Jarvis Cocker says he “overdid it” during one Pulp performance, so much so that he was left ill afterwards.
The band has performed across the world, touring their latest album, More. But during a performance at Red Rocks in Colorado, Cocker says he relied on one on-stage prop too many times and made himself ill in the process. The band’s US tour marked the final 2025 shows, with further dates in the UK and Europe announced for 2026. The band also performed a series of shows in Australia and New Zealand. Pulp will perform a special run-through of More and deep cut tracks at the Southbank Centre in July, after their South American tour.
Cocker told The Ultimate Record Collector magazine: “Red Rocks was good. I got given an oxygen mask because of the high altitude, so I could do a bit of a Dennis Hopper in between songs, which was quite enjoyable. Although I had a cold after that concert, so maybe I overdid it.”
Despite the illness, Cocker and fellow Pulp band members were full of praise for the venue and the setting. Drummer Nick Banks noted the raccoons which are kept at Red Rocks as a particular highlight for the band’s appearance.
Banks said: “Obviously it’s a pretty iconic venue. When we got the list of gigs we were gonna do I straight away went to Red Rocks and went, ‘Wow, that’s going to be amazing,’ And it really was.
“When you’re onstage playing away, when you’ve got that couple of moments to look up and you’re seeing the huge sandstone pillars and this huge auditorium, you’re going, ‘Wow, that is outrageous.’ And we got to play with the raccoons, which was lovely as well. Backstage raccoons. They’re the best. We love raccoons.”
Pulp would release a cover of Johnny Cash’s The Man Comes Around shortly after the performance at Red Rocks. A setlist photo released shortly after the show noted the inclusion of it in the show, though the band opted not to perform it that night. It remains unplayed live by the band so far, though it may make an appearance in a future show.
The band’s most recent performance in the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House saw the group perform Begging for Change, a song featured on War Child’s Help (2). The group also performed songs from Intro: The Gift Recordings, We Love Life, and Different Class. A full setlist for the show can be found below.
- Sorted for E’s & Wizz
- Disco 2000
- Spike Island
- Razzmatazz
- Slow Jam
- F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A.L.L.E.D. L.O.V.E.
- Underwear
- Farmers Market
- This is Hardcore
- Sunrise
- Something Changed
- Like a Friend
- Begging for Change
- Acrylic Afternoons
- Do You Remember the First Time?
- Mis-Shapes
- Got to Have Love
- Babies
- Common People
- A Sunset
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