Pulp Debut Orchestral ABBA Cover in BBC Radio 2 Piano Room Session

Overview

• Jarvis Cocker and Pulp performed ABBA’s The Day Before You Came with the BBC Concert Orchestra at London’s Maida Vale for Radio 2’s Piano Room.
• The session included new orchestral versions of 1995’s Something Changed and Hymn of the North from the 2025 album More.
• Cocker introduced the ABBA selection as an emotional choice that was his first pick for the cover requirement of the session.
• The band had not previously performed The Day Before You Came, according to Stereogum’s report.
• The broadcast arrives as Pulp promote a busy 2026 schedule with Australia dates in February and March and European festival appearances in the summer, including a Manchester headline show.