Editing Pulp (band) (section)

===First reunion: 2011–2013===
[[File:Pulp performing at Isle of Wight Festival 2011 3.JPG|thumb|upright=0.7|Pulp performing in 2011: (Left to right) guitarist [[Mark Webber (guitarist)|Mark Webber]], keyboardist [[Candida Doyle]], singer [[Jarvis Cocker]] and drummer [[Nick Banks]]]]
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| caption1 = Jarvis Cocker at the [[Sziget Festival]] in Budapest with Pulp in 2011
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| caption2 = Bassist Steve Mackey performing with Pulp at [[On the Bright Side Festival|On the Bright Side]] in Perth in 2011
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In November 2010 it was announced that the ''Different Class'' line-up (Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Senior and Webber) would be playing at the Wireless festival in London's Hyde Park and a Saturday slot at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 2011|Isle of Wight Festival]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gsmez3jwQ59A-15bFBBBKxG0fmOA?docId=N0091201289896102097A |title=The article requested is no longer available |access-date=25 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125004516/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gsmez3jwQ59A-15bFBBBKxG0fmOA?docId=N0091201289896102097A |archive-date=25 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In a message sent to the band's official mailing list on 1 January 2011, Cocker said the large amount of interest in the band's reunion had been "an inspiration," and that he was pleased with how rehearsals were going.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/pulp/54414 |title=Pulp promise not to let fans down during reunion shows|website=Nme.com |date=2 January 2011 |access-date=9 October 2011}}</ref>

The band announced 22 concerts between May and September 2011, taking place in Europe and Australia.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pulppeople.com/#concerts | title=2011 tour dates | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109193045/http://www.pulppeople.com/#concerts | archive-date=9 November 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Pulp were one of the surprise special guests at [[Glastonbury Festival 2011]] in June where they played on The Park stage on Saturday evening.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0627/mossk.html|title=Moss not allowed into secret Pulp gig |date=27 June 2011|work=RTÉ News|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23964574-glastonbury-worthy-farm---review.do |title=Glastonbury: Beyonce, Radiohead, U2 and Pulp – review |date=27 June 2011 |work=London Evening Standard |access-date=27 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630141950/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23964574-glastonbury-worthy-farm---review.do |archive-date=30 June 2011 }}</ref> They performed at the Sziget Festival in Hungary on 10 August,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pulp/2011/obudai-sziget-budapest-hungary-bd085ee.html=|title=Setlist|website=setlist.fm|date=10 August 2011|access-date=17 June 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Way Out West Festival]] in Sweden on 13 August, and played as co-headliners to [[The Strokes]] at the [[Reading Festival]] and the [[Leeds Festival]] during the final weekend of August 2011. They headlined the Electric Picnic on 4 September, their last festival of the year. On 9 January 2012, the Coachella festival line-up was released, with Pulp listed as part of the line-up. Further dates were announced, including North and South America and a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Senior did not take part in the 2012 gigs.

In February 2012, ''It'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=12;1;304;-1;201&sku=521353 |title=Pulp: It (2012 Re-issue) (2012): CD |publisher=hmv.com |date=13 February 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> ''Freaks''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=12;1;304;-1;201&sku=521296 |title=Pulp: Freaks (2012 Re-issue): 2cd (2012): CD |publisher=hmv.com |date=13 February 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> and ''Separations''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=12;1;304;-1;201&sku=521472 |title=Pulp: Separations (2012 Re-issue) (2012): CD |publisher=hmv.com |date=13 February 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> (the albums released by [[Fire Records (UK)|Fire Records]]) were re-issued. These editions came with bonus tracks, including "Death Goes to the Disco", "Dogs Are Everywhere" and "Sink or Swim".

Cocker told ''[[ShortList (magazine)|ShortList]]'' magazine in April 2012 that he was working on ideas for new Pulp songs,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/jarvis-cocker |title=Jarvis Cocker On Cocktails, X-Factor And... The Gym|date=April 2012|work=ShortList|access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref> but in November he told ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' that the band had no plans to release new material and would be "cruising off into the sunset" at the end of the year, signalling a possible end to the reunion.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/pulp-will-not-release-new-material_3389773 |title=Pulp &#124; Pulp Will Not Release New Material |magazine=Contactmusic.com |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=4 December 2012}}</ref>

The band played a one-off concert in their hometown of Sheffield in December that year, at the 13,500 capacity [[Motorpoint Arena Sheffield|Motorpoint Arena]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4357959 |title=Pulp To Play Sheffield Arena in December 2012 / Music Forum // Drowned in Sound |publisher=Drownedinsound.com |date=10 July 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-date=15 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115013506/http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4357959 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and made a previously unreleased track, "[[After You (Pulp song)|After You]]", available for download to those who had attended the concert. It was subsequently released to the general public in January 2013 via digital download. The song had previously only existed in demo form.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/after-you-pulp-to-release-christmas-present-single-on-itunes-8466940.html |title=After You: Pulp to release Christmas present single on iTunes |website=The Independent |date=25 January 2013 |access-date=26 October 2013}}</ref> Their last performance was to promote the song on ''[[The Jonathan Ross Show]]'' on 9 February 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/pulp/68520 |title=Pulp perform new single 'After You' on Jonathan Ross show |website=NME |date=4 February 2013 |access-date=8 June 2014}}</ref>

In May 2015, a music heritage plaque was unveiled at the venue of the band's first gig, The Leadmill, Sheffield. Band members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle and Mark Webber were present at the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/out-about/sheffield-music-legends-honoured-with-heritage-plaque-1-7244312 |title=Sheffield music legends honoured with heritage plaque |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818143320/http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/out-about/sheffield-music-legends-honoured-with-heritage-plaque-1-7244312 |archive-date=18 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>