Its complex and I appreciate it may come across as cutting ones nose off to spite ones face. I cant remember going to see a band that has been around as long as me that has lived up to my previous experience of seeing them in their pomp which is even weirder given that some of the heyday performances were not the best quality wise. eg. Stone Roses at Spike Island. Happy Mondays, New Order, ACR at GMEX in 88. The only caveat is I was fortunate enough to get tickets for New Order a couple of years ago at Granada Studios doing this which was very emotional https://mif.co.uk/news/how-we-made-new-order-and-liam-gillicks-so-it-goes/
I know its rose tinted specs etc and probably sounding a bit middle aged but i do get bored with hearing older material and seem to spend more of my time at smaller stages at Glastonbury for similar reasons. I was fortunate enough to see most of the half decent indie bands around Manchester in the late eighties in places like The Boardwalk and the Hacienda and the Ritz before it sold its soul to the man. Noting comes close the visceral feel of those experience and i have tried and tried to be there for many of the second (and third) springs of many of these bands.
It also comes down to the cost of "stuff" and bands charging a small fortune to see them. I just try and support up and coming bands rather than go and watch stuff i have seen a stack of times. I am not being deliberately contrary around Pulp either. Sorry as some of this is quite tangental to Pulp
And, if they release a fantastic new album... see you there 🙂