Pulp brought in the New Year in Edinburgh last night with a live show in front of thousands of revellers at the Princes Street Hogmanay concert.
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The Britpop legends played their first show in the Scottish capital in 20 years in a show that was organised by the City of Edinburgh Council, alongside UniqueAssembly.
The band played two sets, one each side of midnight, separated by the traditional fireworks show at the stroke of 12. It was the 30th anniversary of the Princes Garden Street Party.
An unashamed joy to see Common People performed for the first ever time with a bagpipe accompaniment. And hearing Lipgloss, for the first time live this millennium, and Monday Morning. And all power to Jarvis for powering through at what must be a horrendous time for him
#Pulp https://t.co/S1bbK5fQ4D pic.twitter.com/uMjTHactqs
— Ross Maclean (@ross_maclean) January 1, 2024
Well that was different seeing in New Year's day watching peerless Pulp in Edinburgh, alongside spectacular firework displays. pic.twitter.com/f35baXxiSX
— Mike Hunter (@MikeeDeedee) January 1, 2024
Writing about the show on their Instagram page, Pulp said: āIs this the light of a new age dawning? Letās hope so.ā
āThank you, people of Edinburgh, for celebrating Hogmanay with us. 2023 was amazing. When Pulp decided to play some concerts again, we couldāve never imagined that it would be like this. And now thereās a whole new year ahead of us. Looking forward to seeing you next summer in Europe, and hopefully beyond. Letās all meet up in the year 2024. Live on & look after each other.ā
The band played songs from across their career, including the tour debuts of their 1993 single āLipglossā and āMonday Morningā, the penultimate song on their classic 1995 album āDifferent Classā.
They rounded out their second set with a special version of āCommon Peopleā, accompanied by two bagpipers.
The show was the last scheduled gig of the bandās reunion tour, although drummer Nick BanksĀ revealed toĀ NMEĀ that more may come from the band in 2024.Ā āItās the last scheduled thing weāve got. Hopefully weāll have more to announce for next year but I donāt know how much I can say at this moment in time, sorry! Itās classified. Iām looking forward to whatever 2024 may bring.ā
Pulp have been touring all over the world; they recently visited Argentina, where theyĀ played āJoyridersā and āBad Cover Versionā for the first time in 11 yearsĀ in November. They also visited Mexico earlier that month toĀ debut their new song āBackground Noiseā.
In December, they played in Hong Kong, with Jarvis Cocker ploughing on despite having broken two ribs earlier in the day.
The show brings a difficult year for the band to an end, after their bassist Steve Mackey passed away aged 56 in March.
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