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News: Mad Cool Festival returns with one of 2026’s biggest lineups

There’s a point where a festival lineup stops feeling like a schedule and starts reading like a dare. Mad Cool Festival 2026 crosses that line early. Set to mark its 10th anniversary…

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Live Review: Pulp bedazzle at the Sydney Opera House forecourt, 6 March 2026

There are certain places in the world where pop music feels faintly mischievous. The Sydney Opera House forecourt is one of them. With the harbour glittering behind the stage and…

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News: Pulp and Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek Join Opera House’s 2026 Lineup

Pulp will make their Sydney Opera House debut in March 2026, performing two career-spanning Forecourt shows alongside the debut of Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, in a summer season celebrating global sound and storytelling.

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Live Review: Tramlines 2025 – Sheffield’s Shining Moment

Photo Credits: Phil Jon Photography / Jason Siddall Photography Tramlines 2025 cemented its status as one of the UK’s most beloved inner-city festivals with a weekend full of euphoric moments,…

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Live Review: Pulp Electrify Tramlines with Hits, Heart and Hometown Pride.

Tramlines Festival 2025 saw Sheffield favourites Pulp return for a long-overdue appearance—and what a homecoming it was. Taking the main stage in front of a sold-out crowd, Pulp delivered a…

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Album Review: Pulp gives us ‘More’ – returning with an aged beauty and graceful pose but the same louche insouciance we missed.

In ‘More’, Pulp return not with a bang but with a graceful, knowing nod – like old friends who’ve learned that the quietest whispers can sometimes carry the heaviest truths.…

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News: The venerable Pulp announces ‘More’ – their first new album in 24 years – with anthemic single ‘Spike Island’ as a tasty amuse-bouche.

While there have been a few live performances and the odd single and solo work, the venerable Pulp today announce the release of their first album in 24 years, fittingly…

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Gallery and Set-lists: Pulp / Richard Hawley / The Orielles – St Anne’s park, Dublin 09.06.2023

Another baking hot summers day and back at St Anne’s park Raheny Dublin, this times its Pulp to headline with Richard Hawley and The Orielles opening. The Orielles photos &…

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Interview: Imperial Daze Plus EP and Tour News

I would boldly say Imperial Daze are one of the most exciting and promising bands around at the moment, possibly safeguarding the future of indie pop from the limpid rubbish…

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Not Forgotten: Pulp – His ‘n’ Hers

In retrospect Pulp were a band that burned brightly and became hugely important to a generation, but whose work remains oddly preserved in a sort of musical aspic. Although they…

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