3 d. ago Jarvis Cocker says Pulp will only play Glastonbury in ‘life or death situation’

Pulp made a name for themselves with a stand-in headline slot at the festival in 1995

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3 d. ago Jarvis Cocker: Pulp will play Glastonbury only in ‘life or death situation’

The singer also recalled the band’s breakthrough set at the festival as stand-ins for the Stone Roses in 1995.

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7 d. ago Pulp's Jarvis Cocker reveals very unusual wedding after proposing in a traffic jam

Pulp rocker Jarvis Cocker has revealed he has married his partner of 15 years Kim Sion in a very unique ceremony after proposing to her while sat in a London traffic jam

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7 d. ago Pulp Albums Ranked: I rank all 7 studio albums by Jarvis Cocker's indie band

With the news that Pulp’s eighth album will be released later this year, we’re taking a look back at the Britpoppers’ discography to date.

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7 d. ago Pulp: Spike Island review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s joyous second coming

(Rough Trade)The anthemic lead single from the band’s first album in 24 years casts a wary eye over their peak 90s fame – but also suggests that performing is irresistible• Pulp announce More, their first album since 2001It seems weirdly fitting that Pulp have premiered their first album in 24 years with a song that appears to fret about the validity of returning at all.Of all the alt-rock artists hoisted to mainstream fame in the Britpop era, they were the ones who seemed least comfortable with the kind of attention it brought them: a perennially ignored band who’d spent a decade striving to get somewhere, only to find they didn’t much like it when they did. Something of the prickly, confrontational outsider clung to them even at the zenith of their success – 1995’s quadruple-platinum Different Class is an album packed with waspish, witty ruminations on the British class system – while 1998’s This Is Hardcore offered a paranoid and occasionally harrowing examination of their era as...

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2 w. ago Drivers may NEVER return to Hammersmith Bridge because of eco

Thousands of drivers in the capital will be frustrated by the eco-friendly cost effective proposals to prevent traffic from returning to the bridge.

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3 w. ago US judge calls heat in Texas prisons ‘unconstitutional’ but does not order AC

Lawsuit from advocates argues brutal heat routinely rising above 100F amounts to cruel and unusual punishmentA federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons was “plainly unconstitutional” but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could cost billions.The ruling affirmed claims brought by advocates of people incarcerated in Texas, where summer heat routinely soars above 100F (38C) for weeks. But they will have to continue pressing their lawsuit later in a trial. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Hugely controversial LTN in one of London's most affluent neighbourhoods is shelved

Proposed low traffic neighbourhood would have affected thousands of residents living near Hampstead Heath

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