A collection of photographs that includes Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker dressed within the model of varied British Rail practice tickets has been shared on-line.
Acrylic Afternoons, a fansite of the band named after their 1994 track of the identical title, has posted a thread of the frontman on Twitter in outfits which match the colors of rail tickets to numerous locations across the UK.
The thread contains footage of Cocker in a shiny blue jacket which matches the color of a Northampton Rail Day Rover, proper as much as outfits which match a Chelmsford to London annual Gold Card.
Sadly there isn’t an outfit that matches a ticket to Mile Finish after the band’s well-known track from the Trainspotting soundtrack.
You possibly can view the frontman’s extravagant apparel beneath:
Jarvis Cocker dressed within the model of British Rail tickets. A thread🧵…
1. Northampton (Rail Day Rover) pic.twitter.com/UqaNrKCBUs
— Acrylic Afternoons (@AcrylcAftrnoons) February 21, 2023
In the meantime, Cocker not too long ago confirmed that the Sheffield band can be hitting the highway for his or her first gigs collectively since 2012, together with a run of UK and Eire exhibits this summer time.
The tour kicks off in Bridlington on Could 26, with additional dates scheduled for Dublin (June 9), London (July 1), Scarborough (9), Cardiff (11) and Sheffield (14, 15). Moreover, Pulp will headline Isle Of Wight Competition, TRNSMT, Latitude and Neighbourhood Weekender.
Any remaining tickets for the group’s 2023 headline live shows could be bought right here.
As for the help acts, Moist Leg shall be becoming a member of them at their enormous Finsbury Park present and Richard Hawley, who was briefly a member of Pulp within the early ’00s, is because of open for Cocker and co. at each of their hometown gigs in Sheffield.
Talking concerning the reunion, Hawley not too long ago instructed NME: “I’ve been a part of the entire Pulp household for many years. My first band Treebound Story did a gig with Pulp in just a little church after I was nonetheless a young person – which was a fucking very long time in the past – and I’ve recognized Jarvis, Candida [Doyle, keys], Nick [Banks, drums] and Steve [Mackey, bass] all my grownup life. Steve’s not concerned this time, however that’s to not say he gained’t be sooner or later. Steve and I went to toddler college collectively and met manner again then.
“Our paths have interwoven all our lives, so it feels proper for me to open for them.”
