Interviews

Interviews and articles

2016-02-09Peter DohertyInterview with Peter Doherty in Bournemouth (rubytuesdaywrites.wordpress.com)
2016-02-08Peter DohertyPeter Doherty Talks Art, Blues and Gibson Guitars (gibson.com)
2016-01-28Carl BaratCarl Barat talks to Gigwise as the boys wrap up their UK arena tour (gigwise.com)
2016-01-09Carl BaratThe Libertines’ lead singer on sticking with Pete Doherty, and a new-found love of Whipsnade Zoo (independent.co.uk)
2015-12-13The Libertinesthe libertines exclusive: ‘we can’t wait to record another album in thailand’ (Loaded.co.uk)
2015-11-00Peter DohertyNoisey China meets Pete Doherty (noisey.vice.com)
2015-09-10The LibertinesThe Libertines: Anthems for Doomed Youth – a reputation restored (theguardian.com)
2015-09-01The LibertinesThe Libertines: Boys in the Band. Canadian music magazine Exclaim!’s extensive historical timeline charting the Libertines’ career thus far. (exclaim.ca)
2015-08-27The LibertinesThe Libertines: ‘It was a row that took 10 years to get over’ (theguardian.com)
2015-08-26The LibertinesLibertines biographer Anthony Thornton on how the band have matured, their Camden roots and new album (hamhigh.co.uk)
2015-08-25The LibertinesThe Libertines on London, their reunion and ‘Anthems for Doomed Youth’ (timeout.com)
2015-08-08The LibertinesThe Libertines: ‘We don’t really have anything but the music to hold us together’ (telegraph.co.uk)
2015-07-31The Libertines‘Anthems For Doomed Youth’ – Track By Track First Listen Review (NME.com)
2015-07-28The LibertinesQ Magazine interview (qthemusic.com)
2015-06-17The LibertinesThai for heroes (NME.com)
2015-04-25Carl Barat‘We’ve opend Pandora’s Box’ (NME.com)
2015-03-11Peter DohertyFrom his Thai rehab centre, Bilo talks to Libs biographer Anthony Thornton about Amy Winehouse, sobriety and his “cracking new songs” (NME.com)
2015-01-30Carl Barat“It’s not going to be boring without drugs” (http://loaded.co.uk/)
2014-12-00Peter DohertyCompilation of interview in Hope rehab centre (youtube.com)
2014-11-25BabyshamblesPatrick Walden: The Music Beyond Babyshambles (http://themusicalacidtest.blogspot.co.uk/)
2014-11-21Peter DohertyPete Doherty ‘clean’ from drugs: ‘To anyone struggling with addiction, just hang on. There is a way out. You will heal’ (independent.co.uk)
2014-11-21Peter DohertyPete Doherty: To anyone struggling with addiction, just hang on – for more than ten years I’ve been powerless, but there’s a way out (independent.co.uk)
2014-11-12Carl BaratCarl Barat about Peter’s rehab, new Libs’ songs and Jackals (NME.com)
2014-11-10Carl BaratCarl Barat on The Libertines, The Jackals and his attempted suicide (independent.co.uk)
2014-08-01The LibertinesThe Libertines rehearsed for one hour before comeback gig
(tv3.ie)
2014-08-00Peter DohertyPete Doherty and Bent Angelo Jensen (fashion designer, “Herr von Eden”) for GQ Germany (gq-magazin.de)
2014-07-19The LibertinesXFM interview at Benicassim (xfm.co.uk)
2014-07-09The LibertinesThe return of The Libertines (shortlist.com)
2014-07-09The LibertinesBackstage with The Libertines (nme/com)
2014-07-02Carl BaratCarl Barat puts the word out (interviewmagazine.com)
2014-06-15Peter Doherty‘Pete Doherty is thrilled he will be returning to the Barrowlands’ (dailyrecord.co.uk)
2014-06-06Peter Doherty‘Drugs are no longer fun’ (independent.co.uk)
2014-06-05Peter DohertyPeter Doherty; My life’s ‘gone wrong’ (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
2014-06-01Peter Doherty‘From Albion to Shangri-La’ Interview with Editor Nina Antonia (http://upthealbion.com/)
2014-05-30The LibertinesGary Powell: ‘Libertines reunion not about the money’ (musicradar.com)
2014-05-23Carl BaratThe Lowdown: Interview with Carl Barat & The Jackals
(hangout.altsounds.com)
2014-05-22Carl BaratCarl Barat talks new Libertines music and Hyde Park (gigwise.com)
2014-05-22Carl BaratCarl Barât: about drugs, Peter Doherty and being a dad (standard.co.uk)
2014-05-13Carl Barat‘Why I formed a band using Facebook’ (bbc.com)
2014-04-30The LibertinesInterview with Pete Doherty&Carl Barat for NME (NME.com)
2014-04-25The LibertinesCarl Barât:“I miss the boys and playing the songs together.” (standard.co.uk)
2014-04-25The LibertinesCarl Barât:’It’s not the conventional way to organise a reunion but that’s the typical Libertines way I guess’ (theguardian.com)
2014-04-25The LibertinesCarl Barât about The Libertines reunion: ‘We’re back in conversation and it’s like we never lost touch’ (timeout.com)
