{"id":260975,"date":"2025-09-28T09:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260975\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:49:21","slug":"lcd-soundsystem-and-pulp-put-on-a-dance-party-at-the-hollywood-bowl-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260975\/","title":{"rendered":"LCD Soundsystem and Pulp put on a dance party at the Hollywood Bowl \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/2022\/08\/28\/this-aint-no-picnic-day-1-lcd-soundsystem-le-tigre-and-more-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LCD Soundsystem<\/a> singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2017\/11\/18\/lcd-soundsystem-soars-mightily-on-friday-the-first-of-five-sold-out-nights-at-the-hollywood-palladium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Murphy<\/a> paused two songs into the band\u2019s set at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday to welcome the crowd to the second of two nights at the historic amphitheater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, hi, hello, everyone,\u201d Murphy said at the finish of \u201cTonite.\u201d \u201cThis is a very special night \u2013 we like this venue very much; we\u2019ve played here a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, he continued, the band prefers to play places without seats, the better for fans to dance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/arts-and-entertainment\/20160829\/lcd-soundsystem-grace-jones-thrill-fans-at-fyf-fest-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LCD Soundsystem<\/a>\u2018s relentless dance-rock grooves. But at the Bowl, people rose from the box seats and benches anyway to get their groove on all night long.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/>\n<p>Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 on the second of two nights co-headlining there with LCD Soundsystem. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LCD Soundsystem closed out a two-night stand at the Hollywood...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-03.jpg\" \/>\n<p>LCD Soundsystem closed out a two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. The band, which did not allow photographers, is seen here at the This Ain\u2019t No Picnic festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Aug. 27, 2022, (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-09.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 on the second of two nights co-headlining there with LCD Soundsystem. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-04.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 on the second of two nights co-headlining there with LCD Soundsystem. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"5\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LCD Soundsystem closed out a two-night stand at the Hollywood...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-02.jpg\" \/>\n<p>LCD Soundsystem closed out a two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. The band, which did not allow photographers, is seen here at the This Ain\u2019t No Picnic festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Aug. 27, 2022, (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"6\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-10.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 on the second of two nights co-headlining there with LCD Soundsystem. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"7\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-06.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 on the second of two nights co-headlining there with LCD Soundsystem. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"8\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-7\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LCD Soundsystem closed out a two-night stand at the Hollywood...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-01.jpg\" \/>\n<p>LCD Soundsystem closed out a two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. The band, which did not allow photographers, is seen here at the This Ain\u2019t No Picnic festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Aug. 27, 2022, (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"9\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-8\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fans buy T shirts before a co-headlining show by LCD...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-07.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Fans buy T shirts before a co-headlining show by LCD Soundsystem and Pulp at the Hollywood Bowl. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"10\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-9\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LDN-L-LCD-PULP-0928-05-1.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 on the second of two nights co-headlining there with LCD Soundsystem. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 10<\/p>\n<p>Britpop band Pulp with singer Jarvis Cocker performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 on the second of two nights co-headlining there with LCD Soundsystem. (Photo by Randall Michelson\/Live Nation-Hewitt Silva)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An hour earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2012\/04\/20\/coachella-2012-here-we-go-again-with-a-dash-of-pulp-in-pomona-to-cleanse-the-palate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jarvis Cocker<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2012\/04\/21\/coachella-2012-dazzling-visual-effects-by-britpop-band-pulp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pulp<\/a>, which played the Hollywood Bowl for the first time this week as co-headliners with LCD Soundsystem, took a beat of his own to admire the view from the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis might be the last time we play the Hollywood Bowl, so we want to get a good look at you,\u201d Cocker said as he caught his breath at the end of Pulp\u2019s \u201cDo You Remember the First Time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two bands might not seem to have many obvious similarities, but dig a little deeper and you find a shared kinship in music that makes you move your booty and your brain. The rhythms and beats are irresistible. The lyrics tell stories of people doing their best to get by.