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Leader Live
2 hours ago
- 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 Guardian
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Pulp's secret Glastonbury set review – still the magnificently misshapen oddballs of British pop
'Sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork,' says Jarvis Cocker, in reference to the mysterious name that appeared on the Glastonbury bill in lieu of Pulp's. 'How did you know we were going to play?' In fairness, Pulp did their best to conceal their appearance at the festival (as Cocker says, it's 30 years and four days since they were parachuted into the Glastonbury headlining slot, a now-legendary performance that sealed their ascendancy). Keyboard player Candida Doyle even gave an interview to a local Somerset newspaper insisting that while they wanted to play, Glastonbury 'weren't interested'. But clearly no one was convinced – the Pyramid stage is headlining-set heaving. There's something charming about the fact that they open with Sorted For E's & Wizz, a song that takes a pretty equivocal, even steely view of the kind of hedonism that prevails at Glastonbury: proof, should it be needed, that Pulp remain a band who seldom go about things the straightforward way. Listening to them play their 90s hits – Mis‐Shapes, Disco 2000, Babies – you're struck by how little they had in common with their ostensible Britpop contemporaries. Their wonky collision of 70s glam, French pop, disco and analogue electronics didn't sound like any of their peers, nor was the prevailing mood of their songs much in tune with the supposed mood of the era. They're substantially darker and grubbier, consistently sticking up for oddballs and outsiders at a time when alternative music was making a lunge for a mainstream audience. It's as if they became huge coincidentally, rather than as part of a movement. This means that, for all the nostalgia their old songs evoke in anyone who can remember the 90s – and a quick scan around the audience reveals a number of people looking distinctly moist-eyed as they play – they aren't welded to the era in which they were first recorded, so they haven't really dated. Moreover, there isn't really any diminution in quality when they drop in Spike Island and Got To Have Love, two songs from their comeback album More, a smart reapplication of their longstanding approach to a later stage of life. Cocker, meanwhile, remains a fantastic frontman, dispensing sage wisdom about the festival itself – 'to enjoy Glastonbury, you have to submit to it' – and reflecting on how terrified the band were to find themselves filling in at short notice for an indisposed Stone Roses in 1995: 'But I feel very relaxed today – how about you?' You'd probably feel quite relaxed too if you knew you had Common People as your closing number. Surely the most straightforwardly rousing anthem ever written about class rage, it causes delirium on a scale not so different from that you can see in old footage of their headlining appearance: a highlight then, it's also one of the most joyous moments so far in this year's festival. Presumably somewhat by coincidence, the Red Arrows stage a flypast midway through the song. And off Pulp go, Jarvis promising to see the audience in Arcadia later.
The Guardian
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Haim's secret Glastonbury set review – sing-alongs and stomping songs from Worthy Farm's favourite sisters
There's been a lot of talk this week about how un-secret the Glastonbury secret sets have become, so I was surprised to find that, when I told some friends that I was on my way to go see Haim's 'TBA' slot on the Park stage, none of them were aware that the show was occurring. And while a healthy, roaring crowd has assembled for Haim's set, which they posted about on Instagram an hour before their stage time, it doesn't necessarily feel like there is the same mania around Haim's surprise appearance as there was around other artists such as Lorde, Pulp and Lewis Capaldi. Perhaps that's because, in their 13 years as a band, Haim have basically become part of the furniture at Worthy Farm: they played in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2022, and also performed on the festival's Covid-era live stream. There is a sense, perhaps, that the chance to see Pulp on the Pyramid stage for the first time in 30 years or Lorde return from a performing hiatus is a bigger deal than rock's most affable sisters. Indeed, the sheer reliability of Haim is at the top of my mind during their Park performance. Although their set is themed around their recently released fourth album I Quit – the staging features a giant digital sign flashing slogans including 'I quit dick' and 'I quit caring about what people think' – it leans on big, eternally great hits from past albums. Danielle, Alana and Este gallop on stage to the irresistible stomp of The Wire, from 2013's Days Are Gone, and the crowd saves its biggest sing-alongs for the urgent, frustrated The Steps (from the band's 2020 opus Women In Music Pt III) and Want You Back, from 2017's Something To Tell You. While it's fantastic to hear these songs in such a gorgeous live setting, in the Park's natural amphitheatre, it also feels like a slight shame, because the songs from I Quit are total standouts. Blood on the Street, an absolutely sizzling breakup song, is extended into what feels like an eight-minute cross between a cabaret show and a jam band, with Danielle punctuating one lyric with a yelled 'What the fuck?' and imperiously stretching her arm out demanding a guitar at one point, and Este stretching her lyrics into frenzied screams. Down to Be Wrong, a highlight of the record, provides a spectacular final song: Danielle's voice sounds sublime on the chorus, and it's even better when sung back to her by a devoted, ardent crowd.
