The Libertines' Carl Barat has said he cannot see his band continuing in the long term without his estranged band mate Pete Doherty. As previously reported, Barat and the rest of the band have decided to carry on with summer festival commitments and the promotion of the up coming second album without Doherty because: "We couldn't just carry on the way it was going. Peter was going to die or someone was going to get killed". But asked in the NME this week whether the band can continue without Doherty Barat says: "It's not 'Can they', it's 'Will they'?... I want to be in a band with my friend. That's all I can say to that. And that I don't think I want to be in a band called The Libertines if he's not in it, in the long term."
This week's edition of NME features separate interviews with both Barat and Doherty. In his interview, Doherty says of his latest estrangement from the band: "The Libertines are forever but... I think (Carl) needs a wee bit of space, he's under a lot of pressure. I know he believes in music." Responding to rumours he is currently spending a grand a day on his drug addiction Doherty says: "I've never spent £1,000 a day on heroin, you'll die."