LAST SINGLE April 15th (everywhere)

CD1: Bad Cover Version / Yesterday / Forever In My Dreams

CD2: Bad Cover Version (video version) / Disco 2000 (Nick Cave Version) / Sorted For E's & Wizz (Roisin Murphy version)

DVD: The video, plus behind the scenes footage from the shoot, and a gallery of 10 stills of the lookalikes. 

According to a poll here on pulponline a few months ago, the songs you most wanted to see as the next single were Birds in Your Garden and Bad Cover Version. And for once, Pulp agreed! Bad Cover Version is the new single, out on April 15th.  It isn't a case of you lot actually picking the single, as the NME site seems to think (however lovely that would have been) - no, it was just a happy coincidence. Listen to Bad Cover Version here.  

The video version has the 'voices' of the lookalikes instead of Jarvis.  The version of Yesterday is a remixed version of one they recorded initially with Chris Thomas. (13/02)

LATEST: As nme.com so rightly pointed out, one of these ideas is the Nick Cave (right) covering Disco 2000 one...Mr C  recorded a couple of versions of Pulp's 1996 smash hit, one of which will be mixed this week.  Perhaps this is a thankyou for Jarvis appearing in Nick's brilliant 'Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow' video last year. (06/02). Roisin Murphy of Moloko, who remixed F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. back in 1995 (see Promos page of discography), has had a go at Sorted for E's & Wizz with Fabian Antonio (13/02)

It is unlikely that the single will have a universal release - sorry; but the dvd will be a worldwide release so should be viewable everywhere. - NEWS JUST IN - It isn't! The dvd is not playable in the US or Canada unless you have a fancy player.... (07/05)

If you can't wait to hear Bad Cover Version, or you're frustrated cos no other radio stations seem to be playing it, the North-East's biggest Student radio station, Utopia FM, has added it to their A-list. The station can be found at www.utopiafm.net

VIDEO Jarvis directed the video for Bad Cover Version, which is an hilarious spoof of  the Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" record, but with lookalikes instead of the real thing. According to Nick, "It was good fun for a change, what with nearly 30 lookalikes from The Bee Gees to Kylie, and myself unrecognisable in beard and wig (Dick Witherspoon, record producer). During filming, all the lookalikes were addressed as who they looked like......Kylie sang like an angel, Keef and Noel put down some great axe, Brian May was triumphant at the end, Bowie was Bowie, Phil Collins and Macca got a great groove going, Missy Elliot and J-Lo were 'Street'. Elton kept 'powdering ' his nose..." The mind boggles. (03/02) We hope to be able to stream the video here on pulponline shortly - nme.com have had to take it down cos they weren't allowed! But I can assure you it will make you laugh out loud, the lookalikes are so spot on, clearly very talented people, barely discernable from their real counterparts as you can see from the pics we nicked from the NME, above! (13/02) The websites devoted to the real stars are also talking about the video - check out a Bowie one here.

The current Pulp People newsletter features a diary of the day from 'Gary Numan' (Chris Fielding) (above left). Send sae for a copy to PO Box 87, Sheffield, S11 8WJ.

There are  two versions of the video knocking about - a censored and an uncensored one. Basically the only difference is that a v sign given by the Liam lookalike has been pixilated out. 

Here's a full list of the stars represented in the video: Sophie Ellis Bextor, Elton John, Robbie Williams, Liam Gallagher, Phil Collins, Kylie, David Bowie, Bjork, Bono, Missy Elliott, George Michael, J-Lo, Macca, Craig David, Tom Jones, Keith Richards, Kurt Cobain, Rod Stewart, Meat Loaf, Cher, J Kay, Jarvis, Mick Jagger, Gary Numan and Brian May

Latest on AUTO....Auto has been welcomed by the UK press as a welcome addition to the festival calendar, with top mags The Face announcing "a world class bill of innovative and irreverent musical and visual attractions", and X-Ray "a top notch night of disko and songsmiths with beats of the highest calibre" - which we knew already of course...Full details & reviews of Auto can be found on on our own live page and on the dedicated site www.auto-festival.net

Auto festival films 10-13th Dec Auto festival will be screening a film program at the Showroom Cinema Sheffield in the days approaching the main event. The programme will include: Dec 11th - Mark Webber presenting 'Vinyl', a film about obsessive record collectors; Dec 12th - an evening with Jarvis and cult British film maker John Smith; and on Dec 13th, an evening of Warp films, including the brilliant new film by Chris Morris, 'My Wrongs 8245', about a man who no longer uses his name because he’s decided he has ceased to deserve one, and also Aphex Twin’s controversial movie ‘Flex’.  The film nights will include discussions, dj's and a couple of great giveaways. 

