ContactMusic — Pulp are to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust next month The reformed group - who made their live return last year after an eight-year absence - will headline the prestigious venue on March 31 the day after rapper E.... more info

Guardian Music — 'Cocker's lyrics were what made me want to write stories'I first heard Jarvis Cocker's voice when he read Ian McEwan's "Last Day of Summer" on Radio 1, some time in 1993. The reading sparked an early interest in McEwan's work, but it also led me to t... more info

DrownedInSound — One for the diehards and the more curious latecomers who want to hear Pulp when they were outsiders amongst outsiders. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

DrownedInSound — There’s not a great deal here you could consider a landing light on the runway towards ‘Babies’, Different Class, ‘Common People’ or Glastonbury ’95. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

DrownedInSound — Separations isn’t essential listening in the way the rest of Pulp’s work from the Nineties is, but its growing pains don’t relegate it to the realm of hardcore, forgiving fans. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Format, Pet Shop Boys' new B-sides collection, shows how clever artists can make pop gold from a single's flipsideThe one-word titles of Pet Shop Boys albums always repay a second look and so it proves with Format, the name of their second volume of ... more info

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ContactMusic — Rockers Pulp will be honoured with the top prize at this years 12 Nme Awards in Britain for their outstanding contribution to music The Common People hitmakers reunited last year 11 for a series of concerts including a performance at top British fes.... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — They'll battle likes of Kasabian, Odd Future and Azealia Banks for gongs at next month's ceremony.Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, The Vaccines and Odd Future are among the acts nominated for gongs at this year's NME Awards.The nominatio... more info