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s dance rock for artists, art rock for dancers, and if you looked around on Friday when the lights flashed into the crowd, waves of people were on their feet and moving nonstop.<\/p>\n<p>LCD Soundsystem opened with \u201cTribulations,\u201d the fuzzy synthesizers and rolling bass and drum beats flowing beneath Murphy\u2019s vocals. \u201cTonite\u201d followed, and while Jarvis Cocker of Pulp is rightly celebrated as a particularly literate songwriter \u2013 we\u2019ll get to him in a moment \u2013 Murphy\u2019s a terrific storyteller too, as in this song.<\/p>\n<p>The set, which included 11 songs over 90 minutes, only repeated three songs that LCD Soundsystem had played the night before. In fact, the first five songs were new picks for Friday, with tunes such as \u201cOn Repeat\u201d and \u201cYeah\u201d all giving fans who might have been at both nights a fresh start to the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone Great\u201d was the first repeat from Thursday for good reason \u2013 it\u2019s one of the band\u2019s most moving songs, a slower number to match the melancholy tone of Murphy\u2019s lyrics, which go through his real-life feelings of loss and grief at the death of his therapist and end with the mantra-like repetition, \u201cWhen someone great is gone,\u201d over and over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLosing My Edge,\u201d LCD Soundsystem\u2019s debut single from 2002, is another wordy groove, an ironic expression of Murphy\u2019s sense that his self-aware coolness is slipping as other cool-finders slip past him.<\/p>\n<p>The final run of the set focused firmly on the band\u2019s best-loved numbers, with \u201cDance Yrself Clean,\u201d \u201cNew York, I Love You, But You\u2019re Bringing Me Down,\u201d and the band\u2019s frequent set-closer \u201cAll My Friends\u201d taking the audience to a cathartic finish, the lights turned toward the audience, which rose and fell in waves of dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Tucked into the middle of those last songs was something special, the debut live performance of LCD Soundsystem\u2019s 2018 cover of Heaven 17\u2019s \u201c(We Don\u2019t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang.\u201d Pulp joined LCD for the song, with Cocker and LCD Soundsystem keyboardist Nancy Whang sharing the vocals.<\/p>\n<p>In Pulp\u2019s opening set, the English band thrilled fans who don\u2019t get a lot of chances to see them in the United States. Prior to 2024, Pulp hadn\u2019t played here in a dozen years, and while they\u2019re considered one of the iconic bands of Britpop along with bands such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/2025\/09\/07\/reunited-oasis-returns-with-a-roar-of-hits-at-the-rose-bowl-in-pasadena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oasis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2013\/04\/13\/coachella-2013-blur-saves-a-dreary-day-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blur,<\/a> their impact on U.S. airwaves and music venues has always been much more limited.<\/p>\n<p>Pulp opened with \u201cSorted for E\u2019s &amp; Wizz\u201d and \u201cDisco 2000,\u201d with Cocker a live wire on stage, his gangly frame all askew angles, dragging his microphone cord around the stage, banging on a marching band bass drum, and otherwise captivating the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The core band of Cocker, keyboardist Candida Doyle, drummer Nick Banks and guitarist Mark Webber have all been together since the mid-\u201980s except for Webber who joined in the early \u201990s. Four touring musicians flesh out the sound with percussion, violin, bass, guitars and more, making a song almost as big as LCD Soundsystem\u2019s but with more traditional rock instruments and fewer electronics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is Hardcore\u201d opened with Cocker lounging in an armchair beneath a massive, ornate chandelier, his microphone slung over his shoulder, until the band had the song well underway and he descended to sing at the front of the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Cocker, a particularly chatty frontman, delivered brief segues between most of the songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been at Disco 2025 all night long and now you can\u2019t get to sleep as the sun comes through the curtains,\u201d he said by way of introducing \u201cSunrise.\u201d \u201cWhat am I going to do, oh!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or for \u201cBabies\u201d: \u201cThis song gives you kind of an impression of where some of us come from,\u201d he offered.<\/p>\n<p>Their signature song, \u201cCommon People,\u201d closed out their 75-minute set, again Cocker singing its song-story lyrics as the band blazed behind him, finally ending with the repeated chorus \u2013 \u201cI wanna live with common people like you\u201d \u2013 sung over and over by the singer and the fans to the finish of the set, the night, and Pulp\u2019s North American tour.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: September 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LCD Soundsystem singer James Murphy paused two songs into the band\u2019s set at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":260976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,5497,2961,224,5337,14539,1072],"class_list":{"0":"post-260975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-concerts","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-music-concerts","15":"tag-things-to-do"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115281302081064539","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}