Pulp Announce ‘You Deserve More’ Australian And New Zealand Tour 2026
This will be Pulp’s first visit to our shores in over a decade.
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After it was revealed that Pulp would be playing a free concert to open the 2026 Adelaide Festival, the Brit-pop legends have now announced a fully fledged Australian and New Zealand tour.
The band’s first tour down under in 13 years comes in support of their latest album, More. Recorded late in 2024 with producer James Ford, More is Pulp’s eighth studio album and features the singles ‘Spike Island’ and ‘Got to Have Love’.
“The day an album is released to the public is a very special day,” says Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, “The music changes from being something owned only by the band to something that can be owned by anyone – it can become part of people’s lives. It’s magic.”
Pulp’s You Deserve More tour begins with one show in New Zealand at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Saturday 21 February. The band then heads to Australia for shows at Brisbane’s Riverstage on Tuesday 24 February, Adelaide’s Elder Park as part of the Adelaide Festival on Friday 27 February and Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Tuesday 3 March. The tour comes to an end with two shows at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt in Sydney on Friday 6 March and Saturday 7 March.
Pre-sale starts Thursday 6 November at 9am AEDT, with general on-sale taking place Friday 7 November at 9am AEDT. Full ticketing details available via handsometours.com.
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Forming in 1978, it wasn’t until the mid-90s that Pulp found success with their 1994 Mercury Music Prize-nominated fourth studio album, His ‘n’ Hers. They followed up a year later with their first UK Albums Chart #1, Different Class. The album spawned four top ten singles, including ‘Common People’ and ‘Mis-Shapes/Sorted for E's & Wizz’, and won the Mercury Music Prize.
Pulp went on to release two more albums, This Is Hardcore (1998) and We Love Life (2001), headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival twice and toured the globe before calling it quits in 2002.
Reuniting in 2011 for a couple of tours, the band went on hiatus before reemerging in 2022 for several concerts, leading to Pulp getting back in the studio and recording More and deciding to get back on the road and perform their new songs for fans.
Catch Pulp performing as part of the Adelaide Festival at Elder Park on Friday 27 February. Entry is free. For more details, visit adelaidefestival.com.au.
Pulp You Deserve More Australian and New Zealand Tour Dates
Saturday 21 February – Spark Arena, Auckland, NZ
Tuesday 24 February – Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 27 February – Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, SA
Tuesday 3 March – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 6 March – Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 7 March – Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney, NSW
