The Libertines are...

• Pete Doherty - vocals, guitar
• Carl Barat - guitar
• John Hassall - bass
• Gary Powell - drums

Signed to Rough Trade by Christmas '01, to supporting The Strokes on their two reshedualled dates at the end of February the next year, The Libertines are set to carry on with the large impact they are sustaining. They've just finished a leg of four dates supporting Australian act The Vines at Brighton, London's Monarch, Nottingham and Bristol, and have made an impressive entrance on new ears as a band with no recorded material, or even bootlegs on the internet. With their current setlist of nine songs reminiscent of The Jam and The Cure, with the cocky lyrics of early Blur, they're following the path that The Strokes have made, they're destined enforce the late 70's punk rock movement and save the currect music scene from the yelling of nu metal. Six gigs into their career, The Libertines were garnering press attention for their energetic performances and seem to have the ability to stick in peoples heads and stir up a fair bit of praise via word of mouth.

Then they split up.

Releases

• Time For Heroes: The Best Of - album, out 29/10/2007 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
• Bring Your Own Poison: The Rhythm Factory Sessions - album, out 18/10/2004 on Believe Music. 1 review (read/post)
• The Libertines - album, out 30/08/2004 on Rough Trade. 2 reviews (read/post)
• Can't Stand Me Now - single, out 16/08/2004 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
• Up The Bracket (reissue) - album, out 08/09/2003 on Rough Trade. (post review)
• Don't Look Back Into The Sun - single, out 18/08/2003 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
• Time For Heroes - single, out 13/01/2003 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
• Up The Bracket - album, out 21/10/2002 on Rough Trade. (post review)
• Up The Bracket / Boys in the Band - single, out 30/09/2002 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
• What A Waster/ I Get Along - single, out 03/06/2002 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Mon 26 Jul at London Infinity Club. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 18 Dec at London Forum. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 05 Sep at Middlesbrough Cornerhouse. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 07 Mar at London Camden Barfly. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 08/04/2008: Pete Doherty sent to prison for breaking the law
• 11/03/2008: Doherty, drugs, children: must be a Channel 4 show
• 03/03/2008: Horrorshow? Libertines musical in the works
• 28/11/2007: New romantic? Simon le Bon laments Amy Winehouse’s ‘tits’
• 21/09/2007: Horror Show: 'Best Of' Libertines release announced
• 18/07/2007: The View look back into the sun
• 06/07/2007: TITP: Bowie pulls out, Libs don't
• 06/07/2007: Reading Weekend Tickets All Gone
• 19/06/2007: Super Super group: Klaxons join Barat's Chavs onstage
• 19/06/2007: Glastonbury reunion for The Libertines?

Features

• 19/02/2007: The 4-4-2 of Indie Rock: DiS's musical XI
• 25/10/2006: Our 66: 20 that missed the cut
• 28/09/2004: Pete Doherty: The Shambolic Waster

Links

• The Libertines - official site

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