{"id":184195,"date":"2025-06-14T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T16:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184195\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T16:34:14","slug":"pulp-performs-at-londons-o2-arena-best-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184195\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulp Performs at London’s O2 Arena: Best Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThirty years on from Britpop\u2019s commercial zenith, the U.K. still can\u2019t get enough of the scene\u2019s so-called big three. In 2023, Blur<\/a> scored a hard-won victory lap with their plaintive eighth album, The Ballad of Darren, and followed that up with two shows at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium, their biggest ever performances. Oasis<\/a>, meanwhile, will swagger back on stage in early July for the summer\u2019s most-anticipated live shows.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd then there\u2019s Pulp<\/a>, whose moment of reappraisal has been waiting in the wings. In 2023 they returned for a slate of reunion gigs, but the moment morphed into More, their first album for 24 years. Frontman Jarvis Cocker said that the album \u2014 recorded with Nick Banks (drums), Candida Doyle (keyboards) and Mark Webber (guitars) \u2014 came together quickly in sessions with producer James Ford (Blur, Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys). They knew that nostalgia for the classics \u2014 namely 1994\u2019s His N Hers and 1995\u2019s Different Class \u2014 will only last so long and reunion tours can fizzle out.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore is suitably tasteful for a group of sexagenarians, but there\u2019s vim and vigor in the record\u2019s highlights \u201cSpike Island\u201d and \u201cGot to Have Love\u201d alongside the sanguine wryness of \u201cThe Hymn of North\u201d and \u201cA Partial Eclipse.\u201d Upon announcement, Cocker said, \u201cthis is the best we can do,\u201d but beneath the playful veneer, there\u2019s great reason for them to be chuffed with how this LP turned out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNow the surviving members of its classic lineup \u2014 minus late bassist Steve Mackey, who passed away in 2023<\/a>, and guitarist Russell Senior \u2014 have embarked on a U.K. and Ireland arena tour, including two sold-out nights at the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena in London. A long-awaited return to Glastonbury Festival at the end of June is also rumoured.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the best moments from Pulp\u2019s show at London\u2019s The O2 Arena on Friday (June 13).<\/p>\n