Latest Pete Doherty News
The Libertines Will Play Up The Bracket In Full For One Off London Show
The Libertines will perform 'Up the Bracket' in full for a special 20th anniversary show.The 'Time For Heroes' indie rockers will celebrate 20 years since the release of their debut album at London's Wembley Arena...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2022
The Libertines To Play Up The Bracket In Full At Special One-off London Show
The Libertines will play 'Up The Bracket' in full at a special London arena show this summer.The 'Time For Heroes' indie legends have announced plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut studio album...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 March 2022
Pete Doherty Reveals Whether We Will Get New Libertines Music In 2022
Pete Doherty hopes The Libertines will release new music in 2022.The frontman has revealed he and his bandmates - Carl Barat, John Hassall and Gary Powell - decided to "hold off" their first studio effort...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 February 2022
Pete Doherty Shares New Song With FréDéRic Lo Inspired By Getting Clean
Pete Doherty's new single with Frédéric Lo was penned while he was "white-knuckling it with drugs".The Libertines and Babyshambles rocker has shared the new track, 'You Can't Keep It From Me Forever', with the French...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 January 2022
Alan Mcgee: Drugs Got In The Way Of Libertines Being Global Megastars
Alan McGee says the "completely out of control" Libertines could have been global megastars if it wasn't for drugs.The 60-year-old music mogul and Creation Records co-founder is known for managing some of the most notorious...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 August 2021
The Libertines' Gary Powell Recalls Being Naked In Front Of Dave Grohl On A Ferry
The Libertines' drummer Gary Powell has recalled the "awkward" moment he was butt naked in front of Dave Grohl.The 51-year-old sticksman was "escorted backstage" after hitting the booze hard at Isle of Wight festival in...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 June 2021
The Libertines Announce 15-Date Giddy Up A Ding-dong Tour
The Libertines have announced the 'Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour’.Pete Doherty, Carl Barat, and co will embark on a 15-date run this November and December across the UK, for what will mark their first shows...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 April 2021
The Libertines Tease Imminent Announcement
The Libertines have teased an announcement.The indie legends took to Twitter to share a clip of old concert footage and revealed news is imminent. Soundtracked to 2003's ‘Don’t Look Back Into The Sun’, they simply...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 April 2021
'He Flipped Me The Bird': Liam Gallagher Reveals Simon Gregson Feud
Liam Gallagher and Simon Gregson almost came to blows after the actor swore at the rocker.Liam, 47, revealed that after Oasis recorded a performance at Granada TV studios, 'Coronation Street' actor Simon - who plays...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 20 June 2020
Pete Doherty Accused Of Letting His Dogs Savage A Neighbour's Cat To Death
Pete Doherty has been accused of not intervening to prevent his two husky dogs from “savaging” a neighbour’s cat to death.The Libertines singer and songwriter, 39, is alleged to have let his pets off their...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16 November 2018
Music News Round-up: Liam Payne Ep, Snoop Dogg Cookbook And Pete Doherty Gastro-antics
LIAM PAYNE ANNOUNCES NEW MUSIC Months after his much-publicised split from Cheryl, pop star Liam Payne has announced details of a new EP, titled First Time, which will be released on August 24th.A four-track release,...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 26 August 2018
Pete Doherty Performs Protest Gig
Pete Doherty performed at a protest in France on Thursday (04.05.17).The Libertines and Babyshambles singer - who has lived in the European country for several periods of his life - was among 30 performers and...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 05 May 2017
Pete Doherty Performs At Anti-le Pen Rally In Paris
Pete Doherty has performed at a protest rally in Paris this week, staged to warn about the “threat” posed by far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, ahead of the crucial elections this weekend.The Libertines and...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 05 May 2017
Pete Doherty Will Launch His First Solo Album In December
Pete Doherty has revealed his first solo album. The 37-year-old singer has announced he will release his first LP in seven years, which will be titled 'Hamburg Demonstrations', on December 2, and the star has...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2016
Pete Doherty Selling Customised Journals
The Libertines star is releasing a limited edition run of his book From Albion to Shangri-La, a collection of his private thoughts and writings from 2008 to 2013. He has designed a...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 October 2015
