25 Facts About The Libertines

The members of the Libertines went on to form new bands with varying degrees of success.

In March 2000 the Libertines met Banny Pootschi, a lawyer for Warner Chappell Music Publishing.

The Libertines formed a plan to get the Libertines signed to Rough Trade Records within 6 months.

The Libertines were in need of a bassist, so Hassall rejoined the band at their request, but was informed he would have to stay in the background, as the band would be focused on the partnership of Doherty and Barat.

The Libertines were forced to play without Doherty: a guitar technician learned his guitar parts and several songs were dropped altogether.

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The Libertines played the Carling Weekend with replacement guitarist Anthony Rossomando.

The Libertines went on to play three consecutive sold-out dates at the London Forum in mid-December 2003, ending in stage invasions by the fans.

The Libertines went on a widely acclaimed UK tour in March 2004 that included three more consecutive sold-out dates in London, this time at Brixton Academy.

In early 2004 the Libertines won Best Band at the NME Awards, despite the fact that "Don't Look Back into The Sun" was their only official release during the preceding year.

The Libertines performed a short set that night: it was the last time they would all play together for more than six years, and the last time Doherty would speak to Barat for more than nine months.

The Libertines played what would be their final show for over five years in Paris on 17 December 2004, still without Doherty.

In January 2015 it was revealed that the Libertines would be headlining the festival T in the Park in Scotland.

In February 2015, it was announced that the Libertines would be headlining Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2015.

In May 2015, it was announced that the Libertines would be headlining Corona Capital Music Festival in Mexico City.

In June, the band announced that the first single off the new album would be "Gunga Din", which they debuted live at Best Kept Secret headline show, Hilvarenbeek On 26 June 2015, the Libertines were the surprise special guests on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2015, and were joined by special guest Ed Harcourt.

On 2 July 2015, the Libertines announced their 3rd album, named Anthems for Doomed Youth, to be released on 4 September 2015.

In 2017, the Libertines started off their concert at Prenton Park by allowing Labour Party leader and candidate for Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn to deliver a speech in the run up to the 2017 United Kingdom general election.

The Libertines have been described as indie rock, garage rock revival and post-punk revival with punk rock influences.

The Libertines thinks of Arcadia as a utopia without any rules or authority.

The Libertines were praised for forming a very close relationship with fans.

The Libertines have had two biographies written about them, both written after the band split.

The second was The Libertines Bound Together: The Story of Peter Doherty and Carl Barat and How They Changed British Music written by Anthony Thornton and Roger Sargent, an NME journalist and photographer respectively who had followed the band from an early stage.

The Libertines have had a lasting effect on the British music scene.

The Libertines: Bound Together was first published in hardback on 23 February 2006 by Time Warner Books.

The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders offers an account of the band's 2010 Reading and Leeds Festival shows, including Sargent's NME cover shoot announcing the festival appearances, rehearsals and warm-up shows, and their festival stage appearances.

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