More on the woes of former Libertines singer Pete Doherty – who parted company with the rest of the band earlier this year due to 'personal issues'. Now Doherty has said he is setting up another band also called the Libertines, at the same time as telling the press he wants to perform with his old bandmates at the Carling Weekend.
Talking to NME about comments made by former band mate Carl Barat (who said Doherty was too ill to perform) Pete said: "I think he's deluded about the extent of my overall deterioration. I think he hasn't been able to write for a while. Over the years it's always been the same. We'll have a little fall out. Sometimes it'll last six months. I'm not going to sit home like a wife like I used to back in the day. Like when he was out gallivanting round town and I'd be sitting at home sticking chords together. I've got a new band together. And we're still called The Libertines. If he's playing in a band called The Libertines then I'm going to play in The Libertines without him."
But despite the aggression he then added: "I'd play Reading and Leeds with Carl, definitely. I'd love to play all our songs any time. Anywhere. You know I'll play them tonight. With Carl, without Carl. I don't care. I can't be arsed. I'm not going to mope about it."