Friday, 4th May – We Love Life Deluxe Day

Friday, 4th May, is an unofficial 'day of action' in order to drum up interest in a reissued, 'deluxe' version of Pulp's final album, 'We Love Life'.

The songs which originally appeared on the critically acclaimed album only tell half the story of the busy songwriting and recording period which the group engaged in between 1999 and 2001 under various producers, including Walker Brothers legend Scott and long time Pulp/Pink Floyd/Beatles producer Chris Thomas.

Universal Music Group, in close collaboration with the group, issued two disc deluxe versions of Pulp's earlier albums His 'n' Hers, Different Class and This is Hardcore in 2006, offering up to the world the delights of songs such as Can I Have My Balls Back Please, Modern Marriage, The Boss... and Nick Cave fronting the band on a 'pub rock' version of Disco 2000.

Songs from the We Love Life sessions such as Cuckoo Song, The Quiet Revolution and Grandfather's Nursery have been leaked over the years to much acclaim from fans, but oddities such as The Performance of a Lifetime, M'Lady, St. Just and Medieval Owl have defiantly remained in the vaults.

Fans are encouraged to sign a petition to express interest in a We Love Life 'deluxe' edition.

There is also a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/welovelifepetition and a Twitter account.

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Pulp will play on US talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday (9th April).

Official website

NME Awards 2012

New festival dates in Romania and Finland

Friday, 6th July - Ruisrock, Turku, Finland (headlining) - website
Sunday, 8th July - B'estfest, Tunari, near Bucharest, Romania - website

Extra New York City date

An extra New York City date has been announced for Tuesday, 10th of April. This is in addition to the previously publicised date on the 11th. Both shows are at the Radio City Music Hall.

More info: Radio City Music Hall website

Royal Albert Hall show for the Teenage Cancer Trust

Pulp are to play at London's Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, 31st March. The concert is one of a series taking place at the venue to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The official Twitter feed has announced a pre-sale of tickets this Wednesday (22nd February) at 9am - visit http://t.co/0wycPaaK. Tickets go on general sale on Friday (24th February).

Pulp to receive an Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the NME Awards

It's been announced that Pulp will be presented with the Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at this year's NME Awards. The ceremony will take place at the O2 Academy Brixton on 29th February.

Pulp will also play live on the night. Some tickets have gone on public sale for the event (but unfortunately seem to have already sold out).

Fire reissues finally

After repeated delays it looks like the Fire Records reissues of Pulp's first three albums are finally going to be released on Monday, 13th February.

The remastered albums will be available on CD, 12" LP and digital download. They have redesigned sleeves, which will contain liner-notes by Everett True.

Notes:

• Sink Or Swim is released for the first time, as is an alternative mix of Blue Girls.
• It's not clear which version of Please Don't Worry will be included. The Fire Records website describes it as the Peel Session version (previously released), but the preview clip on sites such as amazon.co.uk suggest it's a different version. [EDIT - it is the previously unreleased It LP session version.]
• Death Comes To Town has only previously been released on a bonus disc that came with Martin Lilleker's 2005 book Beats Working For a Living: The Story of Popular Music in Sheffield 1973-1984.

More details on the Fire Records website.