Posted by hugomrtnzz
Wow! Pulp will play Manchester Wythenshawe Park on 28th August 2026 (possibly their only major headline show in 2026). With special guests. So they are not going to tour the UK next year?
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Posted by Barcroft
This is soooo close to me, I live in Chorlton, I've ran through this park before!
Sooo exciting .
Mark's Manchester book talk snippets continue to come to fruition... please don't let them bow out after next year
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Posted by Pip
Pulp playing my hometown the day after my birthday. That'll do.
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Posted by HoltbyCity
Are any of the European date announced so far indoors? I might do one of those instead because the sound quality is always so much better
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Posted by saw119
Well, this is a bit of a surprise. Only uk headline gig in '26!? Feel like I have to go.
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Posted by Pip
The BBC article states "Wythenshawe Park will be one of very few opportunities for fans to see Pulp perform live in 2026, and the only chance to see them play outdoors in the north of England next year." - so not ruling out other appearances elsewhere in the UK.
If the prices are on a par with the other Wythenshawe concerts, we're looking at about £80 general admission, £130+ VIP (fast track entry etc) with booking fees.
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Posted by Barcroft
Prices start at £70... that detail was hidden right at the end of the Insta post.
This is the back holiday weekend meaning it should also be Manchester Pride weekend.
Assuming the issues surrounding Manchester Pride are resolved it's going to be one hell of a weekend for queer Pulp fans .
-- Edited by Barcroft on Monday 17th of November 2025 06:51:29 PM
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Posted by HoltbyCity
saw119 wrote:
Well, this is a bit of a surprise. Only uk headline gig in '26!? Feel like I have to go.
Maybe they'll do festivals? Green Man and End of the Road type affairs. Emma was at Green Man last year, so maybe was a sly recky?
-- Edited by HoltbyCity on Monday 17th of November 2025 07:20:36 PM
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Posted by Ian
It's not far for me so I am tempted. What are the issues surrounding Manchester Pride?
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Posted by saw119
Ian wrote:
It's not far for me so I am tempted. What are the issues surrounding Manchester Pride?
They declared voluntary bankruptcy earlier this year.
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Posted by Pip
Ian wrote:
It's not far for me so I am tempted. What are the issues surrounding Manchester Pride?
Bust. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwvdvv70z7o)
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Posted by andy
They usually announce big outdoor gigs and festivals before because they take time to fill, then smaller dates maybe if that goes well.
Really hoping for indoor gigs, have not seen them since 2012 but i'm not interested in festivals.
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Posted by weed
I much prefer an indoor gig but there is something to be said for a big summer party in a park now & then. Even if the sound is pants, it's too light & tends to be full of casuals who will talk throughout.
I might go, as much as I am trying to talk myself out of it! Although I'm gonna have to risk buying tickets & then sorting the time off work later.
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Posted by andy
First time i saw Pulp in 2011 was at Hyde Park, and it was nice, but also not. Too many people who didn't really care about the music and it kinda ruins the experience. I gotta say i cant really pretend they don't exist, and also i dont really understand why going to a gig if you don't listen to the band.
The Olympia gig in 2012 was way, way better.
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Posted by Sturdy
I guess this will be a Tramlines type setup? All for it, but I ain't going! Probably shooting myself in the foot, but every time I go to Manchester it becomes some sort of expensive disaster and enough is enough!
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Posted by Eamonn
Somuchtoanswer-fer
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Posted by saw119
Capacity for Wythenshawe is 26,000. I'm not a great fan of these outdoor enormo shows (I'm getting old and need a sit down) but what's a fan to do? I suppose they may play some festivals but I won't be going to any of those. I'm like Weed, I'll be buying tickets without any clue whether I can get time off work. How much money do they want from me?
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Posted by Eamonn
9 months notice for work is reasonable, no? Life is made in such time...
But yeah, open airs are a bit crap for sound and casuals chatting and walking their way through the sets...
With new Pulp music in 2026 and a couple of key changes to the setlist (We Are The Boyz, it's your time) I might be tempted but I'm sure nearer the time Twickets will have spares.
