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18th February 2020
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18th February 2020 What's On
Pulp at Co-op Live, Manchester – tickets, times, setlist and more for UK tour
Thomas Melia
Britpop band Pulp is heading over to Manchester for a night of singing along right through to ‘Sunrise’ or until Co-op Live’s curfew.
Jarvis Cocker and co., known more famously as UK cult classic band Pulp, are heading on the road, stopping off at various arenas up and down the country.
Their latest discography addition, their comeback LP, More, just debuted on the UK’s Official Album Charts and in pole position, no less: a very impressive feat that makes that a total of three number ones in their career.
Their eighth album is remarkable in more ways than one, as not only has it become a talking point in the music world, it’s also the band’s first new release in 24 years – an absolute banger as well, by the way.
Cocker and his bandmates are no strangers to the North either, much like our friends over at The Sheff, the Pulp frontman and several members of the lineup, both past and present, are Steel City natives.
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As Britpop lovers and fans of the band ourselves, we’re buzzing about their chart-topping return, but no way as proud as their home city.
Pulp gig guide – all the key info you need to know
Pulp’s last visit to Manchester took place at Castlefield Bowl when they played a show as part of the impressive summer music series, Sounds of the City. Fast forward to 2025, and now they’re taking on the region’s biggest indoor entertainment and live music arena.
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Pulp UK tour dates
- Sat 7 June – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
- Fri 13 June – London, UK – The O2
- Sat 14 June – London, UK – The O2
- Thu 19 June – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
- Sat 21 June – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
Are there tickets left for Pulp at Co-op Live?
If you’re suffering from ‘The Fear’ of not getting your seat ahead of Pulp’s ‘You Deserve More’ tour, there are limited seats for the Co-op Live show in Manchester HERE.
Don’t wait around, though; these won’t be around for long.
And if you fancy feeling all special and setting yourself apart from the rest of the ‘Common People’ for once (not that the mixer isn’t still the best place to be), why not treat yourself to a luxury concert experience thanks to SeatUnique, where you have access to your own private lounge?
Pulp 2025 ‘You Deserve More’ tour setlist
- Spike Island
- Grown Ups
- Slow Jam
- Sorted for E’s & Wizz
- Disco 2000
- F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E
- Tina
- Farmers Market
- This Is Hardcore
- Sunrise
- Something Changed
- The Fear
- O.U (Gone, Gone)
- 59 Lyndhurst Grove
- Acrylic Afternoons
- Do You Remember the First Time?
- Mis-Shapes
- Got to Have Love
- Babies
- Common People
- A Sunset
What are the stage times for Pulp in Manchester?
Co-op Live has a strict curfew of 11pm, meaning everyone can stay for the final ‘Slow Jam’ or two without worrying about getting home too late.
Anyone attending can expect the doors to open at 6:30pm with a kick-off time of 7:30pm, which gives you an hour to turn to your friend and ask, “‘Do You Remember the First Time’…we watched Pulp?”
Pulp x Co-op Live afterparty
If you’re not ready go home after the encore and you really do think ‘You Deserve More’, you can always cop yourself a ticket to the afterparty inside Co-op Live’s Backstage Club’ too.
With a DJ set to play indie favourites straight after the show and until late, the party doesn’t stop until you say it does. Tickets are available now.
We recently got to experience it ourselves on our last visit to the arena to watch the one and only Lionel Richie, and it certainly left an impression on us.
How to get to the venue
Tram
For those of you heading to Co-op Live, you’ll be glad to know it’s right next door to a rather famous big blue stadium and its integrated Metrolink stop.
Head along the light blue or orange lines directly to the Etihad Campus or Ashton-under-Lyne, and you can get off the tram literally spitting distance from the arena. You can find the full map HERE.
Trams run frequently on the Ashton-Eccles line to the Etihad stop, with services leaving every six minutes from the city centre, and until 1:00am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Bus
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You can find the full list of bus routes HERE, with the one in closest proximity to the venue being the 53 bus, which runs from Cheetham Hill through to Higher Crumpsall, Old Trafford and Pendleton, leaving just a two-minute walk to Co-op Live. You also get free Bee Network travel with any valid event ticket.
Getting there by car and parking
If you’re driving, there is limited parking available at the venue, but this must be pre-booked ahead of time, and there are designated drop-off areas.
The postcode is M11 3DU and you can follow the signs towards the wider Etihad Campus as you get closer; directions to the adjacent drop-off points will also be signposted.
Keep in mind that congestion on the roads close to the stadium is expected to gather around two hours prior to any event, so if you are travelling on the road, these are the suggested times they provide come event day, though estimates will obviously vary:
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- Alan Turing Way (both directions): plan an additional 20 minutes into any journey by road.
- Hyde Road (eastbound): expect an additional 15 minutes to be added to your journey.
- Mancunian Way (westbound): plan for an extra 10 minutes of travel time.
There are also three park-and-ride facilities near Co-op Live, but be advised that the Velopark and Holt Town stops will be closed post-event to help safely manage crowds:
- Ashton Moss (Ashton line) – 183 spaces and 12 disabled spaces
- Ashton West (Ashton line) – 184 spaces and 11 disabled spaces
- Ladywell (Ashton-Eccles line) – 332 spaces and 22 disabled spaces
Walk/cycle
Lastly, Co-op Live is only a half-hour stroll from Manchester Piccadilly, and you could even walk along the canal all the way to the front door if you fancy taking the scenic route.
