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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
1 year
Hey folks. Yesterday was pretty brutal. It’s still hard to comprehend. I, and on behalf of, my fellow band mates would like to thank all those who sent condolences in on here or wherever. Nick.
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Nick Banks
1 year
Steve was a unique and brilliantly talented individual. Steve was my mate. Steve fought so valiantly to stay with us. We will all miss him so very much. Fly straight my friend and see you on the stage in the sky.
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Nick Banks
6 months
Crikey. It looked mental from my viewpoint but this is off the scale!! Buenos Aires. You are ledge.
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morally grey
6 months
the way that most uk crowds are genuinely embarrassing compared to this
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Nick Banks
2 years
Hey folks, unsurprisingly it’s has all gone a bit mental on here. Gig details will be revealed as and when. Stay calm, hug your #pulp records and dream of going mental sometime in 2023.
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Nick Banks
8 months
I’m sure we can all wish our kid Jarvis a happy 60th birthday today. Here’s a pic of him utilising his internal jet pack.
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Nick Banks
6 months
Thank you South America for an unforgettable experience. You were all amazing. I hope we will return one day. Last thing we did was leave a little bit of our Steve up in the Chilean Andes.
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Nick Banks
1 year
Bridlington. We are in you…..
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Nick Banks
10 months
Pulp 2023 UK touring party. What a team. It has been a pure pleasure banging a drum alongside yers. Onwards!
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Nick Banks
10 months
Only took him 13 gigs. Hopeless.
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Nick Banks
6 months
Argentina!! Oh my. What a gig. What an audience. What a place. We are speechless at such a ‘thang’ Muchos Gracias. Chile. Are you going to let the neighbours take all the glory? It’s up to you.. I know you will not disappoint….. Arise!!
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Nick Banks
3 months
Our Steve. Not forgotten.
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Nick Banks
5 years
One of my favourite pictures people have been sharing today about our Gordon #GordonBanksRIP
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Nick Banks
6 months
Yep that’s what it’s all about. @CoronaCapital you folks were amazing. Wish we could have played for longer, but that’s the way it is. Hope we can return one day.
@CoronaCapital
Corona Capital
6 months
Do you remember the first time? 🖤 @welovepulp #CoronaCapital23
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Nick Banks
2 years
Yep, it’s actually happening. Can’t wait….
@AcrylcAftrnoons
Acrylic Afternoons
2 years
No idea what the line-up will be, but 3,828 days later, we’ve finally got our Pulp back. Overjoyed! #pulp2023
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Nick Banks
11 months
No.
@Feelingclldlive
Pulp FEELINGCALLEDLIVE
11 months
28 years ago today since Pulp played Glastonbury 1995. Will we be seeing them again tonight?
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Nick Banks
1 year
Mexican pulpers. We are coming. Hold on.
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Pulp
1 year
Pulp in Mexico City at @CoronaCapital , Friday 17 November 2023.
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Nick Banks
4 years
1 - Misshapes - What an opener, a call to arms, a rallying cry, now is the time to storm the barricades; its our time. If you ever been bullied, called a weirdo, hit, spat at for being, looking or feeling different……this is your tune!! #timstwitterlisteningparty @Tim_Burgess
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Nick Banks
2 years
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Hey folks, about this time tomorrow (Friday) 👀 look 👀 out for NEWS you’re all going to be interested in. (I hope). Ok? 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
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Nick Banks
1 year
So gang, it’s just 3 months now to the first #pulp show in over 10 years. Exciting innit! Start the #countdown
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
10 months
Spotted out in the road. Ecclesall rd.
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Nick Banks
4 years
Before and after.....
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
10 months
Who’s up for a bit of @welovepulp news? Yeah? You want it?
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Nick Banks
1 year
It’s all happening in Brid!!
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
5 years
A sad day. My beloved Uncle Gordon has passed away. Let’s all savour the best save ever made: Greatest Ever Goalkeeper Save - Gordon Banks Saves from Pele via @YouTube
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
2 years
Fair chance a few of these will get a run out next year.
@AcrylcAftrnoons
Acrylic Afternoons
8 years
Pulp's 2011 rehearsal song list: the '8 Essentials', the 'A-list' and the 'B-list'. Impressive stuff.
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
6 months
So, the day has arrived. We hit the stage tonight @CoronaCapital festival Mexico City. People of Mexico. Prepare thyselfs.
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Nick Banks
4 years
12 different sleeve choices if you got the early editions...
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Nick Banks
1 month
Pulp carrier bag unearthed from cellar clear out. Late 90’s vintage I guess.
