Two copies of Russell's new book are available, just answer this question - Russell Senior wrote the first ever review of a Pulp show in his fanzine, what was the name of that fanzine?

We will choose two people at random from the correct answers received. The competition closes on 30th October.

*Competition now closed - congratulations to Carole and Eamonn who will be receiving copies of the book soon.*

Russell Senior's eagerly awaited book Freak Out the Squares: Life in a band called Pulp was published on 1st October by Aurum Press. It is Russell's account of life inside Pulp written in his own inimitable style.

Russell Senior's eagerly awaited book Freak Out the Squares: Life in a band called Pulp will be published on Thursday 1st October.

It will be available in hardback (320 Pages) and as an ebook.

Online retailers: Waterstones, The Book Depository, WHSmith and Amazon.co.uk

The European premiere for Pulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets will take place at the Sheffield Doc Fest on 7th June. The venue is Sheffield City Hall.

After the screening there will be a Q&A with the band hosted by Mark Radcliffe.

Tickets for Sheffield City Hall have now sold out, but the event will also be broadcast live to selected cinemas around the UK and Ireland (members of the VUE, Odeon, Cineworld, Picturehouse and Curzon cinema chains). See this page for a full list.

More details:

• Official website
• Facebook

Pulp are to perform live on the Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday, 2nd February (ITV, 9:45pm). This is presumably to promote the release of After You.

After You is to be released as a digital download on Monday, 28th January. It will be available from iTunes, Amazon.co.uk and possibly elsewhere.

The track is Pulp's first new recording in a decade. The band made the recording with producer James Murphy late last year. It has previously been made available as a free download on Christmas Day exclusively to fans who attended the December Sheffield Arena concert and collected a Christmas card containing a download code.

According to a press release, the decision to give the track a commercial release was prompted by the “considerable interest” generated since the limited download in December.

At Pulp's homecoming show on 8th December, Christmas cards were given out containing a download code for a Christmas gift. This was made available on Christmas Day and surprisingly turned out to be a new recording of the song After You.

According to Pitchfork, this was recorded by the band in November, and then finished with the help of LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy in December in London and while on the Coachella cruise.

After You was written around 1999-2000 and at least one demo version was recorded at that time. It was never released, although some fans are familiar with it after a demo recording was mysteriously leaked by someone posting on the Bar Italia message board in 2008.

The deluxe edition of His 'n' Hers has been released on vinyl this week. It has come out on the Music on Vinyl label and was released on Monday (3rd December).

Details:

• 2 × 180 gram vinyl
• 8-Page booklet with liner notes from Jarvis Cocker - presumably the same notes as for the deluxe CD version.
• Price: £36.00 (amazon.co.uk)

Tracklisting:

1. 1. Joyriders
   2. Lipgloss
   3. Acrylic Afternoons
   4. Have You Seen Her Lately?
   5. Babies
   6. She's a Lady
2. 1. Happy Endings
   2. Do You Remember The First Time?
   3. Pink Glove
   4. Someone Like the Moon
   5. David's Last Summer
3. 1. Live On (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
   2. You're Not Blind (Demo)
   3. Space (BBC Hit The North Session Soundcheck)
   4. The Boss (Demo)
   5. Watching Nicky (Demo)
   6. Frightened (Demo)
   7. Your Sister's Clothes
   8. Seconds
4. 1. His 'n' Hers
   2. Street Lites
   3. You're A Nightmare (BBC John Peel Session)
   4. The Babysitter
   5. Deep Fried In Kelvin

More details: Music on Vinyl website

A couple of YouTube videos from the Paris L'Olympia concert:

Official Festival Les Inrocks video, includes Disco 2000

This is Hardcore

The setlist and more details can be found here.

Pulp, with full band in attendance (minus Russell whose "bad back" Jarvis gave as reason for absence), picked-up their second music magazine gong of the year at the Q awards on Monday October 22nd, following their "Outstanding Contribution To Music" award by NME in February. This time, the award was for "Inspiration".

https://www.youtube.com/watch