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Pulp have launched their own brand of teabags, and announced that singles from their Island era will be arriving on streaming services.The band teased both new updates on social media – the first of which was their own signature brand of tea.Made in collaboration with Dragonfly Tea, frontman Jarvis Cocker took to Instagram last week to unveil the band’s own blend of Black Tea, which comes equipped with snippets of their lyrics.“Monday mornings can be hard. This could help: Pulp Monday Morning Tea,” Cocker wrote on the update, sharing an image of both the box of tea and an accompanying tea caddy.

Glastonbury fans are expecting the festival to reveal the identity of the mystery secret band The Churnups shortly.It’s just one week until Glasto kicks off, with Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John headlining the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Pilton from June 21 to June 25. When the full line-up with stage times were revealed last month, much speculation arose around an unknown band called The Churnups appearing on the bill at 6.15pm on the Friday of the festival, playing on the Pyramid Stage before Royal Blood.The most common theories were that it would be Foo Fighters, or returning Britpop veterans Pulp.

Pulp were joined by Richard Hawley in Dublin last night (June 9) as the band continued their highly-anticipated 2023 reunion tour.They teamed up with their former band member for a live rendition of their classic hit ‘Common People’ at the end of the show at St Anne’s Park. You can view footage below.It comes after Jarvis Cocker joined Hawley on stage during his gig at the Leadmill in Sheffield last August, amid the venue’s ongoing eviction battle.

Noel Gallagher has shared his thoughts about the recent reunions of his former Britpop peers Blur and Pulp – as well as the lack of offers made for Oasis to do the same.Former rivals Blur recently kicked off their comeback tour, as well as announcing their surprise new album ‘The Ballad Of Darren‘, with Pulp also returning to the road their first shows together in a decade.Asked about how he feels about being on the road at the same time as his ’90s peers in support of his acclaimed new solo album ‘Council Skies‘, Gallagher wished them well when speaking to NME as part of the latest in our In Conversation series.“I didn’t know that, but good luck to them!” he said. “Blur never split up, did they? Pulp never split up, they just went and did other things, which is the adult way of doing it.

Foo Fighters have shared a message which seems to suggest that they are the elusive secret band set to play Glastonbury 2023 as ‘The Churnups’.The band, who just released their acclaimed new album ‘But Here We Are‘, were one of several acts rumoured to be performing under the moniker The Churnups on the opening Friday of Glasto, with Pulp also tipped to be making a surprise appearance.The full Glastonbury 2023 line-up and stage times detailed that The Churnups would be performing at 6.15pm on the Friday of the festival, playing on the Pyramid Stage before Royal Blood and a headline set from Arctic Monkeys.Now however, Glasto-goers widely believe Dave Grohl and co to be the band in question, due to the wording of a new message from the frontman in which he mentions “churning up” emotions.“Hey, it’s been a while,” his message on social media began. “Now that we’ve returned  from our first run of shows, I felt compelled to reach out and thank you all for being there for us.“Every night, when I see you singing, it makes me sing harder.

Glastonbury 2023 ticketholders are speculating online over a prominent mystery slot on the Pyramid Stage.Today (May 30) the full line-up and stage times were revealed for this year’s festival, which is due to take place at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset between June 21-25. Joining the bill were the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age, The Hives and Ben Howard.But the main talking point surrounding the extensive schedule is a slot occupied by an unknown act, The Churnups, on the opening day of music (June 23).They are billed to perform on the Pyramid Stage for an hour and a quarter (6:15pm-7:30pm BST) ahead of Royal Blood (8:15 pm-9:15pm BST) and headliners Arctic Monkeys (10:15pm-11:45pm BST).Initially, many fans on Twitter and beyond claimed that the pseudonym belongs to Pulp – who recently began their 2023 reunion tour. Jarvis Cocker and co are currently free over the Glasto weekend (see their full list of gigs here).As fan account Glastobation – and numerous others – pointed out, “when something is churned it becomes Pulp”.Since the widespread rumour began circulating, however, Pulp drummer Nick Banks has taken to social media to deny any link to the slot.“Though it’s very tempting to tease you lot again.

Pulp began their highly-anticipated 2023 reunion tour in Bridlington last night (May 26) – see footage, setlist and reaction below.Last summer, frontman Jarvis Cocker confirmed that the band would be hitting the road next year for their first gigs together since 2012, with a UK reunion tour then confirmed in October.Alongside gigs in London, Sheffield and more, Pulp will also appear at numerous UK festivals this summer including Neighbourhood Weekender, Latitude and TRNSMT.Last month, drummer Nick Banks teased that the setlists for the gigs would please “deep cut obsessives” of the band – alongside the usual run of greatest hits, and the Bridlington show saw the band play songs from across their career.Beginning with ‘I Spy’, the reunited Sheffield heroes then played the likes of ‘Disco 2000’, ‘Dishes’ and ‘Do You Remember the First Time?’ before returning for two encores that featured hits ‘Common People’ and ‘Mis-Shapes’. The gig then concluded with a rendition of ‘Glory Days’.See footage and reaction from the show, alongside the full setlist, below.Pulp are backkk pic.twitter.com/pQPzPKOXa8— Tommy (@tommyfr96) May 26, 2023Best version of Disco 2000 I’ve ever heard.

