Artist: The Libertines

If you hadn't already heard, The Libertines reunited this weekend for the Reading and Leeds festivals. Reported to be getting a fee in the region of £1million for showing up, the shows were never going to live up to the hype were they? Sadly, I was not there, and am [Read more]

As is now traditional, the organiser of the festival must have his post-fest interview to declare how well everything went. Melvin Benn has, thus, proclaimed Reading-Leeds good . And, given the way Leeds used to always end in a pitched battle and burning trash, the organisers probably do deserve credit for having turned things around. Nowadays, it's just the bands who are causing trouble: Last night at the Leeds Festival Axl Rose slammed the festival organisers, saying "This war ain't over". Benn had cut the band's sound at Reading to prevent them from breaking the [...]

Si hay algo que los fanáticos de The Libertines estaban esperando es esta fecha, el día después de que el grupo finalmente volvió a lo grande y no solamente ante sus amigos y familiares como lo hicieron la semana pasada. Ahora ya podemos ver los videos de la BBC en YouTube y disfrutar de una de las vueltas, al menos en mi opinión, más interesantes de los últimos tiempos. Después de haber estado separado durante 6 años Pete Doherty, Gary Powell, Carl Barat y John [...]

Not one to sit about and relax, current Libertine and ex Dirty Pretty Thing Carl Barat is releasing a solo record and the first track from that has surfaced onto the interweb. Is it any good? Well, have a listen here and judge for yourself. Carl Barat - Run With The Boys [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The Libertines had the sound turned off on them half-way through their Reading Festival comeback gig on Saturday night after fans started being crushed at the front of the stage. The band were midway through 'Time for Heroes' when the plug was pulled and they were ushered off-stage by crew. Video screens either side of the main stage showed fans struggling for space [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The first of the Libertines ' two highly anticipated reunion shows at Leeds and Reading festivals respectively was brought to a dramatic halt after just three songs on the Main Stage when the antics of over-excited fans caused a dangerous crush at the front of the crash barriers. Having left the stage momentarily, singer-guitarist Pete Doherty pleaded with fans to look out for each other before resuming the show. [...]

Ayer les hablé, un tanto emocionado para serles sincero, de la esperada vuelta de The Libertines después de nada menos que 6 años de haber estado separados. La banda está ensayando mucho para la gran vuelta en el escenario principal del Reading And Leeds y el lunes hicieron un show para familiares y conocidos que, al parecer y por lo que se puede ver en los videos de YouTube, salió a la perfección y sin ningún percance. Ahora hablaron con la gente de NME sobre [...]

Perhaps Sean Hamilton's embedding of the Williams-Barlow video might have been more surprising - it has a gay theme, or rather a 'gay' theme, as The Sun is putting it - if Gordon hadn't kept banging on about it while it was being made. The song isn't very good, either. Barlow has tried to make a tune that sounds a bit like Glen Campbell and wound up with something that sounds like, well, Take That in a foam cowboy hat; Williams tries to chap-up to the challenge and ends up falling off [...]

Este final de semana marcará a volta do Libertines aos grandes palcos. Ensaiada desde março agora banda finalmente retorna com shows na sexta e sábado nos "festivais irmãos" Leeds e Reading, respectivamente. Na última terça e quarta a banda se "aqueceu" em Londres no HMV Forum. Tanto o primeiro show , somente para convidados e amigos, quanto o segundo , aberto para o público que conseguiu ingresso via internet, tiveram set-lists semelhantes e ganharam elogios em matérias da Uncut e NME , com destaque para o entusiasmo da dupla Barat e Doherty dividindo os vocais [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The Libertines reformed for their first live show since their acrimonious split, playing a sell-out show at London's Forum on Wednesday night, Aug. 25. The sound of Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again' played shortly before the band emerged to blistering applause, with a huge crowd surge starting as Pete Doherty and Carl Barat opened the show with 'Horrorshow' [...]