2014-02-13Carl BaratCarl Barat Discusses Auditioning Fans To Join His New Band – Q&A (www.nme.com)
2014-02-08BabyshamblesDrew McConnell: Babyshambles’ music beholds cultural relevance. (ampya.com)
2014-01-30Carl BaratCarl Barat Carl about recruiting a band via email, acting in Paris and being smutty (altsounds.com)
2013-12-30The LibertinesCarl Barât vs. Peter Doherty in the Battle for the “The Ballad of Grimaldi” (dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com)
2013-11-18Carl BaratCarl Barât and Gary Powell – New projects, DJing, and the legacy of The Libertines. (www.new-reviews.co.uk)
2013-10-29Carl BaratCarl’s Q&A on Facebook – about new album, upcoming tour and everything (livejournal.com)
2013-10-18Babyshambles’It’s still as mad as ever’: Interview with Mick Whitnall (http://magazine.topman.com/)
2013-10-10BabyshamblesDrew McConnell: Public Pete ‘is a caricature’ (exeterexpressandecho.co.uk)
2013-09-03BabyshamblesBabyshambles and Stephen Street: In depth interview about new album (Louderthanwar.com)
2013-09-00BabyshamblesInterview with Babyshambles Drew McConnell (outlineonline.co.uk)
2013-06-17The LibertinesInterview with Carl and Gary talking about about new projects, DJing, and the legacy of The Libertines… (new-reviews.co.uk)
2013-05-07Carl BaratDepression, drugs, darkness and Doherty (www.timeout.com)
2013-04-27Peter DohertyTranslated interview from Belgian Magazine Knack about Confession of a Child of the Century (tumblr.com)
2012-12-02Peter DohertyPete Doherty on heroin, life in Paris and his new film:
After enjoying four years as a cult hero in France, the former Libertine is still battling with addiction and unable – or unwilling – to escape his notorious past.
 (theguardian.com)
2012-11-24Peter DohertyMy secret affair with Amy Winehouse, by Pete Doherty: Troubled rock star reveals the truth about their explosive romance. (dailymail.co.uk)
2012-10-12The LibertinesPete Doherty and Carl Barât: ‘The Libertines were an accident at birth’ (theguardian.com)
2012-06-03Peter Doherty‘It’s like people want me to be a fucked up, dribbling mess’ (metro.co.uk)
2012-05-24Peter DohertyPete Doherty: the challenge of making a film as a heroin addict. The Babyshambles frontman’s acting debut as a 19th-century roué has been panned by critics as ‘catastrophic’. Not that he seems to mind. (theguardian.com)
2012-04-04Peter Doherty“When Amy died I was sat in a room…knee-deep in sh*t”
(mirror.co.uk)
2012-02-17Peter DohertyPeter Doherty: “I was a bit unhinged” (independent.co.uk)
2011-06-23Carl BaratCarl Barât: The Libertine who cleaned up his act (standard.co.uk)
2011-06-12Peter DohertyInside the murky world of Pete Doherty. In January 2010, Robin Whitehead died of a heroin overdose while making a film with Pete Doherty. Here, the singer’s former producer reveals how Whitehead became hopelessly trapped in the abusive world of Britain.. (theguardian.com)
2010-10-04Carl Barat“Those People Can Go F*ck Themselves”: Carl Barat Interviewed (http://thequietus.com/)
2010-09-26Carl BaratCarl Barât: The interview. As the Libertines’ frontman, Carl Barât pushed the limits with drink and drugs – plus epic fallouts with band mate Peter Doherty. Now, for the first time, he reveals how therapy and finding love enabled him to make one of … (theguardian.com)
2010-08-17The LibertinesThe Libertines and their fans:
They threw impromptu gigs, pulled beer-soaked all-nighters and tattooed their fans. As the Libertines reform, Tim Jonze salutes the band that put the madness back into pop
 (theguardian.com)
2010-04-18Carl BaratThe time just felt right to reform the Libertines (theguardian.com)
2010-04-06Peter DohertyPete Doherty’s secret Scots gig ends in chaos after singer turns up four hours late (dailyrecord.co.uk)
2010-04-03The LibertinesThe Libertines reunion NME interview (Scans) (ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com)
2010-00-00Carl BaratWas a solo album always on the cards for you? (contactmusic.com)
2009-11-29Peter DohertySoundtrack of my Life: Pete Doherty. In his own words: Army life, cockney geezers – and a divine revelation in Neasden. (theguardian.com)
2009-03-22Peter DohertyPeter Doherty interview: A rake’s progress
In an emotional interview, Peter Doherty – as he now calls himself – comes clean about his estrangement from his father, his fall out with Kate Moss and why, at last, it’s great to be straight.
