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| 2009-08-20 | Pete Doherty: The Libertines Will Ride Again | Indie rock band The Libertines will perform again nearly six years on from their chaotic split, Pete Doherty has confirmed.
Doherty said the cult band would definitely reform for shows in 2010, even if his former bandmate and fellow frontman Carl Barat refuses to join in.
The band - idolised by the music press - disintegrated in 2004 at the peak of their success, when Barat and Doherty fell out over the latter's apparent dependency on heroin and crack cocaine.
Doherty was jailed for burgling Barat's flat, although the pair later made up and recorded a second album.
After their split, The Libertines played some shows without Doherty, to the singer's annoyance. Barat then formed Dirty Pretty Things.
Speaking to NME magazine ahead of his solo slot at V festival this weekend, 30-year-old Doherty says he is certain of a reunion with bassist John Hassall and drummer Gary Powell.
"It's going to happen, you know. But there's Biggles (Barat) to worry about," he said.
"If Biggles doesn't want to do it or gets cold feet or he thinks I'm still a crackhead, what am I going to do? Maybe I could reform the Libertines without him, like he did without me.
"I wouldn't really want to, but you've got to pay the bills. I'll put an advert in the NME: 'Carlos lookalike required'," he joked.
However, since the pair played an impromptu set together in May this year, with Powell on drums, a full reunion does not look out of the question.
The news will delight fans, who have displayed a continual fascination with the possibility of a Libertines reunion ever since the group split up.
Doherty went on to form Babyshambles after the demise of the Libertines, and also paved out a career as a solo artist.
However, he has become more widely known for his former relationship with supermodel Kate Moss and his regular court appearances related to his battle with drugs.
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