The Libertines are currently up in arms celebrating some important anniversaries. Over the summer, they have some live dates where they’ll be reliving their debut album, Up the Bracket, which came out back in 2002, playing it in full with gigs in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh coming up.
Also, next month the band will be reissuing their first-ever single, “What a Waster“, as well as the accompanying B-side “I Get Along“. Released back in June 2002, the reissue will be giving it a fancy makeover, being re-pressed on black vinyl for June 3rd. They’re also releasing a What a Waster Live from the ICA EP on streaming platforms as well, which has some live versions of the songs. If you want to pre-order either of them, you can look here.
Band co-frontman Pete Doherty has been a bit busy on his own recently, releasing an album with French composer Frédéric Lo titled The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime (more of which you can read about here), as well as getting married last September and announcing the upcoming release of his memoirs – titled A Likely Lad.
Having been sober for the past two and a bit years has obviously given him a chance to reflect on his past as The Libertines’ debut album and single turn twenty. He’s been revealing plenty of details from his past, such as losing his ear lobes in intoxicated brawls and finding solace watching The Simpsons whilst in prison. Either way, it seems like it’s helped out his old band, what with their recent celebrations and there even being talks of new music being made.
As for The Libertines’ other frontman, Carl Barât has had slightly less luck as of recent, having had two of his guitars stolen ahead of some rehearsals with his group Dirty Pretty Things and making a public appeal for them.
If you’re interested in seeing The Libertines celebrate in person, you can see their UK tour dates down below, with tickets available here. Doherty has also been playing some solo dates recently, having been around Aberdeen, Hull and Cambridge over the last week. Sadly all his UK dates have gone now, but you can still catch him in Russia, France and Ukraine over the next few months, tickets for which can be gotten here.
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— Libertines (@libertines) April 4, 2022
The Libertines UK Tour Dates
04/06/2022 – 1 Big Summer, Plymouth
11/06 – Rock & Roll Circus, Newcastle
30/06 – O2 Academy, Bristol
01/07 – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
23/07 – OVO Wembley Arena, London
05/08 – Bute Park, Cardiff
06/08 – Bingley Weekender, Bingley
08/08 – O2 Academy, Edinburgh
28/08 – Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
02/09 – Godiva Festival, Coventry