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Posted by andy
Eamonn wrote:
With new Pulp music in 2026
We thinking new album or just that vinyl thing ? Seem like a niche release if they are doing big festivals.
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Posted by Eamonn
Yeah, fingers-crossed there will be more (non-More).
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Posted by lipglossed
Maybe not 'major'...
C'mon Jarvis. Give us some small indoors...
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Posted by HoltbyCity
lipglossed wrote:
Maybe not 'major'...
C'mon Jarvis. Give us some small indoors...
A 4 or 5 night run at the Octagon would be the dream
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Posted by lipglossed
We're living the high life! We're living it well!
We're living the high life! And everything's swell
We're up in the sky
Flying so high
Oh my oh my
We're living the high life!
The high life!
The high life!
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Posted by lipglossed
Sorry my mate nicked my phone
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Posted by seductivebarry
Tickets purchased.
Friday and Manchester awkward but couldnt miss out on it if its the only gig for next year here.
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Posted by HoltbyCity
Anyone know what the parking is like round there? Is it ok because its residential suburbs? Or are you starting to get into airport restriction zones?
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Posted by seductivebarry
Yeah Im interested in that too.
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Posted by Barcroft
Sale Water Park tram stop has a Park and Ride and is 8 mins on the tram to Moor Road (assuming that's the closest tram stop to the gig entrance).
Sale Water Park tram stop is just off the M60 too for a quick getaway once you're off the tram. The trams will be busy but I suspect this will still be a good option.
In Manchester you can also normally park on side streets around most tram stops outside the city centre.
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Posted by JohnWayne
In the email Jarvis says Youd be foolish to miss this one
I feel like were not doing our job right as mega fans if we dont read all sorts of things into that.
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Posted by Barcroft
It also says 'a special show'. It's going to be their swan song isn't it
-- Edited by Barcroft on Wednesday 19th of November 2025 01:40:28 PM
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Posted by Eamonn
No way! Manchester ain't getting the finale, already gets enough...
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Posted by lipglossed
Every Pulp show is a special show.
Manchester would be an odd choice for a finale! I think they might do some London gigs. Really they need to do one more Sheffield/South Yorkshire performance. Especially if Mark felt a disconnection at Tramlines.
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Posted by HoltbyCity
Barcroft wrote:
It also says 'a special show'. It's going to be their swan song isn't it
-- Edited by Barcroft on Wednesday 19th of November 2025 01:40:28 PM
Mark was definitely talking plurals for UK 2026 dates the other night, but said most were TBC.
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Posted by inspirit
Anybody have an idea what VIP means? Wondering if that means a 'golden circle' type area near the stage, with 'plebs' kept the other side of a road width gap. I haven't been to a big outdoor performance since Benicassim 2007, and that was before all these golden circle areas existed.
Really fancied this when I saw the pre-sale link with Self Esteem, but the comments here about casual attendees chattering, and all the standing around, and traffic hassles... ooh, not sure at all. I wonder if I'll ever see Pulp again.
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Posted by lipglossed
I think we might finally be on with the small indoors, lads.
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Posted by Cehora
Definitely not the golden circle. Just a shorter queue for the toilets. This is what Ticketmaster says for this show:
Artist Presale - VIP Ticket
- Dedicated VIP entry lane - 1 x Entry ticket to watch the show - Exclusive access to the VIP chill out area with VIP toilets, food vendors and dedicated VIP bar* *Beverages and snacks are not included. Please note, this space is not stage facing, and you will need to vacate the area to watch the show within the general admission standing space
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Posted by inspirit
Thanks for that info. Well, I'm bound to insult someone here who already has a VIP ticket, terrible habit of mine opening my big mouth... but... from the sounds of that I'd rather pay an extra £60 to NOT be around a bunch of smug rich hipsters who want to lounge around a 'chill area' away from the great unwashed.
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Posted by Eamonn
Yeah, that VIP upgrade is a piss-take. You'd want someone wiping your bum for that money. Well, maybe not. But a couple of beverages and a tofu curry or summat.
