Pulp have announced two special BBC concerts, ‘Pulp: Radio 2 In Concert’ and ‘6 Music Session: Pulp Live’.
The Britpop rockers recently announced the release of their first album in 24 years, ‘More’, and shared the lead party-starter single, ‘Spike Island’.
Pulp have now announced a pair of special intimate live events with the first set to take place at the BBC Radio Theatre on May 7.
It will be attended by a small crowd of fans lucky enough to bag tickets in the ballot.
Everyone else will be able to listen back on Jo Whiley’s show on BBC Radio 2 and on BBC Sounds on May 29.
On May 30, some tracks from the performance will be aired on ‘The Scott Mills Breakfast Show’ from 9am.
The 6 Music concert, meanwhile, will be broadcast on Nick Grimshaw’s morning show on May 29, between 7am and 10am.
Each broadcast will feature an interview with the Jarvis Cocker-led band.
The ‘Common People’ hitmaker said: “We are really looking forward to this.
“From my time at 6 Music, I remember that the BBC Radio Theatre is a very intimate venue. As long as we can fit all our equipment in there it’s going to be great to play some songs for Radio 2 and 6 Music.”
Half of the tickets for ‘Pulp: Radio 2 In Concert’ will go to those in Greater London. Participants can apply for a maximum of one pair of tickets, and the ballot is available now up until 11.59pm on April 22. Head to https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/r2-in-concert-07may25 to enter.
‘More’ is the long-awaited follow-up to 2001’s ‘We Love Life’ and is set for release on June 6.
The band are also hitting the road for a summer tour which kicks off in Glasgow on June 7 and finishes in Manchester on June 21 before a headline set at the Tramlines festival in Sheffield on July 25.
The dates leave a gap in their schedule for a potential performance at Glastonbury Festival – which runs from June 25 until June 29 – but Jarvis is adamant the band currently has “no plans” to add the iconic event to their tour dates, adding: “Glastonbury has a very important place in our heart”.