Pulp Announce Live Album “Live!” & Film “Pulp: What Do You Do For an Encore?”
ulp announce new live album “Live!” alongside film
“Live!” is out on Rough Trade Records on 28 August.
“Pulp: What Do You Do For an Encore?” to premiere worldwide later this autumn.
The film and album document the band’s 2025 show at The O2 London as they returned with No.1 album “More”
Live singles Disco 2000 and A Sunset are out now.
“A concert is an event where songs come back to life. That’s why this album is called “Live!”‘ explains Jarvis Cocker of this unique record in the Pulp canon. “It’s both a statement of fact (it’s a recording of a live band) & a challenge (come on! Everyone come alive!).”
“Live!” will be released on 28 August 2026, suitably enough Pulp will be onstage that evening, performing a sold-out show in Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park.
The album will be available on double vinyl – both in a limited-edition blue pressing available from the band & label webstore and independent record shops and on black vinyl – double CD and via digital streaming services.
Live! 2LP & Badges
Live! Limited Edition 2LP & Badges
Pulp’s relationship with director Garth Jennings dates back to 1997: the year he directed the promo video for the song “Help the Aged”. When Pulp announced that they were touring again back in 2023, Garth got in touch & offered his services in helping to design the staging concept. Then, in June 2025, he filmed the band’s two performances at the O2 Arena in London. This footage provides the main content of the film.
The O2 shows also provide the content of this live album. They were the 566th & 567th performances of the band’s career & provide a snapshot of a group at the height of its powers. Recorded the week “More” – Pulp’s first album in 24 years – hit Number 1 on the Official UK Chart, the album captures the very moment the band returned as a creative force. Old classics & new classics brought together for the first time.
Watch the video for “A Sunset (Live)”
Live! Album Tracklisting
SIDE 1
1: Intro
2: Spike Island
3: Slow Jam
4: Sorted for E’s & Wizz
5: Disco 2000
SIDE 2
1: Help the Aged
2: Farmers Market
3: This is Hardcore
4: Sunrise
SIDE 3
1: Something Changed
2: Grown Ups
3: O.U.
4: Do You Remember the First Time?
5: Mis-Shapes
SIDE 4
1: Got to Have Love
2: Babies
3: Common People
4: A Sunset
June 25 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
June 27 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
Jun 29 – Cologne, Germany – Palladium
July 2 – Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France, Beauregard Festival
July 4 – France – Eurockeennes
July 6 – Paris, France – Zenith
July 11 – Madrid, Spain, Mad Cool Festival
July 18 – London, UK, Royal Festival Hall – SOLD OUT
July 31 – County Waterford, Ireland, All Together Now
Aug 28 – Pulp headline Wythenshawe Park in Manchester – SOLD OUT
Sept 5 – Dorset, UK, End Of The Road Festival – SOLD OUT