Carl Barat and Dirty Pretty Strings perform at the Union Chapel as part of The Flying Seagull Project's benefit concert for child refugees. - London, United Kingdom - Saturday 3rd December 2016
Carl Barat and Dirty Pretty Strings perform at the Union Chapel as part of The Flying Seagull Project's benefit concert for child refugees. - London, United Kingdom - Saturday 3rd December 2016
Carl Barat seen arriving at the 2016 StubHub Q Awards, London, United Kingdom - Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Carl Barat seen arriving at the 2016 StubHub Q Awards, London, United Kingdom - Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Pete Doherty and Carl Barât of The Libertines performing at Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden - Friday 12th August 2016
The band will be celebrating the release of new album ‘Anthems For Doomed Youth’ with a week of small shows.
The Libertines have announced a string of small live dates to celebrate the release of their new album Anthems For Doomed Youth on September 11th. The band will play five shows over the course of the week, with the first taking place on Monday (September 6th) at the Academy in Glasgow.
The Libertines, Carl Barat and Peter Doherty at Leeds Festival.
They will then hit Nottingham’s Rock City on September 7th, followed by Bristol’s O2 Academy, then London’s Electric Ballroom before finishing on September 11th at Manchester’s Ritz. The small shows are the band’s first club gigs since 2004.
Continue reading: The Libertines Announce Week Of Small Shows Following Triumphant Reading Set
Their first album in more than ten years will be out on September 4th.
It’s the moment for which the indie world’s been waiting for over a decade – the third album by The Libertines has a title and release date! Anthems For Doomed Youth, their first since their acrimonious split 11 years ago, will be available on September 4th via Virgin EMI.
The new album will be the first new material since their 2004 self-titled chart-topping LP, just before which co-songwriter and singer Pete Doherty was ejected from the band for his burgeoning heroin addiction. The group soldiered on with Anthony Rossomondo in his place in order to fulfil their summer festival appearances, but disbanded in December that year.
The Libertines taking to the stage at Glastonbury in June 2015
Continue reading: The Libertines Confirm Release Date For Long Awaited Third Album
Pete and Carl were together again at Glastonbury as a surprise addition to Friday’s line-up.
The Libertines were the very welcomed surprise on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage yesterday evening, filling in the empty slot left when Florence + The Machine stepped up to headline in place of Foo Fighters. The reunited four piece, who will soon be releasing their third album, treated the crowd to a mix of classic tracks and some new material during the performance, which began at around 8.30pm.
The Libertines’ Peter and Carl sharing the mic at Glastonbury.
Minutes before the band appeared on stage a banner featuring the artwork of their 2002 debut album Up the Bracket was unveiled, announcing their imminent arrival. Both the band and Glastonbury organisers managed to keep the appearance a secret until the last minute, with the group landing at the site via helicopter just hours before.
Continue reading: The Libertines Play Secret Set Of Old And New Material On Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage
Thurston Moore and We Were Promised Jetpacks among Live At Leeds 2015 line-up.
Every year in Leeds, the May Bank Holiday marks the return of a whole bunch of great gigs for the annual Live At Leeds festival. Played by tons of bands at venues all over the city, the festival pulls in a good crowd with its diverse line-up. In the past, the festival has hosted loads of great acts including Bombay Bicycle Club, Wild Beasts and James Blake.
Thurston Moore will play Live At Leeds 2015
Last year's festival brought in a number of popular acts including Clean Bandit, George Ezra, Kodaline, Little Matador and Pulled Apart By Horses - a line-up which helped win the festival its 'Best Metropolitan Festival' accolade, beating Brighton's popular 'Great Escape' and pop-punk festival 'Slam Dunk' to the top spot.
Continue reading: Live At Leeds 2015 Brings 200 Artists To 20 Venues
Carl Barât & The Jackals, Carl Barat and Adam Claxton - Carl Barât & The Jackals perform at the 100 Club on Oxford Street at 100 Club - London, United Kingdom - Friday 21st November 2014
The Libertines' first reunion gig in London for four years was a critical success but the crowd were particularly badly behaved. The band's performance was interrupted two songs in by a crowd surge and the concert managers were forced to ask the crowd to stop throwing fireworks at the beginning of the set.
The Libertines' first reunion gig on English soil got off to a rocky start when overzealous fans surged towards the stage whilst the band performed at the British Summer Time gig in Hyde Park, London. This is the first time in four years the group has performed in the capital and their appearance has been praised by critics.
