British rock band The Libertines, led by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat, will meet in London Hyde Park next July 5, for the first time in four years. The Quartet, completed by Gary Powell and John Hassall, last met in 2010, at the Reading-Leeds British music festival, during which a documentary about the band, formed in 1997, was filmed.
The London group broke up in 2004 with just two albums to its name, when its two leaders decided to pursue their musical careers separately after Doherty's drug problems. The greatest recognition came in the early 2000s, when they spearheaded the so-called "revival" of "garage / rock" music. Singles like "Time for Heroes" and "Don't look back into the sun," as well as the acclaimed "Can't stand me now," which spoke of the troubled friendship between Doherty and Barat, quickly rose to the charts. Musical hits.
Doherty, continued his musical career with bands such as Babyshambles, although he achieved popularity for his relationship with British model Kate Moss and his stormy addiction to drugs. The British Summer Festival will also bring bands from the likes of Black Sabbtah, Neil Young, Maximo Park and The Enemy in a date that attracted more than 350.000 fans last year.
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