Parsing The Pulp, Part II: No, The Band Is Not Getting Back Together At Glastonbury

noah | October 27, 2009 2:45 pm
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Yesterday’s
cheeky Jarvis Cocker soundbite about the possibility of Pulp reforming for next year’s Glastonbury Festival sounded pretty much like a “we’re not playing” blow-off to these ears, but apparently other people didn’t pick up the nuance, running with “OMG PULP REUNION” stories as fast as their content-management systems would let them. So Jarvis has released a statement denying and decrying those rumors, and this time, he’s playing it 100% straightforward:

“I can categorically tell Teletext that Pulp have no plans to get back together. Someone asked me if I fancied playing at the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury, I said yes, they twisted that into a ‘Pulp reform’ story. It’s not true.”

So there you go. Let this be a lesson to anyone trying to have a laugh with reporters: Unless the audio of your conversation is going to accompany whatever story’s being written, just sit back and save the joshing for your friends.

Pulp deny reunion rumours [Teletext via NME Pulp – Help the aged [Dailymotion] Earlier: Parsing The Pulp: Is Jarvis Cocker Really Getting The Band Back Together For Glastonbury?

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