Pete Doherty performing with The Libertines in Glasgow last week.
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Doherty and Barat push back the clocks, with a rousing performance as part of Hyde Park’s ‘British Summer Time’ shows.
The Libertines were reunited last night in front of a packed crowd in London’s Hyde Park, delivering a hit filled set in front of thousands of eager fans.
Time for heroes? The Libertines are back
Arriving on stage after a retrospective video, the band launched into ‘Vertigo’ from their debut album Up the Bracket. As hungry fans lapped up the reunited foursome, the band were forced to stop mid way through their second song, ‘Boys in the Band’ due to crushing at the front of the barrier. The crowd eventually stepped back to allow some audience members to be pulled out by security, but the show was eventually stopped again during ‘Time for Heroes’.
Continue reading: The Libertines Bring Back The Good Old Days At London Hyde Park Reunion Show
The Libertines delivered a barnstorming set in Glasgow.
The Libertines reunited over the weekend for a high energy show in Glasgow, as warm up for their massive reunion show at Hyde Park next weekend. The band, Pete Doherty, Carl Barat, bass player Josh Hassall and drummer Gary Powell, played to a packed crowd at the Barrowlands, performing a greatest hits set from the band's turbulent time together.
Pete Doherty [L] and Carl Barat [R] performing as The Libertines at the Forum in 2010 [Photo: Getty images, credit: Ian Gavan]
Keeping on stage chat to a minimum, the Londoners ripped through a 25 song set which included just about every Libertines single. The band opened with the raucous 'Horrorshow,' before hurtling into 'Vertigo' and fan favorite 'What Became of the Likely Lads?'
Continue reading: The Libertines Reunite For Hits-Laden Hyde Park Warm Up In Glasgow
The Libertines have reunited, but will you be buying your Hyde Park tickets today?
Today, tickets for The Libertines’ Hyde Park reunion gig this July went on sale. Since the announcement that Peter Doherty and Carl Barat were reuniting for the summer festival it’s been hard to properly assess whether or not this is really a good idea. Though if you’re a Mayfair resident it seems you have your own (less valid) reasons to object. So with the admission that the reunion is a financial move and ten years after their break up, is it worth buying a ticket for Hyde Park?
Peter and Carl will share a stage again on July 5th
Peter Doherty has plainly admitted that the upcoming Libertines reunion is based more on his financial circumstances than anything else. When Doherty originally mentioned the reunion, he said his financial situation meant that he “couldn’t say no” to the offer on the table. As fans wondered wether the Hyde Park show would actually happen before any official announcement was made, the debate began, will The Libertines this time round, for the money, be worth investing our emotions in all over again?
Continue reading: The Libertines' Hyde Park Reunion: Can We Expect The Good Old Days?
The Libertines could be set for a big summer show in Hyde Park.
The Libertines look set to reunite for a gig at Hyde Park, following a post on the band's official Facebook page. Singer Pete Doherty also gave a recent interview in which he said he planned to reunite the band as a way of coping with "financial problems."
The Libertines Performing at Leeds Festival in 2010
On Sunday morning, a spokesperson for the Libertines published a map of Hyde Park to their Facebook group, following media reports that the band were planning a high profile show in the capital. In a Hebrew-language interview last week, Doherty told YNet, "I don't know if I should tell you this, but the Libertines were offered a concert in Hyde Park this July.They called me just yesterday ... I said yes."
Continue reading: The Libertines To Reform For Big Money Hyde Park Show?
Carl Barat is on the hunt for a new band.
Carl Barat has received over 1,000 applications to join his new band. The former Libertines man announced on New Year's Eve that he was looking to put a new team together, telling NME.com, "I don't want to be a solo artist anymore," he said, "I want the gang mentality and not to use session musicians. I feel so much less inhibited in a band. It gets lonely out there on your own, and session musicians are often into jogging and cricket. I want a band with the same priorities as me."
Carl Barat Is On The Hunt For New Bandmates
Barat - who was also the guitarist and frontman with Dirty Pretty Things - says he has had over 1,000 unknown musicians applying for the jobs of bass player, drummer and rhythm guitarist. Auditions started on the 3rd February and the successful musicians will become permanent members of the new outfit.
Continue reading: Indie X-Factor? Thousands Apply To Be In Carl Barat's New Band
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