Biography January 1996 gave most of the members of Pulp a well deserved break before they successfully toured Japan and Scandinavia. Back in Britain, they were nominated for four awards at the now infamous 1996 Brit Awards. Jarvis and Candida's boyfriend Peter Mansell's actions are well known to everybody (from taxi drivers to your granny) but in case you had your head in the clouds, they protested Michael Jackson's Christ-like performance by invading the stage. One of Jackson's security men (disguised as the poor and needy) tried to get Jarvis off the stage and the whole event culminated in him being taken to the South Kensington Police Station to "help them with their enquiries" regarding injured children. The next day the tabloids were incensed by our hero's bad behaviour but this was soon to change as the full horror of Jackson's performance was aired alongside the footage showing that Jarvis did not harm any children. In a spectacular change of heart, the papers proclaimed Jarvis a national treasure and suggested he ought to have a knighthood! Phone polls were held in Britain and America for people to register their support or shock at Pulp's frontman and Jarvis' mum and sister appeared live on Richard and Judy's This Morning assuring viewers that the protest had been a spur of the moment thing with no harm intended. Jarvis has since been cleared of all charges and the saga stands with Island and Pulp waiting for a statement from Jackson retracting his earlier condemnation of Cocker. Whether a retracting statement is released or not there is no doubt where the public's sympathy lies. The day after the Brit Awards, Pulp embarked on their UK Arena Tour, supported by Denim and Edwyn Collins. The Jackson episode was at the fore of many people's minds and Jarvis assured everybody at many of the shows that he was innocent of the charges reported in the press. "Something Changed" was chosen as the last single from "Different Class" and it entered the charts at number 10. Pulp also toured in the States and Canada over the summer of '96 as well as a series of performances at major out door events including Chelmsford's V96 festival and the Torhout Werchter festival in Belgium.