The history of the English band Pulp with Chile is not too extensive. Since their memorable first time at Primavera Fauna 2012, which also included a sideshow at La Cúpula, the group only returned 11 years later, for their performance at Fauna Primavera.
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That’s why the upcoming June 8th event at the Movistar Arena – previewed by Culto at the time – looms as a milestone for the Britpop icons. It will be their biggest concert in the country to date and at a particular moment when they have reactivated their recording activity.
As in the old days, last March the group led by Jarvis Cocker released an EP with three tracks, Marrying For Love, Cold Call On The Hotline and the title track, a surprising cover of The Man Comes Around, originally by Johnny Cash and written shortly before his death.
Pulp’s approach to that Cash song, more sensual and evocative – with spoken word by Cocker included – was featured in the series Hacks. While the other two tracks derive from the recording sessions for the album More. The music for Marrying for Love was composed by drummer Nick Banks (it actually starts with percussion), while Cold Call on the Hotline came from the inspiration of keyboardist Candida Doyle.
More was the 2025 album where the group returned to the dynamic of releases after 24 years. A work recorded in just three weeks in November 2024 and outlined between their reunion tours; in fact, the song that started it all, The Hymn of the North, began to be created during sound checks.
Overall, it was a comeback album that received good reviews. “Soaked in synths and strings, and aided by producer James Ford’s talent for making the music feel alive and omnipresent, More is everything one would expect from a Pulp album, enriched by lived experience,” wrote NME.
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After a European and North American tour in the boreal summer of 2025, the band hit the road again this season. This time with performances in Australia and New Zealand, to which they add the Latin American leg with a recent performance at the Palacio de los Deportes, in Mexico, followed by shows in Chile and Argentina, before returning to Europe with dates in France, Spain and the closing in Manchester, with a concert at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester.
During their stop in Mexico, reviews were positive. The show reviews the group’s history, starting with two classics, Sorted for E’s & Wizz and Disco 2000. “The Palacio danced as if it were inside that iconic video, with that mix of elegant clumsiness and British euphoria that only Jarvis can make universal. It wasn’t just listening to a song: it was remembering that there are anthems that survive because they still fit us perfectly even if life has already changed our size,” detailed the Polvora website.
Of course there were classic songs, such as Razzmatazz, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., Underwear, This Is Hardcore, among others, although with a lot of material from the classic album Different Class. Some tracks from More also played, such as Spike Island – a neo-classic of the group -, Farmers Market, the beautiful A Sunset, among others.
A notable moment is when the audience gets to choose the surprise song of the night. It happens in the second act of the night, when the audience – following the classic applause meter ritual – was made to choose between Seconds from the EP The Sisters and Bad Cover Version, the one chosen by the Mexican audience. It is likely that this dynamic will be repeated in their show in the country.
Tickets are still available to attend the Pulp show at the Movistar Arena, by entering the Puntoticket system.
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