Rumours are rife concerning The Libertines reforming for a one off show this summer. It all sparked when the band changed their Facebook profile picture on April 20th to a map of Hyde Park, London. The next day Doherty was seen tweeting the letter ‘L’ possibly standing for ‘Libertines’.
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— Peter Doherty (@petedoherty) April 21, 2014
Doherty has also been reported talking about his financial problems saying an offer to reunite would be too beneficial to turn down. He is to pay a lot of money in alimony to his recently revealed third child after a court battle. Doherty is quoted by Israeli newspaper Ynet stating his situation “I was recently called to family law court after a young girl I knew had told me I was the father of her baby. I have a year and a half old girl and I need to pay a lot of alimony, I’m in debt. It’s very complicated for me to say no right now, I have financial problems.”
When asked about his response to the offer he said this “Well, I said yes. The thing is when I think about it now it was kind of a strange answer because I think in most days if you asked me the same question I would say no, but recently I tried to call Carl and couldn’t reach him”
Pete toured the UK last year with his band Babyshambles after the release of the bands third studio album Sequel To The Prequel and left his fans amazed by his talent but hung up on the fact he could barely stand up and sing the lyrics to his own songs when performed live. The question still hangs whether he is up to performing for thousands at the legendary venue with co-frontman Carl Barât, who is currently performing DJ sets with ex-Libertines drummer Gary Powell and working with his new band The Jackals, set to release their debut album in September.
Carl Barât and his manager said the rumours were ‘true’ and have been reported informing people to ‘keep the 5th July free’.
The Libertines officially split at the end of 2004 and last performed together at Reading and Leeds Festival back in 2010 – if you’re as excited as we are, watch their full R&L set below:
