Pulp to receive Outstanding Contribution to Music award

British band Pulp are set to be honoured with a special accolade at the upcoming NME Awards on February 29.

Pulp will be presented with the Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the NME Awards.

The 'Common People' band - who reformed last year for a series of shows including Glastonbury and the Leeds and Reading festivals - will receive the evening's top honour at the music magazine's annual ceremony on February 29.

Pulp, comprised of Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Mark Webber, Steve Mackey and Nick Banks, have also been confirmed to perform at the awards bash.

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

PJ Harvey picked up the gong last year with The Specials and Elbow among previous winners.

Meanwhile, Noel Gallagher is to receive the Godlike Genius prize which will pay tribute to his three-decade spanning career which has seen him achieve global success with Oasis and launch his successful solo project Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.