Pulp guitarist Mark Webber has confirmed a ten-date tour promoting his book, I’m With Pulp, Are You?
The long-serving guitarist in the Jarvis Cocker-fronted band will appear in Manchester, Birmingham, and Sheffield as part of a tour across October and November. The ten-date tour has been confirmed by Webber, who shared news of the dates to his Instagram account earlier today (September 19). Webber will begin the tour on October 5 in Lincoln, just a short while after the band performs their final More shows of 2025. It is believed Pulp will return to the stage next year, with a documentary in the works after their two London shows from earlier this year were recorded. A statement from Webber confirmed the dates, with tickets now on sale.
His statement reads: “When the Pulp tour is over… I’m going on tour! But this time I don’t think I’ll be taking my guitar. I’ll be travelling around the UK to talk about my book, I’m With Pulp, Are You?, the 30th anniversary of Different Class, and all things Pulp.” A full list of dates can be found below, while remaining tickets can be purchased through this link.
- October 5 – Lincoln, Lincoln Book Festival
- October 12 – St Albans, Pioneer Club
- October 14 – Hebden Bridge, The Trades Club
- October 15 – Manchester, 53Two
- October 23 – Pontefract, CAT Club
- November 2 – Birmingham, Mockingbird
- November 3 – Nottingham, Broadway
- November 4 – Sheffield, Crookes Club
- November 7 – Swansea, Taliesin Arts Centre
- November 10 – Portsmouth, Edge of the Wedge
The book tour comes after Pulp confirmed details for a thirtieth anniversary release of Different Class. The seminal album, released in 1995, has been remastered by Cocker and Webber at Abbey Road Studios, and will be released on vinyl and CD alongside a printing of their Glastonbury 1995 show in full for the first time ever.
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.”
The album remastering was overseen by Cocker and guitarist Mark Webber, with the pair joined by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road Studios. A statement from the band reads: “The audio has been remastered/mastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road, overseen by Jarvis Cocker and Mark Webber, and is presented in a sturdy slipcase with a comprehensive, 28-page booklet featuring extensive notes from new interviews with the band members, plus previously unseen images from photographers Rankin and Donald Milne (who took the photos for the original release) and the band’s own archives.
“The original ‘aperture’ sleeve design, which invited purchasers to ‘Choose your own front cover’, came with six double-sided inserts/art cards of alternative cover images depicting cardboard cutouts of the band members in a variety of situations. This has been fully recreated, and a 12” by 12” poster featuring miniatures of the cutouts themselves is also included.”
