Pulp at Corona Capital in Mexico City felt like one of those festival sets where the whole crowd somehow becomes part of the theatre.
Shot for Live4ever Media, this gallery captures Pulp in full reunion-era glow: Jarvis Cocker conducting the chaos with all the awkward grace and sharp timing that makes him Jarvis, while the band moved between glamour, humour, melancholy, and full Britpop catharsis without making any of it feel too polished.
The November 17, 2023 set at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was part of the This Is What We Do for an Encore run, and it had everything you would want from a Pulp festival set: drama, timing, strange little gestures, and choruses that still feel bigger than nostalgia. Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks, Mark Webber, and the expanded live band made the whole thing feel both theatrical and very human, which is basically the sweet spot for Pulp.
The Corona Capital setlist opened with “I Spy” and moved through “Disco 2000,” “Background Noise,” “Pink Glove,” “Weeds,” “Weeds II (The Origin of the Species),” “F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.,” “Sorted for E’s & Wizz,” “This Is Hardcore,” “Do You Remember the First Time?,” “Babies,” and “Sunrise,” before closing with “Underwear” and “Common People.”
“Background Noise” made its live debut that night, which feels very fitting for Pulp: a new song slipped into a set full of beloved old ones, not as a disruption, but as proof that the band was not just there to replay the past. By the time “Common People” landed, the whole thing felt less like a comeback lap and more like a reminder that Pulp’s best songs still know exactly where to hit.
This post includes a small preview from the full Pulp Mexico City gallery. Explore the complete Pulp gallery from Corona Capital, with select Pulp photos available as prints.
This gallery is part of my larger Corona Capital 2023 archive from Mexico City. The Cure closed out the festival two days later on November 19, 2023, and that gallery is also available in The Vault:
The Cure | Corona Capital | Mexico City, MX | November 19, 2023
Published review and gallery for Live4ever Media:
https://www.live4ever.uk.com/pulp-2023-corona-capital-festival/
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