Jarvis Cocker Unveils Meltdown Line-Up

Jarvis Cocker has unveiled the line-up for his self-curated Meltdown festival.

The former Pulp frontman has drafted in Iggy & The Stooges, Motorhead, The Jesus & Mary Chain and The 13th Floor Elevators for his shows. Strangely there’s no sign of Little Man Tate on the bill as of yet.

This year’s Meltdown Festival takes place at the South Bank Centre in London from June 16-24. Past curators include the likes of John Peel and Morrissey.

Cocker himself will be performing at the music extravaganza, alongside the London Philharmonic Orchestra in what promises to be an awesome spectacle.

He told The Observer: "It's pretty amazing to be able to programme a whole week like this, to get some of your heroes on and get to meet those people as well. Obviously it's a slight ego trip for me."

Speaking about the Motorhead inclusion, Jarv added: "The first concert I ever played with Pulp was in Rotherham in July 1980. We didn't have many songs of our own so we covered a Motorhead cover version of a Motown song called ‘Leaving Here’."

Tickets go on sale from this Thursday (May 3) at 9am.