The final Pulp show of the year saw the band perform nothing but hits at the Hollywood Bowl.
Their co-headline show with LCD Soundsystem saw the Jarvis Cocker-fronted group play a slimmed-down set which still found time for songs from More. Pulp‘s first album in twenty-four years has been a staple of this tour, with setlists from previous nights featuring deep cuts like Partial Eclipse and My Sex. Also spotted on the Red Rocks setlist was a seemingly unreleased song, Man Comes Around. The band has not performed this song live yet, but may have a chance to do so next year. Plans are reportedly in place for shows in 2026, though where in the world is yet to be confirmed. This Hollywood Bowl performance marks their final show of the year as the group prepares for the upcoming Mercury Prize 2025.
Pulp performed just twelve songs at the Hollywood Bowl, a smaller set than their other performances to make way for LCD Soundsystem later in the evening. Jarvis Cocker and Candida Doyle would perform a cover of Heaven 17 with LCD Soundsystem later in the show. A full Pulp 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.
- Farmers Market
- This is Hardcore
- Sunrise
- Do You Remember the First Time?
- Mis-Shapes
- Got to Have Love
- Babies
- Common People
It’s an identical set to their show yesterday, and though Pulp will not be touring until next year, there’s plenty of Pulp-related events to fill the rest of 2025. Mark Webber, Pulp’s guitarist, will set out on a tour of his own later this year.
The book tour will see him talk about I’m With Pulp, Are You? as well as stories about his time in Pulp. Webber will begin the tour on October 5 in Lincoln, just a short while after the band performs their final More shows of 2025.
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
A thirtieth anniversary remastering of Different Class is also set for release later this year. Webber and Cocker headed to Abbey Road to remaster the album, which will release on October 24.
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.”
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