Iconic 90s Rock Band Plays Epic Show After Releasing First Album In 24 Years
Iconic 90s Rock Band Plays Epic Show After Releasing First Album In 24 Years originally appeared on Parade.
Iconic classic rock band Pulp played a seriously sick show in Dublin, Ireland on June 10 — just four days after they released their first studio album in nearly 24 years.
The group — which consists of legendary singer, guitarist, and frontman Jarvis Cocker, keyboardist Candida Doyle, guitarist Mark Webber, and drummer Nick Banks — brought down the house at the 3Arena in Ireland's capital city. The show came just days after the release of their new album, which is titled More, on June 6.
The album marks their eighth studio release, nearly a quarter of a century after they put out their last one. We Love Life, their previous record, was released in 2001. They did play a few shows back in 2011 and drop a single or two in 2013, but this is the first major release from the band in many years. They dropped their first record back in 1983, five years after forming the band in Sheffield, England when Cocker, 61, and friend Peter Dalton were just young teenagers.
Minus Cocker, much of the band's original line-up never made it past high school graduation, as they went off to continue their studies. But Cocker just drummed up a new set of musicians to take over. By the early 90s, they found mainstream success with their 1994 album His 'n' Hers, as well as their 1995 follow-up Different Class, which spawned the hit single 'Common People.'
The band is generally considered one of the core four Britpop groups, alongside Oasis — who is reuniting this summer after 16 years — and their contemporaries Blur and Suede.
As for their current tour, Pulp is currently playing across Europe and Asia through August, stopping off in Spain, England, and South Korea before taking their tour across the United States for the month of September.
As of now, that's all they have on the calendar as far as the tour goes — but no matter what, we thankfully have their exciting new album to immerse ourselves in when the shows are over.
Iconic 90s Rock Band Plays Epic Show After Releasing First Album In 24 Years first appeared on Parade on Jun 11, 2025
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