A slight change to Pulp’s encore for their show in Detroit was made after their previous show in Toronto, Canada.
The Jarvis Cocker-fronted band has performed a relatively similar set from night to night, but there are still plenty of surprises for those headed to the show. Pulp has been performing across the United States and Canada as part of their More tour, and their performance last night (September 17) saw them play a five-song encore with Help the Aged and Like a Friend included. While the band had been performing Monday Morning throughout the shows as part of their encore, a slight change to the set came through on the Detroit show, with a His ‘n’ Hers classic reintroduced to the set. Hits like Disco 2000 and Spike Island came early in the show, and were followed by a run of classics.
Do You Remember the First Time?, Mis-Shapes, Got to Have Love, Babies, and Common People rounded out the main show before a five-track encore featuring fan favourite, Lipgloss. A full setlist can be found below.
- Sorted for E’s & Wizz
- Disco 2000
- Spike Island
- F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A.L.L.E.D. L.O.V.E.
- Slow Jam
- Farmers Market
- This is Hardcore
- Sunrise
- Something Changed
- O.U. (Gone, Gone)
- Do You Remember the First Time?
- Mis-Shapes
- Got to Have Love
- Babies
- Common People
- The Fear
- Lipgloss
- Help the Aged
- Like a Friend
- A Sunset
The show comes just a few days after a performance fans have called the “best show” Pulp has ever put on. A slightly changed setlist was offered by the band too, with the group swapping out My Sex for another More song, Slow Jam.
The switch-up, which also featured Monday Morning on the encore, marked a slightly different set to the shows performed in Washington D.C. and Atlanta earlier this month. The show in Philadelphia featured an equally packed setlist.
The tour comes as a Different Class 30th Anniversary package was announced for release later this year. The anniversary reissue, set for release on October 24, sounds “a whole lot better” according to Cocker, with the album heard in “all its glory” on this upcoming release.
Cocker said: “This 45rpm double album version of Different Class will make it sound a whole lot better. We were obsessed with the fact that this was our ‘Pop’ album and, as everyone knows, all pop albums have 12 songs on them: 6 tracks per side.
“Only problem: this took the running time of the record to 53 minutes. We were told this would compromise the audio quality of the vinyl record – but we were more bothered about not compromising the quality of our Pop Dream. Now, 30 years later, we are finally ready for Different Class to be heard in all its glory.”
