Pulp have revealed details of a UK and Ireland arena tour set to take place this summer.
Marking their first live shows in both countries since 2023 – that previous run of gigs was their first in over a decade – they are booked in for six nights in June. The tour kicks off on June 7 at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro before moving on to Dublin’s 3Arena on June 10.
The band will then play two nights at the O2 in London on June 13 and 14 before wrapping up the tour with gigs at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena (June 19) and Co-Op Live in Manchester (June 21).
Intriguingly, the shows all take place in the run up to this year’s Glastonbury festival but it’s not yet known if the band will be making an appearance there this year. They last played the festival in 2011, appearing as special guests at The Park, having reunited that year for a run of live shows.
In a statement about this summer’s shows, Jarvis Cocker hinted at potential new music coming from the band, and said: “You deserve more, and we have more. 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!”
Tickets for the arena shows go on general sale next Friday (February 21) at 9.30am GMT. If you sign up to Pulp’s mailing list by midnight on Monday (February 17), however, you can gain access to a pre-sale kicking off at 9.30am GMT on February 18. Sign up for the mailing list here.
In December, it was revealed that the band had signed a new record deal with Rough Trade Records, but no further details were given about whether this deal would involve the release of new music or archival material.