JARVIS COLLABORATION Continuing his "working with top female icons from the 1960s" series, Jarvis is writing a song for Anna Karina on her forthcoming album. Anna Karina, star of French New Wave cinema and Jean-Luc Godard's ex-wife, is working on her second album. More info as & when we get it. Latest: Not sure what's happening with this now. If we hear anything, we'll let you know....(19/12)

Jarvis is interviewed in and appears on the cover of issue one of new mag Snug - "a magazine about pubs, the people who go in them and the things they talk about". Jarv's main topics of pub chat were his wedding, BT ads, the future of Pulp and his own future plans, reality TV, America post September 11 and heading towards his 40th birthday. The magazine will be available from Oct 17 (this Thursday) in the WHS branches in train stations and airports, Borders bookstores, major Sainsbury's superstores and a selection of newsagents across the country. (15/10) For other press click here.

Nick joined Richard Hawley on Mark & Lard's Radio 1 show, coming to you from the (surely fictitious) Halon Menswear Music Prize, where Pulp won the important listeners' vote...

Yes, Jarvis is indeed 'starring' in the current £33m BT Broadband ad campaign.  And yes (again) - he's going to be a father - next April. (8/10)

LEE HAZLEWOOD TRIBUTE

Read about Jarvis, Hawley, JP Buckle and Ross Trucker at the Royal Festival Hall last night...

As reported back in March, Jarvis and Richard Hawley recorded a version of a Lee Hazlewood song for the forthcoming Lee tribute album. " A Cheat" was  first recorded in 1959 by Sanford Clark. It's out on CD and double LP on City Slang on June 16 ( Should have been out in France on June 4).

The album is called 'Total Lee: The Songs of Lee Hazlewood', and the full tracklisting  is: 'Never Had A Gun' - Lambchop / 'Come On Home To Me' - Madrugada / 'Some Velvet Morning' - The Webb Brothers / 'Sundown' - Calexico with Valerie Leuillot / 'Sleep In The Grass' - Johnny Dowd / 'Got It Back Together Again' - St Etienne / 'The Railroad' - St Thomas / 'A Cheat' - Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley / 'No Train To Stockholm' - Erlend Oye (of Kings Of Convenience) / 'Soul's Island' - The Amazing Pilots / 'Easy & Me' - Kathryn Williams / 'We All Make The Little Flowers Grow' - Stephen Jones and Luke Scott / 'Sand' - Calvin Johnson and Mark Pickerel / 'Summer Wine' - Evan Dando and Sabrina Brooke / 'If It's Monday Morning' - Kid Loco with Tim Keegan. (18/6)

Cockerphonic Spree Jarvis and long time collaborator Martin Wallace have directed the video for the new Polyphonic Spree single, "Hanging Around", due on October 14th. View it here!

Jarvis was keen to see the Dallas based group over the Carling weekend - must have struck a deal then. He & Steve are DJing at the group's London concert on October 27th  - click here for details. Not content with merely DJing, Jarvis donned a white robe and joined the Spree on stage....

Polyphonic homepage (6/9)

The 52 min. documentary 'Made in Sheffield' is now available on video via www.sheffieldvision.com for £12.99 plus postage (including a free poster as long as stocks lasts).
'Made in Sheffield' is the story of Sheffield's music scene between 1974 - 1982, from it's beginnings in their attics to the international successes of the Human League, Heaven 17, Cabaret Voltaire and ABC. The film not only focuses on these bands but also other bands that were important to this scene such as Artery, 2.3 , the Extras, I'm so Hollow and the early Pulp. 
Interviewees include: Jarvis Cocker with his sister Saskia, Phil Oakey, Stephen Singleton (ABC), Chris Watson (Cabaret Voltaire), Martyn Ware and Ian Marsh (Heaven 17), John Peel and many others. You can view the trailer on the site to get a taste of the film. 

