Pulp

13th & 14th September, Kings Theatre Brooklyn

“This is what we do for an encore,” Pulp told fans as they kicked off their 2023-24 reunion tour, 11 years since their last shows, Jarvis Cocker and co. bring their nostalgia-fest to Brooklyn.  These tickets sold out in minutes so be prepared to pay through-the-nose for this must-see celebration of Brit Pops finest word-smith.

It’s amazing to realize that Cocker – the beloved pop of Britpop is now 60 as he slides across the stage, flailing his arms and throwing himself backwards over monitors during slow songs with as much energy as he did in the ‘90s.

‘Do You Remember The First Time?’, of course you do, and you will again as the evening builds to the inevitable anthem for a generation ‘Common People’. At the end of which Cocker introduces his bandmates by name, before speaking on behalf of himself. “My name is Jarvis,” he says. “I was born to perform. I exist to do this.” Nearly 30 years later, that’s still the truth.