Jarvis Cocker at the Roundhouse

I've been an enormous Pulp fan for years and years. They only toured Australia once (back in 1998) and I was lucky enough to catch 2 of their 3 shows in Sydney. For this gig, a very lovely friend of mine at Playlouder managed to get a photopass for me, and to say that was deliriously excited would be an extreme understatement. Not that I'm prone to hyperbole or anything.

Jarvis didn't disappoint, playing material exclusively off his brilliant new album and throwing a couple of new songs as well. He's been away for a while, but now he's back and he's still got his amazing signature dance moves, that if performed by anyone else would look positively stupid. He had the crowd eating out of his hand within the first 5 seconds. Absolutely phenomenal. End fanboy rant.

I've never seen so many photographers in a photo pit (there must have been at least 20 of us), and as it was only the second time I'd been in one it was a tad intimidating. Many of them had multiple camera slung around their necks with enormous lenses, whilst I had my stub nosed 50mm lens. Once Jarvis was on stage the nerves went away and I just concentrated on trying to get a few decent photos whilst avoiding being in other photographer's shots. It was awesome.

These photos now in use by Playlouder for their review.