Made in Sheffield will be coming out on DVD later this year with additional interviews with Jarvis and Saskia talking about the start of Pulp, Chris Watson about Cabaret Voltaire, Stephen Singleton about Vice Versa and ABC, and with Ian, Martyn and Phil about the early Human League. A photo gallery and promo will be on it too. To reserve a copy mail info@sheffieldvision.com. There's an interview (in English) on this Swedish site with director Eve Wood.

RUMOURS RUMOURS RUMOURS...The hotdog site assures us that Jarvis is "set for directorial debut"...the "limp-wristed pop star"  is all but confirmed to direct the screen adaptation of Harland Miller's rites of passage novel Slow Down Arthur, Stick To Thirty. We are told that "Cocker always wanted to direct the book but it seemed as though he'd been thwarted by Miramax snapping up the rights. Now it looks as though Jarvis' luck might be in as he's top of Miramax's wish list of directors". 

5 months later and things are looking a bit more proper - check out this news story on the nme site (29/05) and (also from nme): "I'm hoping that, well, it's at a very early stage of development, but a friend of mine, Harland Miller, wrote a book called 'Slow Down Arthur, Stick To 30', which is about a  David Bowie impersonator in York in the early 80s. It's kind of about his formative years in York. He sold the rights for that to DNA, who are the people who made 'Trainspotting' and, er, I kind of am trying to pitch to direct that. But it's at a very early stage of development. I would really like to do it, especially since I came down here to study film and did actually finish my degree. Making the TV thing was keeping my hand in there, but I would love to make a feature film. Its whether they think I'm capable of making it and whether they let me do it the way I want to" (23/06)

Harland Miller was at the York Barbican concert on the 21st November and the Thetford Forest one in June, and was also a guest at Jarvis' recent wedding. (15/7)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANDIDA! 

Pulp's keyboard player Candida Doyle celebrated her birthday on stage at Glasgow on the 25th, serenaded by the crowd & group and accepting a bottle of champagne by a half naked man! Anyone got any photos?

Read our reviews of the Carling weekend

Right: Jarvis and Richard Hawley on stage at Leeds.

Jarvis' impersonation of Rolf Harris on ITV's Celebrity Stars in their Eyes trounced the (admittedly feeble) opposition with his cover of the 1969 hit "Two Little Boys" last Saturday. Candida, who accompanied Jarvis to the studios and watched the performance, said he went down really well with the audience and the whole thing was top entertainment - must have been 'cos he won! "The funniest thing I've seen on TV for ages!!"  - Michael Kemp (19/08)

The tribute to Scott Piering concert that Pulp headlined back in April is to be broadcast on C4 on August 26th at 12.10am. A CD, '4 Scott', will be released on August 26th featuring live performances from the concert. As well as Pulp, whose set comprised Babies, Something Changed, Bad Cover Version, Underwear and Sunrise (Babies and Sunrise appear on the CD), there will be tracks by Stereophonics, Richard Ashcroft, The Orb, the KLF and The Charlatans.  Read our review of the night and click on the image for more info.

Jarvis and Camille were married on Saturday 13 July in an idyllic village in northern France. It was a beautiful, romantic day, culminating in much drunken behaviour (yes you Nick Banks), spur of the moment guitar mayhem (Richard Hawley) and a quite frightening cover of Purple Haze (Jarvis & Hawley, right) on a makeshift stage in the woods. 

Photo by Nick Banks

JUST CONFIRMEDSupport for the Forest Tour comes from Mains Ignition, Clinic (Sherwood Pines & Bedgebury Pinetum), and British Sea Power (Roseisle, Dalby & Thetford) (16/05). 

Support for the Eden Project (July 5) is Gonzales and British Sea Power. BBC Choice will be screening the concert - click here for details.

Left: Jarvis at the Primavera Sound concert - click on the photo for more pics and reviews..

PULP AT THE EDEN PROJECT  July 5 - click on Live link left for reviews and pics (coming soon)

Details of this year's other concerts to be found in the Archive and the Live pages.

