Jarvis Cocker says that if higher university tuition fees had been around in the Eighties, he would not have gone to college or found success with his band Pulp
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When I was a teenager in the Nineties, it seemed that the world was full of people droning on about the Seventies: Space Hoppers and Spangles and David Bowie being a bit gay on Top of the Pops... more
Pulp wrapped up Wireless in front of more than 45,000 fans, with support from The Horrors and their gothic grooves, a pole-dancing Grace Jones, and Foals, who deserve to headline a major festival... more
Grumpy intellectual Robin Ince, who hosted, hit the correct note when he described the annual all-star fixture Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People... more
Novelist Zadie Smith, singer Jarvis Cocker and head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, were confirmed as guest editors of Radio 4's Today programme... more
It's the most unpredictable festival of the year and the best thing about curating it, says Jarvis Cocker, is being able to celebrate the music you're most passionate about. ... more
Jarvis Cocker has lashed out at today's pop music and TV talent shows, saying contestants only win if their voices betrayed "zero personality".... more
Jarvis Cocker has taken up the role of artistic director of the Royal Festival Hall's Meltdown and the former Pulp front man has assembled an eclectic line-up.... more
A refreshing event at which musicianship was a higher priority than hype, Longing For Latitude was a showcase for some hotly-tipped, up-and-coming acts.... more
Jarvis Cocker is to play the V Festival for the first time in 11 years, it has been announced. The former Pulp frontman inspired the idea of the two-venue event in the first place.... more
Jarvis Cocker has mellowed and matured but he showed at Camden's Roundhouse he has lost none of his wit and humour as he soared through his infant solo back catalogue.... more
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man sees Bono, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and others sing some of the great man's songs. Performances don't quite match material.... more
After Pulp's limp hurrah in 2002, Jarvis Cocker is back - this time on his own. But his new set-up is not so different from his old band's. And that's a good thing, says David Smyth.... more
Jarvis Cocker's debut solo album features some of his most idiosyncratic work ever, All Saints' Studio 1 is jaw-droppingly dreadful and Yusuf Islam edges back to pop.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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