El martes a la noche The Libertines realizó su esperadísima vuelta. Después de haber estado nada menos que seis años separado, el grupo tocó su primera presentación en Londres y si bien lo más esperado es lo que harán en el Reading And Leeds este primer show después de tanto tiempo de no haber tocado juntos para un grupo tan grande tanto para el rock inglés como para el mundo significa un momento muy importante. The Libertines es de esos grupos que llena espacios vacíos. Hace un tiempo, viendo un documental escuchaba a Noel [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Friends and family of the Libertines were treated to a preview of the band's comeback on Tuesday night, Aug. 2, as the four-piece played a live rehearsal at the London's Forum. For the group's first stage performance since they split in 2004, Carl Barat , Pete Doherty , John Hassall and Gary Powell have been practicing at the venue for a few days in preparation for [...]

Ayer Facu les estuvo hablando de una nueva canción de Carl Barat , llamada "Run With The Boys" , que formará parte de su primer disco solista en la que dejó atrás todas esas raíces sucias que comenzó con The Libertines y presentó un track mucho más tranquilo y, la verdad, interesante. Para saber más habrá que esperar un tiempo ya que actualmente Barat está preocupándose por lo que será la reunión junto con Pete Doherty en el Reading And Leeds. Pero esta vez no les hablaré [...]

Libertines fans have been waiting a while for this: It's a photograph taken at their "rehearsal gig" for their upcoming Leeds & Reading comeback festival performances. It was taken by NME's Matt Wilkinson . Hopefully all goes well so they can come play in America. Would make my life, that much better. Thanks to Steve Bennett for sending it my way. If you missed it, you can hear a new solo song from Carl Barat called "Run With The Boys" [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK In preparation for their comeback appearance at this weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals, the Libertines have been hard at work rehearsing and are now sounding "bang on", according to singer and guitarist Carl Barat . In a message to the band's loyal support, Barat said the quartet had been "rehearsing furiously" for the past two weeks, he said in a message to fans (via Gigwise [...]

Brand new song by ex-Libertines linchpin Carl Barat. So this post was actually written yesterday morning/early afternoon. I knew his song was going to be premiered on Steve Lamacq's radio show and so I hung around, waiting patiently for a radio rip to show up before I had to go to work. Of course it didn't show until after I was at work, but I digress, it's here now. It's taken from his recently-announced debut self-titled solo album, set for release on October 4th. It should be a pretty sweet week for Carl, what with him [...]

• Carl Barat - Run With The Boys

Carl Barat is a busy, busy, lad. The Libertines long awaited reunion at Leeds and Reading is a few days away (Aug 27 & 28th respectively). They will play a warm up show @ The Forum Kentish Town on the 25th. Carl is also prepping the release of his untitled solo album. Earlier today, Zane Lowe premiered "Run With The Boys", a song that will be on the record. It's a pretty exciting song, not sounding quite like anything he's done with The Libertines or Dirty Pretty Things. Loving the jazz elements he [...]

Now in its eleventh year Reading & Leeds is only second to the mighty Glastonbury come festival season. The three day event held over August bank holiday weekend attracts a huge variety of bands & artists. From emerging talent such as Frankie & The Heartstrings, The Drums & Yeasayer to industry stalwarts like Modest Mouse, Weezer & Guns & Roses. Here is few of our recommendations of 'must sees' throughout the three days.... Crystal Castles [...]

Si hay una vuelta que estoy esperando y muchísimo es la de The Libertines con Carl Barat y Pete Doherty a la cabeza del grupo en el Reading and Leeds . El grupo, después de haber estado separado durante unos años y con sus miembros habiendo migrado a proyectos solistas o bandas alternativas, finalmente volverá en lo que será una presentaciones en vivo y, según dicen los rumores, nuevo disco incluido. Ahora Pete Doherty subió un video a YouTube donde se pueden ver algunas escenas de la banda ensayando la canción [...]