<![CDATA[Idolator: libertines]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Idolator: libertines]]> http://idolator.com/tag/libertines http://idolator.com/tag/libertines <![CDATA[The Libertines Are Back And Writing A Musical]]> AP070821046995.jpgBritish 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?





A spokesperson for the Donmar said that "we are excited to be engaging with such brilliant talent", adding that the theatre's associate director, the actor Douglas Hodge, is working with the pair with "no deadlines attached". But, according to Barat - who said last month that he was to spend a week at Doherty's Wiltshire home working on the project - Hodge's expectations are high. "The theatre wants lots of new songs," Barat said. "We'll probably have to write about 20. But first we have to sit down and think about the rock'n'roll story."

Despite the lack of a deadline, the Donmar is hoping for an early 2009 debut. It didn't take long for these guys to go from "underground rock heroes" to showtunes, did it?

Pete Doherty to write rock'n'roll musical with former Libertines bandmate [Guardian]

]]> http://idolator.com/383048/the-libertines-are-back-and-writing-a-musical http://idolator.com/383048/the-libertines-are-back-and-writing-a-musical Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:15:00 EDT Anthony Miccio http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383048&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pete Doherty Reminds People Why They Cared About Him In The First Place]]>
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.

]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/libertines/pete-doherty-reminds-people-why-they-cared-about-him-in-the-first-place-252035.php http://idolator.com/tunes/libertines/pete-doherty-reminds-people-why-they-cared-about-him-in-the-first-place-252035.php Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:56:16 EDT Brian Raftery http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=252035&view=rss&microfeed=true