The Beat Is The Law – Fanfare For The Common People(2010)

The Beat Is The Law – Fanfare For The Common People is a documentary capturing Pulp's legendary 1995 Glastonbury Festival performance. When headliners The Stone Roses withdrew and Rod Stewart became unavailable, the Sheffield band stepped in as last-minute replacements to face 80,000 festivalgoers. Their set, which climaxed with the anthemic "Common People," is widely regarded as one of Glastonbury's greatest performances and became a defining moment of the Britpop era. The film traces how this single night transformed Pulp from underdogs—a band that seemed destined for obscurity just twelve years earlier—into frontrunners of a cultural movement. It's a story of timing, talent, and the power of one unforgettable set to reshape a band's destiny.