A slight change to the setlist was made by Pulp at their O2 Arena show in London, their first performance since topping the charts with new album, More.
The legendary group made it to the top of the charts for the first time since their 1998 release, This is Hardcore. Touring the new album, More, has seen the band perform in Glasgow, Dublin, and now a two-night showcase in London. These dates will be followed by performances in Birmingham and Manchester next week, as well as a headline spot at Tramlines Festival in Sheffield next month. The group has fitted most of the new songs into their live show, a two-set show with an interval in between, where fans can vote on a song they want the band to perform. The band performed Seconds at their gig in Glasgow, and gave the Dublin crowd a rendition of Dishes.
But this was not the only change to the setlist on the first of their two nights in London. According to those at the gig, a small change was made to the running order, which saw a This is Hardcore track take the usual place of a More song. Pulp fan account Lipglossed dubbed the moment a “Cocker cock-up,” with the frontman joking with fans that the change to the setlist was made by accident. A setlist for the show can be found below.
- Spike Island
- Grown Ups
- Slow Jam
- Sorted for E’s & Wizz
- Disco 2000
- F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A.L.L.E.D. L.O.V.E.
- Tina
- Help the Aged
- Farmers Market
- This is Hardcore
- Sunrise
- Interval
- Something Changed
- The Fear
- O.U. (Gone, Gone)
- Party Hard (beat Seconds by crowd vote)
- Acrylic Afternoons
- Do You Remember the First Time?
- Mis-Shapes
- Got to Have Love
- Babies
- Common People
- A Sunset
On preceding shows in Glasgow and Dublin, Pulp has performed Help the Aged into Tina, though a problem with lighting appears to have meant a last-minute change for the band. Cocker says it was “too dark for me to read the setlist,” hence the slight reordering.
The band has been playing a relatively identical setlist on their performances so far, though it was to the delight of those in attendance, with the sold out shows having the band perform their greatest hits and excellent, contemporary works.
Cult Following gave both the Glasgow and Dublin shows five stars, with the pair of shows a shining example of the group’s long-lasting brilliance. A review of the Dublin show reads: “There is More to give, and by the sounds of Acrylic Afternoons, there is even more in Pulp’s discography ready to be amplified by the fresh faces in the crowd, the new audience who have taken to More so quickly.”
No opening acts are planned for the further shows on the More tour, though Lisa O’Neill opened for the band in Dublin.