Greater Manchester now also offers the option to hire bikes via the Beryl app, with riders able to locate, unlock, get to their destination and then safely lock up the bike all through an easy-to-use app. There are hire points just near the south-west corner of the Etihad Stadium on Ashton New Road.
For more information on all travel options, you can check out the enhanced journey planner.
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A free open-air cinema is opening in the heart of Manchester’s skyscraper district
Daisy Jackson
A free open-air cinema is opening in Manchester city centre this summer, screening everything from film to sporting and cultural events.
Audiences will be able to recline in deck chairs surrounded by one of the city’s best views – the glittering towers of New Jackson.
With a backdrop of the modern Manchester skyline and food delivered to your seat from the acclaimed Medlock Canteen, Screen on The Square will be a go-to hangout for Mancs this summer.
This new opening at New Jackson will also have its own licensed outdoor bar.
It’s all launching at New Jackson this weekend, Renaker’s world-class skyscraper district and thriving new neighbourhood that’s taken shape at the southern side of Manchester city centre.
Films on the schedule will include family favourites like Big Hero 6, Frozen, and Finding Nemo; cult classics such as Cool Runnings, Grand Budapest Hotel, and Back to the Future; and major musical blockbusters such as Mamma Mia and La La Land.
As well as a packed programme of film screenings, Screen on the Square will be showing major summer events like Glastonbury, Wimbledon and the UEFA Women’s EURO competition.
There’ll be family-friendly matinees and morning screenings, as well as later evening movie nights.
Screen on The Square will run from Saturday 21 June until Sunday 14 September, at The Square at Deansgate Square in New Jackson.
It’s the latest cultural and community offering from the new neighbourhood, which has transformed Manchester’s skyline with world-class skyscrapers.
The New Jackson district includes Deansgate Square, The Blade, Three60, Crown Street, and Contour, and (once fully complete) will bring 6,400 homes. The neighbourhood already includes public spaces, a primary school, play area, NHS medical centre, health and wellness clinic, hair salon, cookery school, padel courts and loads of independent restaurants and bars.
Full listings for Screen on the Square are below, and HERE.
Screen on The Square programme*
- Saturday 21 June, 3pm – Wall-E
- Saturday 21 June, 7pm – Back to the Future
- Sunday 22 June, 10am – Big Hero 6
- Sunday 22 June, 7pm – Tron: Legacy
- Friday 27 June, 12pm-11pm – Glastonbury
- Saturday 28 June, 12pm-11pm – Glastonbury
- Sunday 29 June, 12pm-11pm – Glastonbury
- Wednesday 2 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Iceland v Finland
- Wednesday 2 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Switzerland v Norway
- Thursday 3 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Belgium v Italy
- Thursday 3 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Spain v Portugal
- Friday 4 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Denmark v Sweden
- Friday 4 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Germany v Poland
- Saturday 5 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Wales v Netherlands
- Saturday 5 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: England v France
- Sunday 6 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Norway v Finland
- Sunday 6 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Switzerland v Iceland
- Monday 7 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Spain v Belgium
- Monday 7 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Portugal v Italy
- Tuesday 8 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Germany v Denmark
- Tuesday 8 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Poland v Sweden
- Wednesday 9 July, 5pm – Women’s Euro 2025: England v Netherlands
- Wednesday 9 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: France v Wales
- Thursday 10 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Finland v Switzerland or Norway v Iceland
- Friday 11 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Italy v Spain or Portugal v Belgium
- Saturday 12 July, 12pm – 7pm – Wimbledon
- Saturday 12 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Sweden v Germany or Poland v Denmark
- Sunday 13 July, 12pm – 7pm – Wimbledon
- Sunday 13 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: England v Wales or Netherlands v France
- Wednesday 16 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
- Thursday 17 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
- Friday 18 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
- Saturday 19 July, 3pm – Sing
- Saturday 19 July, 5.30pm – Mamma Mia
- Saturday 19 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Quarter Finals
- Sunday 20 July, 10am – Kids’ Morning: School of Rock
- Sunday 20 July, 7pm – La La Land
- Tuesday 22 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Semi Finals
- Wednesday 23rd July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Semi Finals
- Sunday 27 July, 8pm – Women’s Euro 2025: Final
- Saturday 2 August, 3pm – Kids’ Matinee: Frozen
- Saturday 2 August, 7pm – Cool Runnings
- Sunday 3 August, 10am – Kids’ Morning: Happy Feet
- Sunday 3 August, 7pm – Grand Budapest Hotel
- Saturday 30 August, 3pm – Kids’ Matinee: Finding Nemo
- Saturday 30 August, 7pm – Chicken Run
- Sunday 31 August, 10am – Kids’ Morning: My Neighbor Totoro
- Sunday 31 August, 7pm – Persepolis
- Saturday 6 September, 3pm – Kids’ Matinee: Shrek
- Saturday 6 September, 7pm – Despicable Me
- Sunday 7 September, 10am – Kids’ Morning: Mrs Doubtfire
- Sunday 7 September, 7pm – Napoleon Dynamite
- Saturday 13 September, 3pm – Kids’ Matinee: Fantastic Mr Fox
- Saturday 13 September, 7pm – Goonies
- Sunday 14 September, 10am – Kids’ Morning: The Princess Bride
- Sunday 14 September, 7pm – Labyrinth
*Screenings are weather dependent and programme is subject to change
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