Sky News
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News
Pulp revealed as mystery Glastonbury band as they echo famous 1990s headline set
Declaring a 'Pulp Summer' on the screen behind them, the band appeared on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage for another of the festival's "surprise" performances. Billed as the non-existent act Patchwork in the days beforehand, fans knew to expect something big - similar to when The ChurnUps turned out to be the Foo Fighters in 2023. A group of people mysteriously walked on to the stage in waterproof ponchos before the "secret" was revealed and the Pulp homage to fellow Saturday night performer Charli XCX's Brat Summer appeared on screen. Like Lewis Capaldi's unannounced set on Friday, everyone at Glastonbury knew who to expect by the time Jarvis Cocker and co began at 6.15pm, thanks to the bookies' odds, "secret" sources and whispers around the festival. The Sheffield band were welcomed with a huge turnout at the festival's biggest stage. In tribute to their headline performance in 1995, when they famously took over from The Stone Roses at short notice, Pulp started with Sorted For E's And Whizz and then straight into Disco 2000 - two songs played live for the first time on this same stage 30 years ago. "It was the very, very first time they were played - you could say they were born in Glastonbury," Cocker told the crowd. From the Mercury Prize-winning Different Class, the album that propelled Pulp to topping the charts and platinum sales, and one of the most critically acclaimed records of the 1990s, the songs prompted a mass sing-along - and jump-along from an enthusiastic crowd who knew every word. "My name's Jarvis, this is Pulp," Cocker announced, just in case anyone was in any doubt. "Sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork. Did you know that we were going to play?" After their 1990s hits, the band launched into Spike Island, the lead single from More - their first album in 24 years, released earlier this month. It was a set full of memorable moments - including the Red Arrows flying over - and Cocker picking up an acoustic guitar for the poignant Something Changed. Do You Remember The First Time? And Babies also featured, before the band of course ended on their biggest hit - Common People. Pulp's appearance came after keyboard player Candida Doyle appeared to confirm the band would not perform at the festival in a BBC interview beforehand, despite much speculation that they would fill one of the unannounced slots. "We wanted to, just because it's the 30th anniversary and that kind of thing, and they weren't interested," she said. "And then we were thinking maybe next year, and then they're not doing it next year." Along with the headliners and the Sunday afternoon "legends slots", unannounced sets from the likes of the Foo Fighters, The Killers, and Radiohead have become some of the most talked-about performances at Glastonbury in recent years. As well as Capaldi and Pulp, acts including Lorde and Haim have also popped up as "secrets" this year. Pulp have a history of surprises at the festival, having performed a secret set on the Park Stage in 2011 following their first hiatus. Formed in 1978, they released three albums in the 1980s and early '90s before finding mainstream success with 1994's His And Hers. Different Class came 18 months later in October 1995 and Pulp became huge, helped in no small part by their memorable performance at Glastonbury earlier in the year. Thirty years later, they have entered the festival's history books once again.
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pulp revealed as mystery Glastonbury band as they echo famous 1990s headline set
Declaring a 'Pulp Summer' on the screen behind them, the band appeared on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage for another of the festival's "surprise" performances. Billed as the non-existent act Patchwork in the days beforehand, - similar to when The ChurnUps turned out to be the in 2023. A group of people mysteriously walked on to the stage in waterproof ponchos before the "secret" was revealed and the homage to fellow Saturday night performer Charli XCX's Brat Summer appeared on on Friday, everyone at knew who to expect by the time and co began at 6.15pm, thanks to the bookies' odds, "secret" sources and whispers around the festival. The Sheffield band were welcomed with a huge turnout at the festival's biggest stage. In tribute to their headline performance in 1995, when they famously took over from The Stone Roses at short notice, Pulp started with Sorted For E's And Whizz and then straight into Disco 2000 - two songs played live for the first time on this same stage 30 years ago. "It was the very, very first time they were played - you could say they were born in Glastonbury," Cocker told the crowd. From the Mercury Prize-winning Different Class, the album that propelled Pulp to topping the charts and platinum sales, and one of the most critically acclaimed records of the 1990s, the songs prompted a mass sing-along - and jump-along from an enthusiastic crowd who knew every word. "My name's Jarvis, this is Pulp," Cocker announced, just in case anyone was in any doubt. "Sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork. Did you know that we were going to play?" After their 1990s hits, the band launched into Spike Island, the lead single from More - their first album in 24 years, released earlier this month. It was a set full of memorable moments - including the Red Arrows flying over - and Cocker picking up an acoustic guitar for the poignant Something Changed. Do You Remember The First Time? And Babies also featured, before the band of course ended on their biggest hit - Common People. Pulp's appearance came after keyboard player Candida Doyle appeared to confirm the band would not perform at the festival in a BBC interview beforehand, despite much speculation that they would fill one of the unannounced slots. Read more from Sky News:' "We wanted to, just because it's the 30th anniversary and that kind of thing, and they weren't interested," she said. "And then we were thinking maybe next year, and then they're not doing it next year." Along with the headliners and the Sunday afternoon "legends slots", unannounced sets from the likes of the Foo Fighters, The Killers, and have become some of the most talked-about performances at Glastonbury in recent years. As well as Capaldi and Pulp, acts including Lorde and Haim have also popped up as "secrets" this year. Pulp have a history of surprises at the festival, having performed a secret set on the Park Stage in 2011 following their first hiatus. Formed in 1978, they released three albums in the 1980s and early '90s before finding mainstream success with 1994's His And Hers. Different Class came 18 months later in October 1995 and Pulp became huge, helped in no small part by their memorable performance at Glastonbury earlier in the year. Thirty years later, they have entered the festival's history books once again.