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Posted by Pip
Just went for a standard ticket myself. The only sensible reason to consider VIP is fast track entry for barrier, but not at a £60 surcharge.
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Posted by saw119
Eamonn wrote:
Yeah, that VIP upgrade is a piss-take. You'd want someone wiping your bum for that money. Well, maybe not. But a couple of beverages and a tofu curry or summat.
At Rock n Roll circus it was the Greggs VIP area. Y'know, for that extra touch of class!
The Tramlines VIP area was nowhere near a stage but it did have somewhere you could sit down at least. I didn't have tix for it, other rich people told me.
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Posted by Cehora
Pip wrote:
Just went for a standard ticket myself. The only sensible reason to consider VIP is fast track entry for barrier, but not at a £60 surcharge.
Same here. But I don´t actually think "a dedicated line" means "a faster line". At Tramlines there were lots of entrances for general admission, while VIPs had to wait in one dedicated line only... definitely worth the money, heh.
-- Edited by Cehora on Wednesday 19th of November 2025 04:39:18 PM
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Posted by Ian
lipglossed wrote:
I think we might finally be on with the small indoors, lads.
I'm in two minds; the email says "This is likely to be our only major UK headline concert next year" so whether that means there will also be festivals or smaller shows remains to be seen. I don't think that it is their swansong; I think that we will get another album before they call it a day. Due to an injury, I might struggle in a crowd that size, seated or a smaller venue would be fine. I would buy a VIP ticket if it meant I could watch the show from a different place to the main crowd but it doesn't. In fairness, the last couple of times I held out, it ended up working in my favour.
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Posted by saw119
Presale tickets are still available for this. I'm a bit surprised as the presale allocation usually sells out.
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Posted by ArrGee
saw119 wrote:
Presale tickets are still available for this. I'm a bit surprised as the presale allocation usually sells out.
Im not too surprised given Pulp have played a few outdoor headline gigs in UK and pretty much everyone who wants to see them has seen them once or twice in last couple of years (three times for me). Only so many times the less committed fan or those with a passing interest will go and see a band. Or even the more committed fan. Especially when tickets are £80 and you have to add in travel and potentially accommodation. There were two big gigs in Lancashire/Yorkshire this year.
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Posted by lucyduck
They have been touring since 2023; next year will be their 4th consecutive year. This year and next year are for the new album "More" for sure. But I wonder if everybody will go to see them. If I were in the UK, I would make it. But some people who don't love them as much as we do, will they?
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Posted by Eamonn
Yeah, the psychology is interesting. The arena shows got amazing reviews and given the size of the venues, there would have been a chunk of casual attendees. A lot of them would have been won-over and happy to go see them again. Along with some of their pals that they raved about the show to.
Just not sure if that number is more than those who are content with their Pulp-diet and are more worried about taxes going up in the budget next week...
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Posted by Ian
Yes, I was thinking this. They toured from 1991 to 1996 but their popularity was growing as was the size of the venues they played in. Now we're 30 years on, their popularity has already been established for that time and as ArrGee says above, practically anyone who wanted to see them has already had their chance. Have they reached their pension pot targets and now just accepting which ever offer takes their fancy?
Let's face it, they are in a strong position to sell more records so a predominantly acoustic album with minimal promotion in late 2026 would make for a suitable swansong.
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Posted by ArrGee
Eamonn wrote:
Yeah, the psychology is interesting. The arena shows got amazing reviews and given the size of the venues, there would have been a chunk of casual attendees. A lot of them would have been won-over and happy to go see them again. Along with some of their pals that they raved about the show to.
Just not sure if that number is more than those who are content with their Pulp-diet and are more worried about taxes going up in the budget next week...
