{"id":538428,"date":"2026-07-13T00:24:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/538428\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T00:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:24:05","slug":"watch-the-moment-pulp-play-common-people-at-mad-cool-2026-as-england-fans-celebrate-win-against-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/538428\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the moment Pulp play ‘Common People’ at Mad Cool 2026 as England fans celebrate win against Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pulp<\/a> played an epic closing set at Mad Cool 2026<\/a> last night (Saturday July 11), with their performance also doubling up as a celebration for England fans.<\/p>\n

The escalations of the World Cup have been a focal feature of the Madrid festival, particularly the day before when Spain beat Belgium. Not only was the home country\u2019s match shown on a big screen in the middle of the Iberdrola Music arena site, but their 2-1 victory was celebrated by Kings Of Leon<\/a> and Interpol from the stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then on the closing Saturday, the England match clashed with the latter part of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds\u2019 headline set<\/a>, as well as those from David Byrne and Pulp<\/a>. The line-up drew a large number of British fans and many in England shirts, who could be seen celebrating when goals were scored as they kept up to date on their phones. The blowing of the whistle on England\u2019s 2-1 win coincided with Pulp kicking into set closer \u2018Common People\u2019, with many taking to their friends\u2019 shoulders to celebrate.<\/p>\n

During the song, Jarvis Cocker<\/a> also got guitarist Mark Webber (who\u2019d been previously watching the match backstage with drummer Nick Banks) to share news of the score, before the frontman wryly told the crowd: \u201cBut we don\u2019t care about football because we\u2019d rather play a concert for you people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reviewing the set in NME\u2018s highlights from the day<\/a>, we wrote: \u201cRunning into the early hours of Sunday morning, their set also saw classics like \u2018Babies\u2019 and \u2018Do You Remember The First Time\u2019 come in thick and fast, as well as a euphoric rendition of newer single \u2018Spike Island\u2019 and an elaborate performance of \u2018Farmer\u2019s Market\u2019 \u2014 which the frontman fittingly introduced by throwing some grapes into the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cFluttering between intense theatrical performances of deeper cuts and straightforward, feel-good versions of their biggest hits, the closing set was a pure visual spectacle from start to end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pulp\u2019s Mad Cool 2026 setlist was:<\/p>\n

\u2018Sorted for E\u2019s & Wizz\u2019
\u2018Disco 2000\u2019
\u2018Spike Island\u2019
\u2018Razzmatazz\u2019
\u2018Farmers Market\u2019
\u2018This Is Hardcore\u2019
\u2018Sunrise\u2019
\u2018Begging for Change\u2019
\u2018Do You Remember the First Time?\u2019
\u2018Mis-Shapes\u2019
\u2018Got to Have Love\u2019
\u2018Babies\u2019
\u2018Common People\u2019<\/p>\n

\"PulpPulp\u2019s Jarvis Cocker live at Mad Cool 2026. credit: Javier Bragado<\/p>\n

Pulp\u2019s 2026 summer tour is almost at an end up with upcoming shows including a Rough Trade 50th anniversary celebration show at London\u2019s Southbank Centre and headline appearances at All Together Now in Ireland, Manchester\u2019s Wythenshawe Park and End Of The Road Festival as they wrap up the campaign for 2025\u2019s acclaimed comeback album \u2018More<\/a>\u2018. Visit here<\/a> for tickets and more information.<\/p>\n

NME is the official media partner of Mad Cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pulp played an epic closing set at Mad Cool 2026 last night (Saturday July 11), with their performance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-538428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}