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

You may have heard of John Hassall from his previous band Yeti, but you probably know him even better as one of the recently reformed Libertines - He’s the bassist, you know, the quiet one… Hassall's new band The April Rainers recently kicked him out, in order to become John Hassall AND The April Rainers. Their name sounds like one of a 60's band, and surprisingly enough, their music too! John Hassall & The April Rainers are a Denmark-based band, ironically counting only one

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 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

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”

This year, the legendary Festival of Glastonbury was full of good surprises. At first, the original line-up didn’t seem that exciting considering the event was headlined by three acts: Foo Fighters, who cancelled at the last minute; Kanye West, whose music has absolutely nothing to do with the festival's identity and philosophy whatsoever, and finally, The Who, an iconic, fifty year old band. But thankfully, the organisers didn't let the audience down, and managed to offer an

Due to the very high demand, Peter Doherty was scheduled to play two gigs in one night on the 22nd of February. The 1st show was set to start at 7:30pm, and an hour earlier the crowd was already pilling up in front of the doors. After a long wait and multiple calls from an impatient fans singing Babyshambles' ska/reggae tune "I Wish"; Doherty finally appeared on stage at 8:15pm with violinist Miki Beavis, as well as Drew McConnell and Adam Falkner, Babyshambles' bassist and d

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

At some point in his carrier, it was common knowledge that Peter Doherty found it hard to show up at his own gigs, often leaving fans bitter and disappointed. However, when he does turn up, Doherty surely knows how to entertain a crowd, and he puts a lot of passion into it. The ex-Libertine managed to please a sold out Shepherds' Bush Empire, performing for almost an hour and a half on his own. He played over 20 songs including 6 by the Babyshambles, 4 songs from his last sol