On 6 Music and BBC Sounds, Pulp’s intimate session – called 6 Music Session: Pulp Live – will be broadcast in Nick Grimshaw’s show on Thursday 29th May (7-10am), alongside an interview between Nick and the band. The 6 Music session follows the station’s world premiere of Pulp’s new single, Spike Island, which was shared by Lauren Laverne on her 6 Music show (weekdays 10am-1pm) on Thursday 10th April.
For Radio 2 In Concert, Pulp will perform in front of a small audience of lucky fans at the BBC Radio Theatre on Wednesday 7th May. It will be broadcast in Jo Whiley’s show on Radio 2 and BBC Sounds (7-9pm) on Thursday 29th May, which will also feature an interview. On Friday 30th May, The Scott Mills Breakfast Show (6.30-9.30am) on Radio 2 will also feature some exclusive tracks from the recording from 9am.
Pulp’s 6 Music performance will also be available in vision on BBC iPlayer from Thursday 29th May and on demand for 30 days. The band’s Radio 2 in Concert will also be broadcast on BBC Two in June and then be available on BBC iPlayer.
Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, 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.”
Nick Grimshaw said: “It was amazing to hear Pulp’s new music exclusively on Lauren’s show last week. I’m so excited to hear more from their new album as part of their 6 Music session and to speak to the band about the process of writing and recording their first album in almost 24 years.”
Jo Whiley said: “I have been a fan of Pulp for as long as I have been presenting on the radio, and it’s a joy to still be following their hugely successful career all these years later. I’m so looking forward to hearing all those songs that have such personal significance to me – and to our Radio 2 listeners – as they play to a small audience of lucky fans in the BBC Radio Theatre next month.”
