Pulp kicked off their 2025 arena tour in Glasgow last night in support of their latest album ‘More‘. Check out clips of the mammoth set below.
READ MORE: Pulp – ‘More’ review: older wiser mis-shapes are still a different classJarvis Cocker and co. kicked off their run of UK and Ireland shows with an opening night at the OVO Hydro arena in Glasgow last night (June 7). It comes ahead of a show in Dublin (June 10) and two back-to-back slots at London’s O2 slated for later in the month on June 13 and 14.
Ahead of the first gig, frontman Cocker advised fans to get to the shows early, promising that the run of gigs would feature “special, extended performances” unlike those seen on previous tours.
With the addition of a string section, they delivered a slew of the usual hits – ‘Sorted for E’s & Wizz’, ‘Disco 2000’ and ‘Common People’, as well as a series of tracks that haven’t been heard live since 2012 in ‘The Fear’ and ‘Help The Aged’.
Likewise, the crowd were also invited to select a song, choosing ‘Seconds’ over Dishes’, marking the song’s first live outing since 1994. “Jarvis was born to perform,” wrote one fan on Reddit after the show. “People cried of happiness.”
It echoes comments the frontman made to NME earlier this week, when he broached his evolving confidence on stage and the ‘Spike Island’ lyric: “I was born to perform, it’s a calling”.
“I famously didn’t enjoy it when we got popular in the late ‘90s because we seemed to lose control of what we were doing,” he said. “It became a business situation. In the end, I haven’t really got that big a skillset! Shouting, pointing and jumping around on stage are it. Being on stage is something that gives me a lot of pleasure.
“There’s no barrier between you and the people who listen to you. It takes me somewhere I can’t access in everyday life.”
Pulp were MORE than enough in Glasgow tonight. Jarvis is a national hero 
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— SDG (@hibeepessimist) June 7, 2025
Pulp last night in Glasgow. Absolutely totally and utterly superb! As far as comeback albums go, I’m not entirely convinced anyone can ever top this. pic.twitter.com/l75RrreiOM
— Catherine Smith (@CatherineHSmith) June 8, 2025
Pulp at the Hydro in Glasgow last night. It has been 24 years since their previous album, but they still sound brilliant, even better when it’s augmented live with a string section. Fabulous. pic.twitter.com/B1dS5HsQ04
— Derek Pilling 
(@Derek_J_Pilling) June 8, 2025
Pulp – Setlist en Glasgow OVO Hydro
Primera fecha de Pulp y ya vemos muchas sorpresas en el setlist, hubo una votación entre el público para elegir entre Dishes o Seconds y esta última ganó.
2 horas y media de show y un intermedio de 15 minutos.
Luca Stevenson pic.twitter.com/HhMfmgWqgL
— Pulp MX (@pulpmexico) June 8, 2025
Pulp at the Glasgow OVO Hydro played:
Set 1:
‘Spike Island’
‘Grown Ups’ (live debut)
‘Slow Jam’
‘Sorted for E’s & Wizz’
‘Disco 2000’
‘F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
‘Help the Aged’ (first live outing since 2012)
‘Tina’
‘Farmers Market’
‘This Is Hardcore’
‘Sunrise’
Set 2:
‘Something Changed’
‘The Fear’ (first live outing since 2012)
‘O.U. (Gone, Gone)’
‘Seconds’ (as voted for by the crowd over ‘Dishes’; first live outing since 1994)
‘Acrylic Afternoons’
‘Do You Remember the First Time?’
‘Mis-Shapes’
‘Got to Have Love’
‘Babies’
‘Common People’
Encore:
‘A Sunset’
— Derek Pilling (@Derek_J_Pilling) June 8, 2025
Pulp’s remaining 2025 tour dates are:
JUNE
10 – Dublin 3Arena
13 – London, The O2
14 – London, The O2
19 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
21 – Manchester, Co-op Live
News of Pulp’s tour first broke in February, following the band unveiling 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 came on the heels of their comeback announcement in the spring, which saw them dropping an anthemic new single ‘Spike Island’, confirming a new album – the recently released ‘More’ – and revealing plans for a US tour.
In a four-star review from NME, the 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.”
The new record 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 whilst on the road, breaking out unreleased tracks like ‘Farmer’s Market’, ‘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.
Their current run of 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). Visit here for any remaining tickets.
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