A band who are tipped to perform a secret surprise set at Glastonbury 2025 have celebrated the run-up to the festival with a number one album.
Pulp, the Sheffield band best known for their 90s hit Common People, recently returned to the music business with new album More after over a decade away.
Initially formed in the late 1970s, Pulp gradually worked their way up the charts until they finally hit the big time in the mid-1990s as a main player in the Britpop explosion.
They scored five consecutive top 10 hits between 1995 and 1997, battling with the likes of Oasis, Blur, and Radiohead for a spot on top of the Official Charts.
Albums Different Class and This Is Hardcore both secured number ones for Jarvis Cocker, 61, and co. in1995 and 1998, and they’ve now landed their third with 2025 comeback More.
They beat competition from a stellar list of new entries, including recent releases from pop singer Addison Rae (who got to number two) and London rapper Little Simz (who got to number three).
Last week saw a resurgence for Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n Sweet, following her return and an announcement of a new album – that stopped 70s stalwarts Sparks from picking up their first UK number one album.
But Pulp have avoided the same fate, shifting thousands of copies in More’s first week of release to keep up a staggering run in the UK charts in 2025: every single week has seen a different album hit number one.
To support the album, Pulp are currently in the middle of a UK tour and have received regular radio play with their new singles, Spike Island and Got to Have Love.
And if recent speculation is to be believed, Spike Island and Got to Have Love will be getting their Glastonbury debuts at Worthy Farm between June 25 and June 29.
For weeks now, those attending the 2025 festival have speculated that a band currently known as ‘Patchworks’ are in fact the Sheffield rockers in disguise.
According to an anonymous tip poster on social media known as SecretGlasto, Pulp will be taking to the Pyramid Stage in the primetime slot of 6.15pm on Saturday, June 28.
The account shared a video of a patchwork quilt, which featured someone using a sewing machine, before cutting to numerous clips of Jarvis Cocker and Pulp.
In the video, Pulp member Candida Doyle is speaking to BBC radio presenter Jo Whiley about how she used to do patchworking as a hobby while with the band.
‘I used to do patchwork when I was on tour,’ she revealed to Jo. ‘And I made a really nice bit of patchwork, that’s all I can think of right now.’
Other names, like Haim, Harry Styles, Timothee Chalamet, Robbie Williams, and even Oasis have been mentioned as potential performers in the same slot (despite Noel and Liam Gallagher distinctly saying no).
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