For younger fans, they probably want to see the likes of pulp, oasis, blur, suede, supergrass etc. once in their lives and they will have done it. Faced with another big spend, there may be other attractions. At least back in 1990s it cost relatively little to see pulp, so never a question of not seeing them for me. Now I think about it a bit more (excuse the pun). I was in two minds about all three dates I went to in last couple of years, but as per usual folded when tickets went on sale rationalising that I had no travel costs to add to the ticket price. I have sold some tickets on Twickets this year because my rational mind went into overdrive telling me spending a night in Cambridge to watch a band I was off to see in London the following week wasn't justified! I am still questioning why I am off to see The Damned at Wembley Arena next April even if it is their 50th anniversary gig.
I go to gigs once a fortnight on average and will travel if need be. However when I tot it all up, it's becoming expensive. And from end of this month, I might take a big hit on my disposable income. One problem with retirement is you don't get pay rises but you pay out more every year.
So for now, my Pulp diet is sated, but all they have to do is announce some intimate gigs and I will be draining the pension.
PS - I suppose I have resisted buying the Different Class re-issue, so I do have a spare £100...
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Posted by ArrGee
Ian wrote:
Yes, I was thinking this. They toured from 1991 to 1996 but their popularity was growing as was the size of the venues they played in. Now we're 30 years on, their popularity has already been established for that time and as ArrGee says above, practically anyone who wanted to see them has already had their chance. Have they reached their pension pot targets and now just accepting which ever offer takes their fancy?
Let's face it, they are in a strong position to sell more records so a predominantly acoustic album with minimal promotion in late 2026 would make for a suitable swansong.
Brixton Academy was probably as big as it got back then before playing the likes of Wembley and Finsbury Park on Hardcore tour. I didn't go to either as getting married that got in the way.
Maybe an RSD release in 2026, but I don't know how many physical records pulp sell nowadays. I bought three copies of More (and am considering a fourth in Rough Trade sale), but I guess record sales are not as important as gigs in terms of revenue. If there is a swansong, I expect one big gig like Auto originally or Sheffield last time out. Pretty certain Manchester isn't it. But then I didn't expect it to be over a decade after the Sheffield gig, when I went to Dublin to see what I was pretty certain was going to be the last Boomtown Rats gig. And the latter have continued for another 13 years.
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Posted by Jean
Before the latest 'unusual' fest announcement I already thought there might be more acoustic offerings. What had made me think of this earlier in the year was how they finished the concerts with A Sunset and had done an acoustic version of Something Changed too. Farmer's Market has its gentle moments too and I remember thinking Jarvis might end up a Leonard Cohen type figure doing these quiet songs. A Sunset was visually quiet different.
Maybe they've done such a big production for the last 2 tours and they now want to do something different.
Wishing they'd come back to Dublin. The last 2 gigs in Dublin have been the best I've ever seen. I'd love to see them in a small venue like The Olympia or Vicar Street.
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Posted by HoltbyCity
I wonder if Candida might step back at some point and they continue as a full time 8 piece? The Jarv Is guys and Mark are all a decade younger, whilst Jarvis and Nick seem in good physical shape. Jarvis has also been more prolific songwriting in the last decade than he has his whole life. Mark said he had a big backlog, which was why others' contributions got a bit squeezed out on More.
The Mani news today, like Steve, is a reminder that tomorrow can be too late
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Posted by ArrGee
HoltbyCity wrote:
I wonder if Candida might step back at some point and they continue as a full time 8 piece? The Jarv Is guys and Mark are all a decade younger, whilst Jarvis and Nick seem in good physical shape. Jarvis has also been more prolific songwriting in the last decade than he has his whole life. Mark said he had a big backlog, which was why others' contributions got a bit squeezed out on More.
The Mani news today, like Steve, is a reminder that tomorrow can be too late
Originally the whole Jarvis solo thing was a result of the intermittent nature of pulp. There wasn't any reason to not have pulp being solely Jarvis (ala Divine Comedy) and just have different people play on different LPs. Perversely the pulp reunion means there is a lot of material that is unlikely to be played live again and there are some pretty good solo highlights (Cnuts, Pharaoh, Further Complications, Fcuk This etc.). I suspect that when the latest pulp reunion blows over, it may be as you suggest.
RIP Mani.
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