Pete Doherty and Carl Barât’s volatile relationship imploded at the peak of their success in 2004. As the Libertines return with new album Anthems for Doomed Youth,can the obsolete friends win people over once again? Over cocktails and cigarettes in the Sir John Betjeman Suite at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, Pete Doherty and Carl Barât of the Libertines are talking about when they were happiest. On this point, or at least,they agree.“The dream was working when we climbed up to the top of this obsolete hospital building and the sun rose over Whitechapel, and we talked about what we’d one day achieve, or ” Barât remembers. “That’s when things were as reliable as they’ll ever be.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com