Pulp have announced a summer 2025 UK arena tour. Find all the ticket information below.
Jarvis Cocker and co. previously unveiled a string of 2025 live dates, which include a huge homecoming gig at Tramlines 2025 in Sheffield, and a headline set at Bilbao BKK in Spain.
Now, they’ve extended their summer plans with six arena shows in the UK and Ireland, set to kick off in Glasgow on June 7. From there, they’ll head to Dublin before playing two shows at London’s O2 Arena on June 13 and 14. The Sheffield icons will go on to perform in Birmingham, before wrapping up in Manchester on June 21.
Tickets go on general sale next Friday (21 February) at 9:30am and will be available here. Fans signed up to Pulp’s mailing list by midnight on Monday (17 February) will be able to access a pre-sale which will begin the next day (Tuesday, 18 February) at 9:30am. Sign up here.
Speaking about the shows in a press release, Cocker said: “You deserve more – & we have more.” He continued: “In fact, we have More – (but that’s a whole other story… you’ll have to wait a little more time to hear that one). In the meantime: see you this Summer!”
Pulp’s 2025 tour dates are:
JUNE
7 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
10 – Dublin 3Arena
13 – London, The O2
14 – London, The O2
19 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
21 – Manchester, Co-op Live
The band reunited in 2023 for the first Pulp shows since 2012, and played various new songs while out on the road, such as ‘Farmer’s Market’, ‘Spike Island’, ‘My Sex’, ‘You’ve Got To Have Love’, ‘Background Noise’ and ‘A Sunset’.
Then, last summer, it was reported that the group were “back in the studio” after frontman Cocker was spotted in Walthamstow, London. The singer was pictured carrying an orange Rough Trade tote bag while waving at the camera.
In December, it was revealed that the band had signed a new record deal with Rough Trade amid rumours of an album coming in 2025.
Pulp’s seventh and latest studio album, ‘We Love Life’, came out back in 2001 via Island Records. They then shared ‘After You’ – their first single in over a decade – through Rough Trade in 2012, as part of their first reunion. The track was produced by LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy.
Speaking to NME last year, Cocker suggested the aforementioned track ‘A Sunset’ – co-written by Richard Hawley – could be officially released at some point. “Richard gave me a recording of him playing the chords quite a while ago,” he said at the time. “I wrote some words for it.”
NME then asked Pulp guitarist Mark Webber about the rumours of a new album last month. “I guess at some point we’ll have to decide if we’re going to do something with these [new] songs,” he responded. “For the moment, that’s still hanging in the balance.”
As for what’s next for the band, Webber said: “I don’t know. We’ve got some shows confirmed, and I think it’s quite likely we’ll continue to do things.”
He also reflected on the experience of airing new material in a live setting, explaining: “People seem to be excited at the fact that we have some new songs. If you play a new song, then it’ll take the audience a while to digest it – it’s not like they’ll be in ecstasy immediately.
“It’s been good, and it’s good for us to do something different. As great as the songs are, it can get boring playing the same thing again and again.”
In October 2023, drummer Nick Banks downplayed the chances of Pulp releasing a new album soon, and said their reunion concerts were “more about getting the party back”.
“I’m not sure if any of us have a real appetite for that because you have to put three to five years of your life into it,” he told NME. “In terms of writing, recording then touring, it would be really difficult. I can’t see it happening myself – we’ve got other things to do.”