After the infamous split of Barât and Doherty for a decade, the 1997 Indie powerhouse ‘The Libertines’ have announced a reunion gig at London Hyde park as part of the British Summer Time Festival on July 5th this year. However, as news of their ambition to seal another record deal spreads, lead singer Carl Barât announced on twitter yesterday afternoon that they would stage a warm up show on the 29th of June for their fans north of the boarder at the Barrowlands venue in Glasgow.
The Libertines split in 2004 due to a clash of interests mixed with heartbreak for the rest of the band to watch as Pete Doherty rolled in and out of rehab after exploding into a cocktail of drugs and alcohol. The band had decided to throw Doherty aside in a bid to help him clean up his act and shake off his growing reliance on drugs, but after six years The Libertines moved on without Doherty.
Eventually Barât dissolved the band as feelings became uncomfortable to continue under the Libertines name without Doherty present and continued creating material under his band ‘Dirty Pretty Things’ whilst Doherty became involved with ‘Babyshambles’. Six years later in 2010 the band began to set rumours of reunion and now in 2014 they appear to be keeping to those words in full force by seeking out a new record label after the British Summer Time Festival in July
The BST festival, sponsored by Barclay’s, will headline Arcade Fire, Neil Young, The National, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osborne and many others along with the much anticipated Libertines reunion. But if you can’t wait for that then head to the Barrowlands in Glasgow on the 29th of June to see the boys warm up before their big unveiling. No ticket sales for the Glasgow gig are available yet, however grab your seats for the BST festival in July as they will be going fast!
