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Libertines hold press conference
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 1 April 2010
The Libertines held a press conference yesterday to assure everyone that they definitely are reforming and that they definitely won’t have split up or died by the time August and their previously announced headline slots at the Reading and Leeds festivals roll around. They also played a few songs, in order to prove that all their limbs still work.
Among the words used by the band, according to the BBC, were these…
Pete on The Libertines legacy: “Looking back on it, we did produce things we are so proud of and we want to get back to that”.
Pete on the reunion: “I’m dying to play some of those songs with the boys and get some new things done”.
Pete on the rumoured £1.2 million fee: “What’s appealing about the money is what’s left over after tax”.
Pete on bandmate Carl: “He never answers his phone”.
Carl on the reunion: “Excited”.
The drumming dude on the reunion: “Hello”.
The other one on the reunion: “…”