Pulp have signed to Rough Trade Records
“It feels great to be finally on the label,” the Britpop legends said
Pulp have signed to Rough Trade Records, the band and label have confirmed.
The Britpop legends reunited once again for a number of live shows in the summer of 2022, which stretched through to the middle of 2023.
The last time the band had played together was in 2012, two years after they began a first reunion tour that took them to Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds and beyond.
“Rough Trade have managed Pulp for over 30 years so it feels great to be finally on the label. We did it!” the band said in a statement. No news has been revealed about any imminent new music.
Last summer, Pulp performed an unreleased song called ‘Hymn of the North’ at one of their Sheffield homecoming gigs.
Earlier that year, Steve Mackey, the longtime bassist for Pulp, died at the age of 56.
Cocker paid tribute to his late bandmate on Instagram, writing: “Our beloved friend & bass player Steve Mackey passed away this morning… Steve made things happen. In his life & in the band. & we’d very much like to think that he’s back in those mountains now, on the next stage of his adventure. Safe travels, Steve. We hope to catch up with you one day.”
When Pulp reformed Mackey said he would not be taking part in the reunion tour in order “to continue the work I’m engaged in – music, filmmaking and photography projects”.