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The Libertines have revealed plans to reunite at this year’s forthcoming Reading And Leeds festivals. Pete Doherty, Carl Barat, John Hassall and Gary Powell will all reunite to play the three-day bash set to take place August 27-29.The Libertines have revealed plans to reunite at this year’s forthcoming Reading... more
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Fans will be happy to hear The Libertines will headline Reading and Leeds festival, in a show that will see the band reform since a split in 2004.
Tickets for the festival go on sale today, though newcomers hoping to buy some to see the band, will discover the short bursts of insane frustration it takes to get tickets before the batches quickly sell out.Fans will be happy to hear The Libertines will headline Reading and Leeds festival, in... more
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If an alien landed in your backyard asking, "Human, what's the best earthly album recorded in the noughties?", you should give them a copy of The Strokes' Is This It.
According to NME, in 2001 Casablancas' band recorded the greatest album of the decade, followed by The Libertines' Up The Bracket and Primal Scream's Xtrmntr.
What do you think?
Here is the full chart compiled by a panel of artists and leading figures in the music industry:
1. The Strokes - Is This It
2. The Libertines - Up the Bracket
3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr
4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
6. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
7. Arcade Fire - Funeral
8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
10. Radiohead - In Rainbows
11. At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
12. LCD Soundsystem - The Sound of Silver
13. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
14. Radiohead - Kid A
15. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
16. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
18. The White Stripes - Elephant
19. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
20. Blur - Think Tank
21. The Coral - The Coral
22. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
23. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
24. The Libertines - The Libertines
25. Rapture - Echoes
26. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
27. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
28. Johnny Cash - Man Comes Around
29. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
30. Elbow - Asleep In the Back
31. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
33. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
34. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
35. Babyshambles - Down in Albion
36. Spirtualized - Let It Come Down
37. The Knife - Silent Shout
38. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
39. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
40. Ryan Adams - Gold
41. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
42. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
43. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
44. Outkast - Loveboxxx/The Love Below
45. Avalanches - Since I Left You
46. Delgados - The Great Eastern
47. Brendan Benson - Lapalco
48. Walkmen - Bows and Arrows
49. Muse - Absolution
50. MIA - Arular
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/17/nme-top-albums-decade-noughtiesIf an alien landed in your backyard asking, "Human, what's the best earthly... more
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Babyshambles man's car is stopped after gig
Pete Doherty has been arrested in Gloucester in the early hours of this morning (June 11).
The Babyshambles frontman was taken into custody by police after he was seen driving erratically around the city. He was stopped roughly 30 minutes after finishing a solo performance at the Guildhall venue.
more in the link...Babyshambles man's car is stopped after gig
Pete Doherty has been arrested in... more
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The Libertines Reunited in the early hours of May 16th to play their first gig since 2004.
Are you excited for the reunion or were you never really fussed on The Libertines and didn't get the hype?
Find more stories like this at my independent music section in current
http://www.nme.com/photos/the-libertines-reunited/126195/1/1The Libertines Reunited in the early hours of May 16th to play their first gig since... more
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So his solo album Grace/Wastelands - now released - produced by Stephen Street, and through collaboration with a smattering of respected artists like Graham Coxon and Dot Allison... seems to be getting good reviews.
I hate his indulgent meandering chat, but maybe this album is actually going to pull it off?So his solo album Grace/Wastelands - now released - produced by Stephen Street, and... more
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Rocker Pete Doherty has long been a staple of the tabloids, making headlines for his on-off relationship with supermodel Kate Moss, frequent brushes with the law, battle against drugs and stint behind bars.
The 30-year-old is looking to put that behind him with his debut solo album "Peter Doherty: Grace/Wastelands," which puts the "r" back into Peter and, in many critics' minds, establishes him as an act to be taken seriously.Rocker Pete Doherty has long been a staple of the tabloids, making headlines for his... more
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