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The Libertines return to the scene of their reunion at the 2010 Reading Festival to headline the Main Stage shortly before the release of their album Anthems for Doomed Youth.

The Libertines return to the scene of their triumphant reunion at the 2010 Reading Festival to headline the Main Stage shortly before the release of their much anticipated third album Anthems for Doomed Youth.

The band formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Bar芒t (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Bar芒t and Doherty, had their line up completed by John Hassall on bass and Gary Powell on drums. They gained some notoriety in the early 2000s and although their mainstream success was initially limited their profile soon grew and, in December 2004, their self-titled second album went to No 1 and was voted the second best album of the year by NME magazine. But tensions within the band grew and the band split soon afterwards and the greatest rock 'n' roll story of a generation has been waiting for a new chapter ever since.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

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    Horrorshow (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Vertigo (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    The Delaney (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Can't Stand Me Now (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Campaign Of Hate (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Time For Heroes (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Music When The Lights Go Out (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Begging (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    What Katie Did (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Boys In The Band (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    The Ha Ha Wall (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    You're My Waterloo (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Last Post On The Bugle (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Death On The Stairs (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Tell The King (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Anthem For Doomed Youth (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    The Good Old Days (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Barbarians (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Up The Bracket (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    What A Waster (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    Don't Look Back Into The Sun (Reading + Leeds 2015)

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    I Get Along (Reading + Leeds 2015)

Credits

Role Contributor
Director Janet Fraser-Crook
Executive Producer Alison Howe
Executive Producer Mark Cooper

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