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On this day, 17 October 1992, rock band Pulp played Cardiff University on their Babies tour. Also playing the same night at another venue at the University were the Manic Street Preachers.
An NME article wrongly listed the October 17 show as the Manic Street Preachers headlining with Pulp as support, despite the fact they were playing different venues at the university.
Pulp had recently released their single Babies which is considered to have kickstarted their success.
Pulp were formed in 1978 at The City School in Sheffield by Jarvis Cocker, then 15 years old, and Peter Dalton, then 14. Cocker's original preference was to name the band after the film Pulp starring Michael Caine, though it was decided that this was too short. Instead, the two took inspiration from a copy of the Financial Times which listed the Arabicas coffee bean in its commodity index. Cocker and Dalton used this, with a slight spelling change, and the band became "Arabicus".
