Kooks singer to play political rally

The Kooks's Luke Pritchard has revealed that he will perform at the Put People First political rally this weekend.

The London event, which starts at Victoria Embankment, is designed to offer the public a chance to respond to issues being discussed at the G20 summit.

"It's really important to keep pressuring the people who we've elected," the frontman told Radio 1.

"G20 gives us the opportunity to go and say to the people we elected and say 'This is how we feel'. And they have to listen."

The G20 summit, which kicks off on April 2 in London, is a meeting for the world's most powerful leaders to discuss social, economic and environmental issues.

Pritchard said that he would play "two or three" songs at the event and claimed that he was inspired to take part by his mother.

"She's worked for several charities, she mentioned it," he said. "And it seemed like the kind of thing I could do - play some music and try and help without being a Bible basher."