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British magazine editors working in America who wanted to see Babyshamble Pete Doherty and Dirty Pretty Thing Carl Barat reunite the Libertines and save rock'n'roll won't have to wait much longer. The pair is hard at work on... a musical! Britain's illustrious Donmar Warehouse has commissioned the former bandmates to write a fresh bunch of numbers about the early days of a troubled rock band. Gee, where will they come up with ideas? More »

For one brief moment, we are lifting our Dohertorium to note that the Libertines reunited last night in London. NME has a blog dedicated to the performance, which they're covering with its usual 14-year-old-girl-at-a-poetry-slam zeal ("With 'Can't Stand Me Now' echoing out through the dark, dank streets surrounding London's Hackney Empire, a thousand salty eyed fans head off to their beds. Or the nearest watering hole...") Shaky footage can be found here, and you can expect plenty more blog-wide coverage throughout the day—especially in the U.K., where this is the biggest thing to happen since Fancy A Wafer, Love? went off the air.