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Nick Banks
10 days
What’s this all about?? News to me.
@pulptoday
daily pulp
10 days
🤔
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Nick Banks
6 months
Another video of last nights mayhem. Thanks Juan.
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Nick Banks
6 months
Normal everyday event in the pulp world. Lunch at the British Ambassadors residence Mexico City Including Mariachi entertainment and Pulp based cocktails. Grim!
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Nick Banks
6 months
The hooky merch in Mexico is unreal. So much stuff. Crackers.
@The_Ren1981
Stuff_By_Mark
6 months
Someone pointed out the bootleg merch stalls at Pulp's recent festival gig in Mexico were selling shirts with a wonky, nicked version of a drawing of mine. I feel weirdly flattered.
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Nick Banks
10 months
Sheffield two. What can I say? You really did ‘Av it’. We prostrate our selves in awe. You came, you saw, we concurred. We are now off to lie in a darken room and be fanned by our resident gimps. We shall rise again to troop southwards and deliver our schtick once again.
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Nick Banks
4 years
There we go...I'm exhausted. Hope it brought back some memories and you all enjoyed it. I'm off for a lie down.....
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Nick Banks
4 years
Back yard jam with my ace neighbours!! Entertaining the S11 lockdown on a Sunday afternoon
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Nick Banks
11 months
Scrolling through everyone’s thoughts on last nights event. I am truly humbled by the plentiful good vibes being sent through the airwaves. Sorry I can’t thank everyone personally but so happy to hear that we sonically touched you. @welovepulp #finsburypark #pulp
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Nick Banks
4 years
The tabloids dint like it....so what?
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Nick Banks
6 months
Pulparindos Mexico. We are gathering. The swarm will be upon you sooner than you think. Can you handle it?
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
4 years
Apparently it’s 25 years since this little fella was released:
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Nick Banks
10 months
That’s it. We are spent. We shall now hibernate ‘til Nov to emerge blinking into the Mexican sun before ranging south to visit Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Can’t wait. Hammersmith 2 you were amaaaazing. Off the scale mass singing. You made us feel dead proud. In the interim
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Nick Banks
10 months
Cardiff. What can we say. You were immense. We came, we saw, we did indeed, ‘Av it’ Sheffield. Our birthplace and spiritual home. Your time is nigh. Tonight is your first chance to step up to the oche and plant your arrow in our hearts. I know you can.
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Nick Banks
1 year
Hola mexicanas maravillosas Los/Las pulparindos?
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
2 years
To all those up early getting ready to hit ‘send’ a million times. Good luck in your quest. I know you will succeed and we shall see you next summer.
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Nick Banks
3 months
Looks nice dunnit. Out for record shop day.
@AcrylcAftrnoons
Acrylic Afternoons
3 months
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
11 months
Did we rock you?……hell yeah. Did the ground shake for you as it shook for me? Roll on Finsbury ⁦ @IsleOfWightFest ⁩ ⁦ @welovepulp
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Nick Banks
11 months
We doff our collective hats to you Finsbury (park for accuracy, that is). What an amazing crowd. You made it. Thanks! We shall now turn our guns onto the good people of the North West. Manchester can you match London?
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
6 months
❤️
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Nick Banks
2 years
Well, since yesterday’s bombshell I seem to have hundreds of new twitsters.. hello to you all. It might not be wall to wall #pulp news on here but y’never know.
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Nick Banks
1 year
Let’s get ready to R.O.C.K. people…..
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Nick Banks
1 year
Well, well. That’s was fun. Both barrels duly discharged. Brid. We salute you.
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Nick Banks
1 year
So here we are. The last day until gig day. Phew. Don’t seem like anytime since the call was put out to gather again. The wait is almost over…..
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
11 months
Pigeons eye view of the goings on at Castlefield yesterday. Nice innit?
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Nick Banks
6 months
@welovepulp @PulparindoMx So we have sampled the famous pulparindo. Here’s my reaction.
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
10 months
Thanks to all for my birthday greetings. Going to celebrate by rockin the good folk down Hammersmith way. Here a pic of me in a devo hat. How old you say? Well I was constructed in 1965. You do the maths. @welovepulp #birthday
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Nick Banks
11 months
Oh Finsbury, Finsbury. You are looking fine and dandy today. Pitch inspection is complete and all is ready to rock. R U?
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Nick Banks
8 months
THE best pulp vid
@PulpVideos
Pulp Videos bot
8 months
Bad Cover Version (MV)
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Nick Banks
2 years
Sorry folks bin cooking a jacket potato. Here’s the announcement and all that. #exciting or wot?