Pete Doherty Urges Fans To Stay Away From His Home
The Libertines star is currently battling to stay clean after kicking his long-running addictions to heroin and crack cocaine following a stint at a rehab clinic in Thailand last year (14). He...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 07 October 2015
Pete Doherty Puffs On Crack Pipe In New Libertines Promo
The troubled star spent more than 10 years battling addictions to heroin and crack cocaine, and after a lengthy spell at a rehab clinic in Thailand, he declared earlier this year (15) that...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 24 September 2015
Pete Doherty Accused Of Urinating In Dressing Room
The Can't Stand Me Now hitmaker and his bandmate Carl Barat were chatting to reporter Emmanuel Marolle backstage at the Rock en Seine festival, where the group performed on 29 August (15),...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 22 September 2015
The Libertines Back Out Of Rebooking Axed Shows
The British band was due to play two intimate shows at small venues in London and Manchester, England last week (ends11Sep15) before heading out on an arena tour next year (16), but they...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 18 September 2015
The Libertines Announce UK Arena Shows
The Libertines have announced seven UK arena shows for January 2016. Despite the chaos frontman Pete Doherty caused on their recent mini run of shows, after going missing when he was due to perform at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 September 2015
The Libertines Blame Panic Attack For Pete Doherty No-show
Fans of the Can't Stand Me Now hitmakers were left worried after a no-show at a concert at London's Electric Ballroom and an axed date in Manchester, England led to speculation about recovering...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 September 2015
The Libertines' Gary Powell Blames Pete's Pals For Disappearance
The Libertines' Gary Powell believes Pete Doherty's group of 'friends' are to blame for his disappearance last week. The 45-year-old drummer has claimed Pete's pals outside of the band are a bad influence on him...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 September 2015
Pete Doherty's Hotel Break
Pete Doherty was seen eating chips when he should have been on stage.The Libertines cancelled two of their shows after the 36-year-old singer went AWOL before one of their concerts but a source has now...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 September 2015
The Libertines Back Onstage After Axing Another Show
The rockers pulled out of BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge show on Monday (14Sep15) after axing gigs in London and Manchester, England on Thursday (10Sep15) and Friday (11Sep15). Their concert at...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 September 2015
The Libertines Assure Fans Pete Doherty Is Safe
The band postponed a gig at the Electric Ballroom in north London hours after it was due to begin and a spokesman told the audience the cancellation was caused by "a medical situation"....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2015
Pete Doherty Is 'Ok', Say The Libertines
The Libertines have issued a statement assuring fans that Pete Doherty is ''safe'' and well after he went missing on Thursday night (10.09.15).The 'Can't Stand Me Now' singer panicked his bandmates Carl Barat, John Hassall...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2015
The Libertines Postpone Two Gigs After Rumoured No-show By Pete Doherty In London
Some things never change. The Libertines, those glorious screw-ups of the mid-noughties, cancelled their headline show in London last night two hours after they were due on stage, citing a “medical emergency” as the reason...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2015
Libertines Cancel Gig After Pete Doherty 'Goes Missing'
The Libertines were forced to postpone their gig at the last minute in London last night (10.09.15) after Pete Doherty went missing. The indie rock band left fans waiting for three hours at the Electric...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2015
The Libertines Axe Second Show
Pete Doherty's reunited band pulled the plug on a gig in London on Thursday night (10Sep15) at the last minute and now a show in Manchester, England scheduled for Friday (11Sep15) has also...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2015
Mystery 'Medical Situation' Forces The Libertines To Scrap London Gig
The reunited group was scheduled to perform at Camden's Electric Ballroom, but had to pull the plug on the show at the last minute. Unfortunately, fans had to wait for two hours...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 September 2015
Former member of The Libertines, Pete Doherty, makes the new headlines an awful lot, although not usually for the best of reasons. While he is still often mentioned in stories about The Libertines, he is often remembered for being asked to leave the band on multiple occasions for his continued drug abuse. Some stories focus on his music career, while most headlines are devoted to his additions and rehab visits.
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