29th January 1986 - Chesterfield Arts Centre (live)
(Derbyshire Times, 24th January 1986)
Details
- Date: Wednesday, 29th January 1986
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Venue: Chesterfield Arts Centre
- Location: College of Technology and Arts, Infirmary Road, Chesterfield
- Tickets: £1 (advance) / £1.50 (on door)
Advertised as a "Poets and Bands' Night". The poets were Seething Wells, Henry Normal and Attilla the Stockbroker. The bands were Pulp and The Bland.
It was at this gig that Mark Webber saw Pulp for the first time.
I met them in January 1986 when I was doing a fanzine called "Cosmic Pig". I went and did an interview with them even though I'd only heard one of their songs, and they were just the weirdest bunch of people I'd ever, ever met. I did the interview and stayed and watched the concert, and it was like nothing I'd ever seen. It was great, not at all what they're like now - they used to be quite arty and avant garde.
Recordings
VHS footage recorded by a friend of the band exists. It is not in circulation. During Mark Webber's October/November 2025 I’m With Pulp, Are You? book tour the video presentation included The Will to Power from this show. It was aired at the Nottingham date and possibly others.