The constantly improving music site rockfeedback.com has (rightly - I mean, who else could it be?) made Pulp their Band of the Week, which means that fans can enter an exclusive competition, view unseen images, observe archived reviews and interviews as produced on the site, and browse through selected web-links or read about the band's history in an up-to-date biography. Check it out (18/6)

PULP SURPRISE US WITH OLD SONGS AT FOREST CONCERTS (Dalby Forest, right)

Pulp have been faced with open mouths and dewy eyes after performing versions of classic songs from their early days in the Forest sets. At Sherwood Pines we were treated to Little Girl (with Blue Eyes) (1985), at Bedgebury one of the greatest Pulp songs ever, My Legendary Girlfriend (1989), and at Roseisle, Dalby and Thetford we got I Want You (1986). You've missed your chance now - the Forest concerts are over. Who knows what will happen at Eden... Click here for reviews and pics - more being added daily. (28/6)

Click on the pic of Candida (taken by Nick) for reviews & pics (sort of ) of the Istanbul concert over the weekend (11/6)  

Check out these pictures of Jarvis on a Forestry Commission assault course, from BBC Choice

Those of you who can read Spanish, take a look at the Pulp articles in online mag Artik CD

Candida has been interviewed by Vintage Keys E-Zine - click here and select it from the E-Zine's menu to read what she has to say for herself. (09/05)

For those of you who don't fancy the Desperate Sound System nights, why not treat yourself to a night of soft rock with Mr Nick Banks? Nick wowed the crowd last night (8 May) at sevenby7's 1st birthday party at Brown Street, Sheffield with his clutch of 7" classics: Hawaii 5-O - Chaquito / Roadrunner - Jonathon Richman / Gimme All Your Lovin - ZZ Top / Turn to Stone - ELO / 9 to 5 - Sheena Easton / Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris / D.I.S.C.O.  -Ottawan / Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas. www.sevenby7.co.uk

LIVE PULP Three more live dates have been confirmed for this summer. Pulp will play in Istanbul on June 8, Greece (Rockwave Festival) on July 2, returning to the UK to play at the Eden Project in Cornwall on July 5. Cool. These dates are on top of the Primavera Festival in Barcelona in May (details below).  Click on the LIVE link (left) for details of tickets and line ups. News just in...Pulp have just confirmed four more festival dates. They'll play the Carling weekender in Reading (23 August) & Leeds (24th) followed by Glasgow on the Green on the Sunday - busy weekend! (09/05)

Pulp return to Barcelona They just can't stay away! Pulp played the Primavera festival in Barca' on Friday 17 May. Photos (27/05)

Sunrise remixers and Pulponline faves THE FAT TRUCKERS released their second single, Superbike / Favvers Plimsoles, in November. Click here for more info, reviews, and an interview with the boys. Next single, a 12" called Anorexic Robot, out soon -ish.

There's also an interview with part time Pulper Richard Hawley in Crud Magazine [a Sheffield-based e-zine]. Click here for Richard's tour dates. 

Issue 56 of French magazine Magic! have a great pic of Jarvis and Richard Hawley on the cover of the current issue, plus a longish interview with the pair.  Click here to view!

4 SCOTT: The Scala, April 18th: A celebration of the life of Scott Piering (1946 - 2000) Pulp, Stereophonics, Placebo, Badly Drawn Boy, Embrace, Teenage Fan Club and Cerys Matthews are just some of the  names confirmed for one of the most unique and poignant gigs of 2002. As different as they are musically (that's a polite way of putting it)  these artists share one thing in common - their TV and radio promotions were handled by Appearing, the company set up by the late Scott Piering, who died of cancer in 2000. So, on April 18th the Scala (on Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London) will play host to a very special evening of live music and DJ sets. Unfortunately there is a limited capacity at the Scala so safe to say this is a very hot ticket indeed, indeed it's sold out as I write this. Argh! Oh well, I'll tell you about it afterwards on the live pages.

Marianne Faithfull @ The Barbican, London Jarvis, Steve and Mark were amongst several special guests accompanying Marianne Faithfull at The Barbican on March 10th.  They did Sliding Through Life on Charm plus a couple of other songs. Read the reviews here. Marianne was one of the celebrity guests in the dressing room on the last Brixton concert (30/11/01).  Click here for more info and here to listen to the song "Sliding Thru Life on a Charm".