Pete Doherty

By Valerio This was happening, not accidentally, when the defining band of the first half of the noughties, The Libertines, was morphing into a soap opera. Pete Doherty (more than) Carl Barat decadent romanticism was filling more tabloid pages than concert venues.

By Valerio If I can’t use once again the excuse that I struggled to get through this photopass until literally few minutes before the start, I can witness that there are photographers tonight who postponed the Glastonbury departure to cover this show.

By Valerio It hasn’t stopped. New bands develop. The tree is getting overloaded. The Enemy, Maccabees, Mistery Jets, The View just to cite few not forgetting the Libertines’ follow ups: Babyshambles and Dirty Pretty Things.

By Valerio So, Is this it? Apparently it is. Dirty Pretty Things announced their split. What was, until few days ago, just another tour from Carl Barat & Friends to promote their second album, it turned out to be their last. One thing is for sure. Barat - Doherty and the entire world revolving around th...

By Valerio One thing is for sure. Barat - Doherty and the entire world revolving around them - have the best PRs in UK. Listen to Dirty Pretty Things here, while we wait to see what next is going to be. [myspace] [website] So, Is this it? Apparently it is. Dirty Pretty Things announced their split. What was, un...

By Valerio You may not agree with me, but when he sings “…and it comes easy” on Box his intonation is strikingly similar of Pete Doherty’s voice played on a riff that the Strokes could kill for. Watching gigs together with 200 people is probably my favourite way to experience live rock music.

By Valerio The second Libertines homonymous album came out after Barat sacked Doherty. The Libertines is not half as good as the debut. Drugs and Kate Moss made him unmanageable. Barat fronted the band alone for a while then split. As usual, the early end of a band signs the birth of a myth.