There’s no need to – just about – get through spring without getting a relishing taste of Pete Doherty’s soothing simmer. The dearest frontman of The Libertines, an English indie rock enchanter, will be making his way through the UK and Ireland throughout the second fortnight of this coming April and beginnings of May on a solo tour.
The stretch has been announced as “The Battered Songbook Tour” and, by the looks of things, will be lead by a unique whirlwind of an experience featuring the singers all time classics of his renowned bands, The Libertines and The Babyshambles, alongside a selection of his best hand picked tunes as a solo artist.
The forthcoming journey will be starting on the 13th of April in the rock staging venue Limelight, in Belfast. Following, afterwards, through Dublin, Cork, Glasgow, Stockton, Newcastle, Lancaster, Hull, Norwich, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Falmouth, Oxford, Sheffield, Birmingham and majestically finalise in the big smoke London, playing in the Royal Albert Hall on the 5th May.
Having been gifted with a Doherty tour this spring, as much as many may assume, the tour will not be accompanied by any new releases from the 43-year-old singer, especially having released The Fantasy Life Of Peter And Crime just last year. This does not mean, however, that he has not been entertained with a handful of other projects. As a matter of fact, his time has been consumed by the writing of a fresh new album with The Libertines.
Doherty explains in an interview with NME “We pencilled in a writing session [in Jamaica]”. Which they, effectively, perpetrated last September with some seemingly positive outcomes having nailed down a selection of juicy demos, described as a “different energy” by the band members. They very ambitiously considered the release to land at the end of December last year. Clearly, they stand corrected.
The last time Pete Doherty was on tour doesn’t sit too far away. Last year, he performed his way through Europe and the UK with the french composer Frédéric Lo, with whom he collaboratively released the album The Fantasy Life Of Peter And Crime in March, 2022. It was a touching episode for him as he’d accomplished sobriety since 2019 and having become a newlywed man, the ethos of both the album and tour turned out to be quite the elevating one.
Here, the indie star comes forward with another UK deliverance of his cherished sounds. Tickets go on sale on the Friday, 24th of February at 10am.
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UK Tour:
13/04/2023 – Limelight 2 – Belfast
14/04 – Opium – Dublin
15/04 – Cyprus Avenue – Cork
18/04 – Galvanizers SWG3 – Glasgow
19/04 – KU Stockton – Stockton-On-Tees
21/04 – Riverside Newcastle – Newcastle upon Tyne
22/04 – Kanteena – Lancaster
23/04 – The Welly Club – Hull
24/04 – Waterfront – Norwich
26/04 – O2 Ritz Manchester – Manchester
27/04 – The Church – Anfield
29/04 – O2 Academy – Bristol
30/04 – Princess Pavilion – Falmouth
02/05 – O2 Academy – Oxford
03/05 – O2 Academy – Sheffield
04/05 – O2 Institute – Birmingham
05/05 – Royal Albert Hall – London
