The libertines piss me off

Davey Ray Moor does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. In an era when rock bands seem to have become extinct, the scruffy presence of The Libertines could soon be felt in the charts when the album Anthems for Doomed Youth is released. Their popularity and appeal outlasted the band and grew fonder in their absence. With the pervasive self-myth they named Albion , The Libertines masterfully created a uniquely British atmosphere, including their audience in a rebellious celebration of youthful passion and poetry. They were incendiary for a while.

The Libertines with Peter Doherty. The Libertines. Cirque Royal , Brussels, Belgium. TivoliVredenburg , Utrecht, Netherlands Vredenburgkade The Libertines with Trampolene and whenyoung.

April Pete Doherty and Carl Barat are in their living room, at the top of a narrow flight of stairs in a Victorian terraced house. Around 40 friends and fans are pressed up against the kitchen cabinets, squashed on to the solitary couch and curled around a spiral staircase, watching the duo jolt around their microphone stands.

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