Festival Hall was filled to capacity on Friday night, with eager anticipation in the air as it saw the return of Pulp.
When they walked on stage and the first notes of “Do you remember the first time?” started to play, the crowd went wild and this set the scene for the rest of the night.
Frontman Jarvis Cocker was in fine form. Randomly flinging chocolates into the crowd, giving out beer and champagne, he even threw out a pear because, according to Cocker, “nothing beats a firm, hard pear”. His wild dancing was almost hypnotic and he had to change his shoes early into the show because he was afraid of falling over on the slippery stage.
The set list did not disappoint. All the fan favourites were played, including Common People, Disco 2000, Babies and The Fear. Cocker did admit that they were a little rusty, he hoped they would nail “Like a Friend” this time and confessed that they hadn’t played “Party Hard” in many years but would give it “their best shot”.
Not that anyone there would have noticed. Every word to every song was sung back to them by the crowd and one person at the front was even told to “calm down” by Cocker as he/she got a little too enthusiastic.
It was all over too soon and as Cocker thanked the crowd and announced that they had to go, Festival Hall erupted into a chorus of NOOOOO!
A brilliant night with a brilliant band. It was my first time – and I will always remember…
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