Sheffield band Pulp have urged fans to "Stay calm, hug your Pulp records and dream of going mental sometime in 2023" as they confirm that they will reunite for shows next year.
Speaking at a Q&A for his new memoir Good Pop, Bad Pop, the band's front man Jarvis Cocker said that the band, who had hits with Common People and Disco 2000 in the 1990s, will play their first gigs in over ten years.
Hey folks, unsurprisingly it's has all gone a bit mental on here. Gig details will be revealed as and when.
— Nick Banks (@therealnickbank) July 25, 2022
Stay calm, hug your #pulp records and dream of going mental sometime in 2023.
Pulp haven’t performed together since December 2012 when they played a homecoming gig in Sheffield and two shows aboard the SS Coachella Cruise.
The new follows a 15-second clip shared by Cocker on Instagram last week in which the words "What exactly do you do for an encore?" appeared on screen.
The quote is from the title track of Pulp’s 1998 album This Is Hardcore, which turns 25 next year.
Cocker added that the post was "deliberately cryptic", explaining, "It’s a line from This Is Hardcore . . . next year Pulp are going to play some concerts!" he said.
Pulp drummer Nick Banks later tweeted, "Hey folks, unsurprisingly it's all gone a bit mental on here. Gig details will be revealed as and when.
"Stay calm, hug your Pulp records and dream of going mental sometime in 2023."
The band announced their last reunion in November 2010 featuring the Different Class line-up of Cocker, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber.
The band, often seen as the more refined choice in the Blur/Oasis Britpop battle of the mid-nineties, haven’t released new material since 2012’s stand-alone single After You, which was produced by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy.
Cocker’s solo project JARV IS… released their debut album Beyond The Pale in 2020.
