Carl Barat

The Libertines announce first album in 9 years, share "Run Run Run"

“This one feels like we were all actually in the same place, at the same speed, and we really connected,” says Carl Barât. ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ will be out April 5.

The Libertines celebrating 'Up the Bracket' 20th Anniversary with box set and Wembley Arena show

The ‘Up the Bracket‘ box set features 65 bonus tracks, including unreleased demos, a full live show recording, b-sides, radio sessions and more.

Glen Hansard expands tour, playing Rough Trade (& Shane MacGowan's 60th birthday)

Shane MacGowan’s birthday celebration also features Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Johnny Depp, Cerys Matthews (Catatonia), Carl Barat of The Libertines, Glen Matlock, Clem Burke, members of The Pogues and more.

John Cale performing VU's debut LP in Paris with Animal Collective & more

Animal Collective, Mark Lanegan, members of the LIbertines and many others to help VU member John Cale play the classic album in full.

Carl Barat cancels all North American dates except SXSW

Libertine Carl Barât and his new band The Jacks were supposed to tour North America in March, but unfortunately everything except SXSW has been cancel…

Carl Barât & The Jackals releasing debut LP, announce North American tour (dates & album trailer)

UPDATE: All dates cancelled except SXSW. Carl Barât will soon be very busy, if he’s not already. In addition to the full-on Libertines reunion, he’s also about to release Let It Reign, the debut album from his new band Carl Barât & The Jack……

SXSW 2015 2nd round of artists announced

The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel) A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m…

Dirty Pretty Things, RIP

It is with some sadness we announce the farewell of the Dirty Pretty Things. It’s been a glorious three years which we all would gladly live out again, but it is time for us to try new things…

pictures from Glastonbury 2007 - it was wet & muddy

“This weekend saw the Glastonbury Festival taking place but it also saw one of the wettest weekends that we’ve seen recently – it was p*ssing down quite a lot of the time…