Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres' Performance Is Delightfully Messy, Intimate And As Real As

Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres' Performance Is Delightfully Messy, Intimate And As Real As

The Puta Madres is Peter Doherty's latest band to join the big Albion family. Yet some faces are already familiar: Babyshambles' bassist Drew McConnell for instance, as well as the brand new recruit, Jack Jones from Trampolene. Jones was already The Libertines’s tour poet last year, and was recently invited to be part of The Puta Madres as a guitarist, and Doherty's new sidekick. The Libertines co-frontman has just released his first solo album in 7 years called Hamburg Demon

Peter Doherty's Eudaimonia Tour Ends Up In A Shambolic Libertines Reunion

Peter Doherty's Eudaimonia Tour Ends Up In A Shambolic Libertines Reunion

After a well acclaimed tour with the Libertines, Peter Doherty kicked off his solo Eudaimonia Tour in Bristol over a week ago. To do so, he gathered a great bunch a musician from very different horizons. Drew McConnell who's been playing bass with Babyshambles for over a decade, violinist Miki Beavis who has be accompanying Doherty on his solo shows for a couple of years, film-maker Katia De Vidas who plays keyboards, as well as two new recruits; Rafa on drums, and Stefany Ka

The Libertines Maintain Their Fiery Reputation And Perform In Good Company...

The Libertines Maintain Their Fiery Reputation And Perform In Good Company...

The Libertines concluded their UK tour with a homecoming gig at London's O2 Arena yesterday. They delivered the proof of a real and emotional reunion in front of 20,000 people - their largest audience yet - with a performance still full of charisma, brotherhood and musical genius. They opened the show with Barbarians, also the opening title of their latest album Anthems For Doomed Youth. The band pursued with The Delaney, as of course they wouldn't let down the early days fan

Win The Libertines' Yorkshire Tea Box and help BBC Children in Need

Win The Libertines' Yorkshire Tea Box and help BBC Children in Need

For the release of their reunion album Anthems For Doomed Youth, The Libertines organised a week of events including a pop-up shop in London last September. "The Bucket Shop” - as it was called in reference to an old demo - sold a wide panel of products, from pins to canvases, as well as hot drinks, with a part of the profit going to the Rock'N'Roll Rescue charity. For the occasion, they commisionned special editions of Yorkshire Tea boxes, reading “Peter’s Tea”, “Carl’s Tea”

The Libertines Live @ Alexandra Palace, London 28/09/2014

After an infamous come-back performance at British Summer Time Hyde Park, the Libertines decided to reunite for a couple of gigs at Alexandra Palace on the 28th and 29th of September. They looked as if they had never split, pouring all their heart into the show, and exposing an obvious complicity, unity, and genuineness as ever. The frontmen shared their microphone for almost the entire gig, instead of singing in the two provided, as usual. The concert started with The Delane

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