Pulp will be performing two exclusive live sessions for the BBC in May. The announcement was made by Jarvis during a live interview on The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on Radio 2 shortly after 8.30am on Tuesday 15th April.
For BBC Radio 2, the band will perform both classic hits and new songs from their upcoming album More to an audience of lucky fans at the BBC Radio Theatre on the evening of Wednesday 7th May. Tickets will be randomly allocated via an online ballot currently open for registration until 11.59pm BST on Tuesday 22nd April. The concert will be recorded in sound and vision, initially airing on Jo Whiley’s Radio 2 show from 7-9pm on Thursday 29th May, before being televised on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in June.
Meanwhile, BBC Radio 6 Music will broadcast a separate, intimate session called "6 Music Session: Pulp Live" as part of Nick Grimshaw’s show on Thursday 29th May (7-10am), alongside an interview with the band. The 6 Music performance will also be available to view in-vision on BBC iPlayer on demand for a limited time.
“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.”
The full BBC press release can be found here.