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Nick Banks
1 year
I know I’ve said this before. And you would all be right in ignoring me. BUT. There’s some new news coming your way at 10am tomorrow. Yes honest. No wind ups. Never.
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Nick Banks
11 months
A lovely fan from Hungary gave me this badge in honour of our Steve earlier today on the streets of Dublin. #touched
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Nick Banks
2 years
Thanks for the run through. Go Boric.
@toledo_campos
Manuel Toledo-Campos
2 years
@therealnickbank The presidential campaign in Chile is between Boric (similar to Labour and social democratic ideas) and Kast (fascism), and Boric supporters have being using different cultural memes to outpour social media, against the hate and bullying of the fascists, including Britpopers :D
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Nick Banks
2 years
Want some of this?
@TheRockRevival_
The Rock Revival
2 years
Pulp - Common People (Reading 2011) Buzzing to see them headlining @TRNSMTfest and @nbhdweekender 🔥
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Nick Banks
10 months
Sheffield one. We are going to have to get a bigger scale. The numbers on our usual didn’t go high enough to capture last nights efforts. Bravo. Sheffield two. See? You have some heady heights to climb tonight. Can you? We shall see. Saturday night? got to be massive yeah?
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Nick Banks
4 years
12 - Bar Italia - Homage to the famous Soho, London Coffee Bar on Frith Street - After a heavy night ‘Out’ the waifs would often end the night here with a sobering coffee. Brilliant place that opened late or early, depending on how big the night had been….
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Nick Banks
2 years
Dunnit!
@ShiiineOn_
Shiiine On
2 years
😎
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Nick Banks
1 year
‘Hardcore’ indeed. What you reckon folks….
@ShiiineOn_
Shiiine On
1 year
On this day in 1998 PULP released their album : This Is Hardcore Often mooted as "The post britpop comedown album" I really like the darker edge and sound of the album.
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Nick Banks
2 months
I can only agree~ she’s a chuffin ledge!✅
@Pulpitude
Lipglossed 💄👄
2 months
Today's #InternationalWomensDay . But ideally, every single day of the year would be Candida Doyle day. The most important member? Perhaps. Are her keyboards the special sauce that makes Pulp sound so special? Quite probably. Is she an incredible living legend? Absolutely!!
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Nick Banks
4 years
8 - Sorted for E’s and Whizz Controversial? In the late 80’s we did quite a bit of raving - living in a 14th floor squat in Camberwell..and at times it really did feel like the world could change. I didn’t, and all got a bit messy really. This song came out of that ‘experience’
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Nick Banks
5 months
Who’s this lot showing me up?
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Nick Banks
2 years
My, my. That’s been a bit of a morning. Sounds like lots were successful in your @welovepulp quest. Well done. If you were unlucky, keep trying. I hope these tickets went to real people and don’t show up on scalping sites at ridiculous prices. Sadly, I bet some do. #vultures
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Nick Banks
9 months
Well lookie here. I’m off round the country yakkin on about myself. You can come along if you want. It will be a blast. What yer reckon? @welovepulp
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Nick Banks
4 years
When anything was good he always said “Thats Different Class” and I guess Jarvis saw that as a great album title as it works on so many levels. It does, it is.
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@therealnickbank
Nick Banks
10 months
First in a series of one. Dogs modelling @welovepulp bucket hats. They look really pleased about it don’t they??
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Nick Banks
11 months
Exciting? Maybe. Terrifying? Definitely. Read the ramblings of a drummer and his erratic memory. Perhaps.
@OmnibusPress
Omnibus Press
11 months
Here are the book covers for @therealnickbank 's memoir 'So It Started There: From Punk to Pulp'! Pre-order the signed hardback from our website to enter the draw for an original supermarket prop from the #pulp Common People video! More info:
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Nick Banks
4 years
10 - Underwear - More grubby musings from JC. Firm fan favourite and always good to play live, plenty of light and shade, quiet and loud bits.
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Nick Banks
2 years
Day 1 of pre-rehearsal rehearsals. Gotta flex that muscle memory ready for next year. ⁦ @PoweredFlightUK ⁩ ⁦ @YellowArch @yamahaUK @pulp2011
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Nick Banks
4 years
Frantic tweeting folks, hope your enjoying it ---- I am. #timstwitterlisteningparty @pulp2011 @Tim_Burgess
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Nick Banks
1 year
Guess I might as well tell you lot. The memoir is in the can and out Sept this year 🤞 - timing or what…… Let you know more as we know it. Ok?
