The Libertines released their last studio album, Anthems for Doomed Youth, back in 2015. Now, frontman Carl Barât has confirmed that he and Pete Doherty have already got their studio sessions scheduled.

“We’ve been down and done a few writing sessions already,” Barât revealed. “But we’re going to sort of bed in and do something a bit less control freak this time, rather doing lots and compiling and seeing what’s working and what isn’t. But there will be quite a few stories around the corner I think.”

The band also recently launched their own hotel in Margate in the UK called Albion Rooms. Regarding the hotel’s status, Barât said: “I’ve got more ideas and ambitions than I could possibly ever achieve. You know, I think the art is not spreading yourself too thin. I spent two years trying to get this hotel, gallery, studio up and running… We are really close now, actually.”

You can watch the full interview below:

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As it turns out, Doherty did not get on with the band and actually used to outright refuse to listen to them. Despite sharing a fanbase, Doherty confessed to Phil Taggart on his podcast that he “heard they were good” so ignored them completely.

“The Arctic Monkeys, I just refused to listen to them,” he recalled. “And managed to avoid them for a long long time, ’cause I heard they were good and I didn’t want to listen to them…”

He then went onto confess that he actually went as far as avoiding them in person anytime they were sharing a stage.

“There’s been a few things that have happened where I didn’t know them by sight and they’ve come to say hello and I’ve had them slung out or something, and then when I tried to go say hello I wasn’t allowed to go anywhere near their backstage,” said Doherty. “So I still haven’t met them.”

He then joked: “I dunno, that fella [Turner]. I suppose he’s a good songwriter, isn’t he? I wouldn’t want to be in a relationship with him though. He really pulls them apart in those songs, the ones that I’ve heard, you know? There’s a few embarrassed girls out there I’ll tell you now.”

And that’s your random and surprising fact about Pete Doherty for the day.

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The Libertines released their last studio album, Anthems for Doomed Youth, back in 2015. Now, frontman Carl Barât has confirmed that he and Pete Doherty have already got their studio sessions scheduled.

“We’ve been down and done a few writing sessions already,” Barât revealed. “But we’re going to sort of bed in and do something a bit less control freak this time, rather doing lots and compiling and seeing what’s working and what isn’t. But there will be quite a few stories around the corner I think.”

The band also recently launched their own hotel in Margate in the UK called Albion Rooms. Regarding the hotel’s status, Barât said: “I’ve got more ideas and ambitions than I could possibly ever achieve. You know, I think the art is not spreading yourself too thin. I spent two years trying to get this hotel, gallery, studio up and running… We are really close now, actually.”

You can watch the full interview below:

The post The Libertines Are Getting Ready to Return to the Studio For Album Number Four appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

As it turns out, Doherty did not get on with the band and actually used to outright refuse to listen to them. Despite sharing a fanbase, Doherty confessed to Phil Taggart on his podcast that he “heard they were good” so ignored them completely.

“The Arctic Monkeys, I just refused to listen to them,” he recalled. “And managed to avoid them for a long long time, ’cause I heard they were good and I didn’t want to listen to them…”

He then went onto confess that he actually went as far as avoiding them in person anytime they were sharing a stage.

“There’s been a few things that have happened where I didn’t know them by sight and they’ve come to say hello and I’ve had them slung out or something, and then when I tried to go say hello I wasn’t allowed to go anywhere near their backstage,” said Doherty. “So I still haven’t met them.”

He then joked: “I dunno, that fella [Turner]. I suppose he’s a good songwriter, isn’t he? I wouldn’t want to be in a relationship with him though. He really pulls them apart in those songs, the ones that I’ve heard, you know? There’s a few embarrassed girls out there I’ll tell you now.”

And that’s your random and surprising fact about Pete Doherty for the day.

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