Pulp have announced a surprise run of UK shows in the coming months, taking place in Manchester and London. Check out dates and ticket details below.The returning Britpop heroes are set to play their first of their summer reunion gigs in Bridlington tonight (Friday May 26), and have now added more gigs to the run – playing a huge outdoor show at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl on Tuesday July 4 and two intimate gigs at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 July.Tickets will be on sale from 9am on Friday 2 June and will be available here.Did someone say “encore” ? Here’s a few extra Pulp shows for the current UK tour … Manchester @castlefieldbowl on 4 July, and London @EventimApollo on 28 & 29 July.

Pulp‘s upcoming reunion shows will please “deep cut obsessives” of the band, drummer Nick Banks has teased.The Jarvis Cocker-fronted group are due to return to the stage next month (May 26) with an intimate comeback gig at Bridlington Spa.Further headline concerts are scheduled for Dublin (June 9), London (July 1), Scarborough (9) and Cardiff (12), as well as a homecoming two-night billing at Utilita Arena Sheffield (14, 15).Additionally, Pulp will appear at numerous UK festivals this summer including Neighbourhood Weekender, Latitude and TRNSMT.The highly-anticipated dates will mark the band’s first live performances together since 2012.Taking to Twitter last night (April 18), Banks gave a hint at what fans can expect from Pulp’s 2023 shows.“Hey folks, great to hear what you are hoping to experience in just over 5 weeks,” he wrote.“Now, I can’t reveal any of the tracks that are due to be played, just to say that we will not be able to please everyone, but you WILL leave happy (I hope).”Hey folks, great to hear what you are hoping to experience in just over 5 weeks.Now, I can’t reveal any of the tracks that are due to be played, just to say that we will not be able to please everyone, but you WILL leave happy (I hope) even the deep cut obsessives will love it.— Nick Banks (@therealnickbank) April 18, 2023The musician added that “even the deep cut obsessives will love” the setlist.Later, Banks cryptically responded to a fan who asked if Pulp could make an appearance at Glastonbury 2023 in June.“Glastonbury. Talk to me,” the follower tweeted, to which the drummer replied: “Somewhere[.] In a field in Somerset.” Check out that interaction in the post below.SomewhereIn a field in Somerset.

Pulp bass player Steve Mackey has died, the band have confirmed.In a post online, frontman Jarvis Cocker confirmed that the 56 year-old passed away this morning (March 2).He wrote: “Our beloved friend & bass player Steve Mackey passed away this morning. Our thoughts are with his family & loved ones. This photo of Steve dates from when Pulp were on tour in South America in 2012.“We had a day off & Steve suggested we go climbing in the Andes.

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker dressed in the style of various British Rail train tickets has been shared online.Acrylic Afternoons, a fansite of the band named after their 1994 song of the same name, has posted a thread of the frontman on Twitter in outfits which match the colours of rail tickets to various places around the UK.The thread includes pictures of Cocker in a bright blue jacket which matches the colour of a Northampton Rail Day Rover, right up to outfits which match a Chelmsford to London annual Gold Card.Unfortunately there isn’t an outfit that matches a ticket to Mile End after the band’s famous song from the Trainspotting soundtrack.You can view the frontman’s extravagant attire below:Jarvis Cocker dressed in the style of British Rail tickets.

Pulp drummer Nick Banks has responded after a music photographer on social media shared a copy of the original advertisement Pulp shared in a local Sheffield newspaper for a drummer.The advertisement, which appeared in the Sheffield Star in the 1980s was shared by a Kevin Wells today (October 8) who asked Banks directly if it was this advertisement that he replied to and subsequently led him to join the hit Britpop band.The ad, which featured in the paper’s ‘wanted’ section read: “Pulp are looking for a drummer. If you find one, please send him to 31, Flockton Court, Rockingham Street off West Street, Sheffield.

Jarvis Cocker‘s band JARV IS… have announced a vinyl edition of their This Is Going Hurt original soundtrack.The group wrote and performed both the score and a collection of original songs for the medical comedy-drama, which aired earlier this year on BBC One. JARV IS… later released the soundtrack on digital streaming services.Today (September 29), JARV IS… have confirmed that the ‘This Is Going To Hurt’ album will arrive on vinyl on October 21.

