Ausverkauft | The Libertines

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The Libertines

The English rock band comes to Germany

Presented by egoFM and curt

With their sound between anthemic Britpop, seventies post-punk and indie-heavy garage rock, The Libertines shaped an entire era in the early two-thousands. Not only the band's music, but also the scandals surrounding founding member Pete Doherty made the band world-famous. Following the release of their debut album "Up The Bracket", they were named "Best British Act" at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards and received NME Awards in the categories "Best New Band" (2003), "Best UK Band" (2004) and "Best British Band" (2005). Their two hit singles "Don't Look Back Into The Sun" and "Can't Stand Me Now" have sold over 600,000 copies, achieving platinum status in the UK, while they have also been streamed over 100 million times on Spotify. "All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade", the band's fourth album, was released in April 2024 and they will be coming to Germany for four concerts in February 2025.

In 1997, guitarists and singers Carl Barât and Pete Doherty began writing songs, both dropped out of university and moved into a shared apartment to work more intensively on their own songs. They founded the band The Libertines, which became a permanent line-up with bassist John Hassal (from 1999) and drummer Gary Powell (from 2001). The band wowed the British press with the garage rock sound of their debut album "Up The Bracket" . NME named The Libertines ' debut album as one of the ten best British albums and listed it as the second best album of its decade. The single "Don't Look Back Into The Sun" reached number 11 in the British singles charts in 2003, but was already surpassed in 2004 with "Can't Stand Me Now" and second place in the singles charts. The release of their second album "The Libertines" finally allowed the band to break through on an international level in 2004 and gave them their first number 1 in the UK album charts. Due to renewed differences with Pete Doherty, The Libertines took a break for a few years after a last concert without him in December 2004.

While Doherty initiated the band Babyshambles, Barât founded the band Dirty Pretty Things together with Powel. Both projects released several albums and attracted international attention before The Libertines reunited with Doherty in 2010 and celebrated their live comeback at the Reading & Leeds Festivals. Four years later, the band reunited for another live reunion in London's Hyde Park. A subsequent European tour consolidated the comeback, which was confirmed with the third album "Anthems For Doomed Youth" released in 2015. The album entered the charts in England at number 3 and achieved its greatest success to date in Germany at number 9 in the album charts. Another nine years later, "All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade" marked the band's fourth studio album in April 2024, which brought them back to number 1 in the charts in their home country. In Germany, the album reached number 7 in the charts, the band's highest placing to date. With "Run Run Run", The Libertines picked up on the sound of their early days and won over the press and their fans alike without writing new scandals.