@OmnibusPress
Omnibus Press
1 year
So excited to share this at last.... AND IT STARTED THERE by @therealnickbank of Pulp! Coming Sept 2023. "This is my view from the drum seat as it all happened. Pulling back the curtain on how a Rotherham schoolboy punk got his chance at the big time."
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Nick Banks
9 months
One of my favourite humans. Birthday greetings Doyle.
@welovepulp
Pulp
9 months
Raise your voices in celebration! It’s an exceptional day for our dear Candida Doyle, who is celebrating a special birthday. There’s no better time for a Strathspey and a Shetland Reel. Go on Candida, Party Hard. Lang may yer lum reek! [Photo courtesy Alex Deck]
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Nick Banks
11 months
Finsbury!! We have you on our horizon. The time is almost upon us. We shiver and shake in frenzied anticipation. Will you shake with us?
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Nick Banks
1 year
So folks in 6 weeks time we will be in the recovery position after our first gig in over 10 years. Not so long to go gang! It’s either super exciting or terrifying (delete depending on whether in band or audience) @welovepulp @britishdrumco
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Nick Banks
5 months
Pulp-o-nauts. We are stirring. Prepare for our last show of ‘23 and first of ‘24. We shall ring in the new year with some bangers. Promise. Pray for dry weather everyone and stay safe. Beltin’
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4 years
7 - Something Changed - A love song, simple as that but so very effective - Written years before, I think, with help from Jarvis’s sister, Saskia. Possibly as far back as the early 80’s period.
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Nick Banks
6 months
Chi-chi-chi Le-Le-le viva Chile. You def brought the hot stuff last night. For this we give great thanks! Let’s hope it’s not too long until we can dance again Ciao!!
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4 years
was that Jarv would leap in the air and we all had to come in as his feet hit the floor….surprisingly it nearly always went right…..
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Nick Banks
1 year
Compadres. Loving all the Mexican messages but my Spanish is a little rusty. Any chance you lovely folk could drop a little translation in? Us English are rubbish at languages.
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11 months
I have a fan!! Me n Nancy bonded over a love of drums!!
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10 days
Northern lights over Sheffield tonight Bonkers
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1 year
Yes I was right new news has arrived. Extra pulp dates incoming 🚨 Manchester Castlefield bowl 4th July Hammersmith Avent Apollo 28th and 29th July. Tickets on sale 2nd June. Get on it. See, told you.
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4 years
5 - Disco 2000 - Album version of course - the single was a remixed version by Alan Tarney who did loads of Cliff Richard classics and A-Ha stuff - super cheesy!! Right up our strasse! Prefer the LP version though, got loads more grit etc
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Nick Banks
1 year
Not forgetting the queen of pulp ms Candida Doyle #IWD2023
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Reverend&TheMakers
1 year
Big up all the ladies out there for IWD. Especially our very own Laura and Antonia, me Mum and all the ladies at @DistillerMusic and @_VariousArtists Love ya x
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1 year
Hope everyone survived. A pretty bonkers weekend all round: Brid,Warrington then Wednesday at Wembley. Think I need a lie down. Onwards!!
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6 - Live Bed Show - Atmospheric or what? One of my faves from the entire LP. It has a real cinematic quality - We all loved soundtrack music, John Barry, Ennio Morricone, Burt Bacharach etc Steve and Jarvis were both film students at various times too.
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5 years
Apparently this old thing was released 24 years ago today. #timeflies
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1 year
Hey folks, great to hear what you are hoping to experience in just over 5 weeks. Now, I can’t reveal any of the tracks that are due to be played, just to say that we will not be able to please everyone, but you WILL leave happy (I hope) even the deep cut obsessives will love it.
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Nick Banks
11 months
Hola Amigos. New ground to discover and old friends to wow again. Can’t wait.
@welovepulp
Pulp
11 months
Pulp are thrilled to announce two more shows in South America. Our first ever concert in Uruguay for #Primavera0 at @teatrodeverano on 21 Nov & a return to Buenos Aries at @movistararenaar on 23 Nov 2023. Tickets onsale soon !
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2 months
My first time seeing Pulp. Fair to say a life changer!
@pulptoday
daily pulp
2 months
#OnThisDay : 1983 – Live at Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield The admission price was 90p.
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10 months
Hey tweeps got some ‘BIG’ news ready to reveal for Sheffield shows - I know I’ve said this before but..y’know…..
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Northern lights over Sheffield goth disco. Nuts.
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