Jarvis Cocker has confirmed that Pulp will return for reunion shows next year.The Pulp singer and solo artist told fans at a Guardian-hosted talk and Q&A for his new memoir Good Pop, Bad Pop that the band will regroup for 2023.It follows a 15-second clip shared by Cocker on Instagram last week in which the words “What exactly do you do for an encore?” appeared on screen. The line is from the title track of Pulp’s 1998 album ‘This Is Hardcore’, which hits its 25th anniversary milestone next year.The move prompted fans to speculate that a reunion was on the cards.

Jarvis Cocker has shared a mysterious post on Instagram, prompting fans to wonder whether a Pulp reunion could be on the cards.The 15-second clip is soundtracked by rapturous applause, while the words “What exactly do you do for an encore?” appear on screen. The line is from the title track of Pulp’s 1998 album ‘This Is Hardcore’, which is set to reach its 25th anniversary next year.“Good question…” Cocker captioned the post, followed by the hashtag “#overtoyou”.“wait is this a reunion post???” one Instagram user responded, while another wrote: “25 years since this is hardcore next year…..

Jarvis Cocker says it’s still a “mystery” who he wrote Pulp hit ‘Common People’ about, but is determined to find out.In the iconic 1995 song’s opening lines, Cocker sings of a woman who “came from Greece [and] had a thirst for knowledge,” studying sculpture at London’s St. Martin’s College.Despite the song’s success – it was named NME‘s Best Song Of The ’90s – Cocker has revealed that he has no memory of the identity of the person who inspired the song.Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s This Cultural Life (via The Mirror), Cocker addressed claims that the inspiration was Danae Stratou, a Greek woman who attended St Martin’s at the same time as Jarvis, but confirmed that “it wasn’t her because she had blonde hair and the girl had dark hair.”Of the origin of the song, Cocker said: “We went to the pub and she just came out with that she wanted to live in Hackney with common people.“In 2011 we played at St Martin’s and someone showed me a picture on their phone and said, ‘Is that the girl you wrote the song about?’ I went, ‘Yeah, I think it is’” he remembered.“Unfortunately, I didn’t ask them for the picture and I can’t remember who showed it to me so it’s still a mystery.”Back in 2015, Deborah Bone, the inspiration behind Pulp‘s 1995 hit ‘Disco 2000’, died at the age of 51.

it would be closing next year due to its landlord issuing a notice of eviction. In the weeks that followed, it launched an official petition opposing the eviction, while stars from Sheffield and further afield have all shown support for the space.Posting on its social media accounts earlier today (May 8), The Leadmill’s team shared that a “big show” will be announced at 8am BST tomorrow.

their proposed eviction.It comes after the iconic Sheffield venue and club told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close” – leading to an outpouring of upset and support from the music world.The current bosses of The Leadmill then responded to the owners, denying their intentions to close the venue. Leaders of Electric Group, the company who bought the freehold for the site in March 2017, argued that they’d be removing the current management but keeping the building as a music venue after renovations.Arctic Monkeys, Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker and Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes are among the Sheffield artists to have spoken out in support of the venue.Announcing the new online petition today (April 12), which you can gain access to here, the current operators said in a press release: “The Leadmill have organised an official E-Petition and are now reaching out to the citizens of Sheffield and beyond, as well as friends and colleagues in the music industry, to show their support in any way they can.“This E-Petition is fighting to prevent landlords unfairly and unjustly evicting long standing tenants for their own financial gain.

NME about the local reaction to the proposed eviction of the current operators of The Leadmill.Last week, the iconic Sheffield venue and club told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close” – leading to an outpouring of upset and support from the music world.The current bosses of The Leadmill then responded to the owners, denying their intentions to close the venue. Leaders of Electric Group, the company who bought the freehold for the site in March 2017, argued that they’d be removing the current management but keeping the building as a music venue after renovations.Electric Group CEO Dominic Madden – whose company also own London’s Electric Brixton, the SWX nightclub in Bristol, and NX Newcastle – told his Twitter followers that “the management may change but the song stays the same”.

Jarvis Cocker has joined forces with Gucci Soundsystem – the collaborative project between Riton and Ben Rhymer – on a new track called ‘Let’s Stick Around’.Released last month to coincide with the conclusion of COP26, the song was described by the Pulp frontman as “the world’s first sustainable banger”.Today (December 2) the group has shared its official video, which was directed by Tim and Barry.

Jarvis Cocker has announced he’ll release a memoir titled Good Pop, Bad Pop next year.Set to arrive on May 26 through Vintage Publishing, Cocker describes the book as an “inventory”. It’s centred around the former Pulp frontman coming across “a jumble of objects that catalogue his story” while clearing out his loft, with the various ephemera used as a jumping off point to reflect on Cocker’s life and career.

Jarvis Cocker has criticised the government’s plans to halve funding for music in higher education.The Pulp singer is the latest to hit out at the cuts after the Office for Students (OfS) and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson proposed to cut funding for “high cost” subjects by 50 per cent.Cocker said the plans were “astounding” and would put off those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and leave arts subjects as the preserve of wealthy domestic and foreign students.He told The Guardian: “I