, it gives you a clue in the title, and I want you all, every one of you, right back to those tents at the back, to come alive.' The band then played Spike Island, which was the first single from their first album in 24 years, More, released earlier this year, which the band said was intended as a follow-up to Sorted For E's & Wizz. Pulp also treated fans to Acrylic Afternoons from 1994's His And Hers, backed with violin, with Cocker holding some cups up as he sang about cups of tea, and appearing to throw food into the crowd. Cocker, who was wearing a brown suit and green shirt, then picked up an acoustic guitar for a performance of Something Changed from Different Class, which brought a sway from the crowd. Pulp's appearance comes after keyboard player Candida Doyle had appeared to confirm the band would not perform at the festival. Asked whether she would be performing on BBC 6 Music, Doyle said: 'We wanted to, just because it's the 30th anniversary and that kind of thing, and they weren't interested. 'And then we were thinking maybe next year, and then they're not doing it next year.' Formed in 1978, Pulp struggled to find success with the dark content of early albums It (1983), Freaks (1987) and Separations (1992), before finding their audience during the 1990s Britpop era with their first UK top 40 single, Do You Remember The First Time? and the subsequent His 'N' Hers album, in 1994. In 1995, they gained nationwide fame with the release of the single Common People and their Glastonbury performance. Pulp are currently made up of singer Cocker, keyboard player Doyle, drummer Nick Banks and guitarist Mark Webber, and have achieved five UK top 10 singles and two UK number one albums.
