Pulp fans advised to “arrive early” for UK arena tour “special, extended performances”

Pulp have advised fans to “arrive early” to their upcoming arena shows – promising a “special, extended performance”.

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The upcoming UK shows from the Britpop icons are set to kick off this weekend (June 7) with an opening night at the OVO Hydro arena in Glasgow. From there, they’ll head to the 3Arena in Dublin on June 10, before two back-to-back slots at London’s O2 on June 13 and 14.

The dates will conclude with a penultimate show at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on June 19, followed by a final stop at the Co-op Live in Manchester (21).

Now, just days before the tour starts, frontman Jarvis Cocker has advised fans to get to the shows early as the event will feature “special, extended performances” unlike those seen on previous tours.

He shared the news on Instagram, sharing a photograph of the stage and writing in the caption: “The Pulp tour starts in two days’ time. These shows are special, extended performances – with an interval. So the important message is: ARRIVE EARLY.”

“The shows will start at 8pm,” he added. “You don’t want to miss any of what is behind these curtains. More is near.”

The update also came with hashtags reading “The early bird catches the worm” and “More than you could have imagined”.  Check it out below and visit here for remaining tickets.

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Pulp’s 2025 tour dates are:

JUNE
7 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
10 – Dublin 3Arena
13 – London, The O2
14 – London, The O2
19 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
21 – Manchester, Co-op Live

News of the new tour dates broke in February, shortly after the band unveiled a string of 2025 live dates, which included a huge homecoming gig at Tramlines 2025 in Sheffield and a headline set at Bilbao BKK in Spain.

It also comes as they announced their comeback in the spring – dropping the anthemic new single ‘Spike Island’, confirming a new album titled ‘More’, and revealing plans for a US tour.

The new record – set to arrive tomorrow (June 6) – comes after the members reunited in 2023 for the first Pulp shows since 2012 and signed a new record deal with Rough Trade last year. They had also been teasing new material on the road, breaking out unreleased tracks like ‘Farmer’s Market’, ‘Spike Island’, ‘My Sex’, ‘You’ve Got To Have Love’, ‘Background Noise’ and ‘A Sunset’.

It follows their seventh studio album, ‘We Love Life’, which was released in 2001. They then shared ‘After You’ – their first single in over a decade – through Rough Trade in 2012, as part of their first reunion.

In a four-star review from NME, new album ‘More’ is described as “a mature but vital response to the second summer of Britpop”.

“Drenched in synths and strings and aided by producer James Ford’s knack for making the music feel alive and omnipresent, ‘More’ is everything you’d want a Pulp album to be, made richer from some lived experience,” wrote Andrew Trendell for NME.

“Just as Blur did with ‘The Ballad Of Darren’ and Suede have managed on their immaculate run of post-reunion albums, Pulp have retained their original spirit and flair into a statement of middle age without feeling any less vital. As Cocker pines on the cinematic closer ‘A Sunset’, all things end, so just make the most of the time you have. It’s strangely beautiful, now they’re all fully grown.”

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