Shetland's biggest gig – the day Pulp flew in to Lerwick
At the height of their fame, the Britpop icons travelled to Lerwick to play a show for just 1,400 fans.
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At the height of their fame, the Britpop icons travelled to Lerwick to play a show for just 1,400 fans.
Pulp Pulp were an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their best-known line-up from their heyday (1994–1996) consisted of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Mark Webber (guitar, keyboards), Steve Mackey (bass) and Nick Banks (drums). Senior quit in 1996 and returned for tours in 2011, while Leo Abrahams had been a touring member of the band since they reunited in 2011, contributing electric and acoustic guitar. Throughout the 1980s, the band struggled to find success, but gained prominence in the UK in the mid-1990s with th...