Wow, what a triumph that gig was! Jarvis said at the beginning that they wanted to play a lot of songs, I didn't realise that they would play for 2hours and 40 minutes! If it wasn't for "the mestor" I'm sure Jarvis would have carried on playing forver, he seemed so genuinely happy
Even at the end he carried on singing an impromtu version of White Christmas
All the hits were played including Common People, Disco 2000, Babies, etc etc. Travelling back in time they played some very old songs too including My Lighthouse from 1983 (joined onstage by Saskia Cocker), Little Girls (With Blue Eyes) from 1985 and then Countdown "when Pulp went disco" said Jarvis. I love Countdown but never in a million years did I ever think I'd hear Pulp play it live
during the encore they even played Sheffield: Sex City which I never expected to hear, and it was amazing, and I've always loved Razzmatazz and even that got played. It really was a perfect setlist for the long-term die-hard fan (like me) and casual fan (like my friends).
As SarahaWilson says above, the boss Mr Richard Hawley joined them during This Is Hardcore and stayed for several songs. There was a lot of pointing and elbows in ribs "look, there's Richard Hawley!" as he took to the stage, and Richard definitely got one of the loudest cheers of the night. Born To Cry was amazing during the encore, the first time they've played it live - "what could go wrong?" asked Jarvis, well nothing cos it was perfect and featured some beautiful guitar work from Richard
I got some good photos, I'll try and post them later today or tomorrow.
There's a great review on the BBC site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20656411Definitely the best Pulp gig I've ever been to, and one of the best gigs full stop that I've been to, so perhaps Richard could pass on my thanks to Pulp for such an amazing, incredible night
Thanks boss!
Dave