Jarvis Cocker swings in as man of the trees
Rock star Jarvis Cocker today swung into action on a treetops assault course as his band Pulp prepared for a series of concerts in forest venues.
Cocker, 38, was in Norfolk, England to check out the venue at which Pulp will end their woodland tour on June 23.
While there he took the opportunity to try out a woodland assault course in the forest.
Dressed in a multi-coloured sweater, brown flared cords and wearing his trademark square glasses, Cocker negotiated his way across a 40-foot high rope bridge and sped down a zip line swing.
‘‘I have become more interested in the environment and in the countryside in recent years,’’ said Cocker, who wrote a song called Trees for Pulp’s last album.
‘‘The Forestry Commission approached us and suggested that we might like to do a series of concerts in forests and I thought it was a great idea.’’
Cocker, who grew up in urban Sheffield, added: ‘‘The outdoors is not an environment I would normally have felt at home in because I grew up in Sheffield.
‘‘It’s fair to say that if I was in a forest like this on my own I would be scared to death.
‘‘And that’s strange because it is the natural environment.’’
Pulp begin their tour at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, on June 15 and will also play at venues in Cranbrook, Kent, Elgin, Scotland and Pickering, North Yorkshire.
