Pulp are to be honoured at NME awards later this month Page last updated at 07:27 GMT, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 Pulp headlined last year's Reading and Leeds festivals with 90-minute sets Pulp are to be honoured for their outstanding contribution to music at the NME Awards, being held at London's O2 Academy Brixton on 29 February.

The band, who reunited last year for a series of shows including Glastonbury, will play live at the event.

Jarvis Cocker's band has had hits with tracks such as Disco 2000 and Common People.

They will be presented with the Teenage Cancer Trust outstanding contribution to music award at the ceremony.

NME editor Krissi Murison said: "Pulp are one of the wittiest, most clever and good bands the UK has ever produced."

Pulp also headlined last summer's Reading and Leeds festivals.

The band, now featuring all of their original members formed in 1994 and released their debut singles "The Sisters" and "Babies" in that year.

The next year, after Michael Jackson beat Pulp to Christmas Number One with his anthemic ballad 'Earth Song', Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker and bandmate Bob Mortimer stormed the stage at a Jackson concert, "flashed" the singer and attempted to punch him. He was hauled off by security guards.

Following this set back, Pulp released several more albums.

Their set at the NME Awards is due to consist of a medley of songs from each one of their albums, ranging from 1994's "His 'n' Hers" to 1998's "This Is Hardcore".