 (theguardian.com)
2009-01-08Peter DohertyPete Doherty Interview. Full and uncut interview (clashmusic.com)
2008-12-06Dirty Pretty ThingsOne of the last interviews after playing Swansea Sin City (repeatfanzine.co.uk)
2008-09-06Peter DohertyPete Doherty: Taking the Libertine. Prison, drugs, music, Kate Moss, Amy Winehouse, his Army major father who has disowned him… Two months in the life of Pete Doherty. (dailymail.co.uk)
2008-07-07Carl BaratWe need to talk about Pete: Carl Barat on the Tragedy of Doherty (dailymail.co.uk)
2007-11-15Peter Doherty“I’d be a liar if I said I’d never do drugs again” (rollingstone.com)
2006-12-09Peter DohertyQ&A With Peter Doherty (fun to read) (theguardian.com)
2006-12-02Carl BaratLibertine in exile (NME.com)
2006-09-08Carl BaratDirty Pretty Things: Don’t mention it… (independent.co.uk)
2006-08-03Dirty Pretty ThingsDirty Pretty Thing – and sometime Libertine – Anthony Rossomondo, bandmate of Carl Bart, has agreed to answer some questions about the band’s first year in action. (musicomh.com)
2006-04-22Dirty Pretty ThingsDown and Dirty. We all know what happened to Pete Doherty when the Libertines broke up. But what about his friend and partner Carl Barat? He tells Simon Hattenstone about romance, betrayal and an evil alter ego. (theguardian.com)
2005-11-04Peter DohertyWasted. In a rare interview, Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty talks to Simon Hattenstone about death, love and why he can’t go a day without drugs. (theguardian.com)
2005-02-06Peter DohertyDoherty: the untold and candid story (theguardian.com)
2005-01-14Peter DohertyPete Doherty: What A Bloody Shambles (Published in Hot Press)
2004-11-19WolfmanBig bad Wolf: He calls himself Wolfman and he’s been accused of corrupting the Libertines’ Pete Doherty. But he claims it’s the other way round. (theguardian.com)
2004-08-30The LibertinesAfter 2002’s Up the Bracket gained virtually unanimous acclaim both in North America and the UK, it would make sense that a considerable amount of hype would be awaiting the Libertines’ self-titled sophomore release.. Interview with Carl (junkmedia.org)
2004-08-28The LibertinesThe Libertiens ‘Wij Hebben Geen Geheimen’ (!Dutch Only!) (kindamuzik.net)
2004-07-30The LibertinesUs against the world. Widely regarded as the best rock act in Britain, the Libertines have been ripped apart by the drug-addicted antics of guitarist Pete Doherty. Meanwhile, fellow Libertine Carl Barat has been trying to save his friend – and the band .. (theguardian.com)
2004-07-04Peter DohertyAnnihilation beckons the dark star of rock
The Libertines’ Pete Doherty is spiralling towards the classic rock’n’roll ending, ravaged by heroin and dropped by the band.
 (theguardian.com)
2004-04-00Peter DohertyThis Charming Man: An Interview with Pete Doherty (socialistreview.org.uk)
2004-00-00The Libertines‘A little volatility doesn’t hurt’ (prefixmag.com)
2003-06-00The LibertinesInterview with Carl in Glastonbury (rockfeedback.com)
2003-06-00The LibertinesOn the road with the best new band in Britain (telegraph.co.uk)
2003-03-13The LibertinesCatching up with The Libertines (efestivals.co.uk)
2003-01-10The Libertines‘We believe in melody, hearts and minds’: The Libertines might be the product of a cult novel: they’ve lived in a brothel, quote Oscar Wilde and are obsessed with Albion. (theguardian.com)
2002-00-00The Libertines“You know – Arcadia? The realm of the infinity?” (rockfeedback.com)
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