Pete Doherty: 'We're working on new Libertines album - that's the dream'

Band 'have the desire to complete old ideas'

March 2010: The Libertines announce they will be reuniting to perform at Reading and Leeds festivals at a press conference, which turns into a guerrilla gig. The band perform 2 shows at the HMV Forum before taking to the stage at Reading's Little John Farm and Leeds' Bramham Park.

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Monday 16th June 2014 by Andrew Trendell | Photos by WENN

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Pete Doherty has spoken out about the potential of a new album from The Libertines, saying that it's ultimately 'the dream' in the wake of their upcoming reunion gigs.

The band recently reunited for massive show at London's Hyde Park for the British Summertime gigs, before announcing further dates in Glasgow in Europe. They have hinted at the possibility of playing new material, but now it seems somewhat more likely.

"A new record is exactly what we're talking about, that's the dream, really," Pete Doherty told The Daily Record. "Finish off all those ideas that we never completed back in the day, all those songs we never played for anyone else that have been floating around in the ether. We're also wanting to try out a few new ideas so it wouldn't just be old stuff.

"I don't want to tempt fate but we both have the desire, so I think it will happen. It's important to be honest and there's still a lot we have to say. We're still relevant."

Speaking about recent rehearsals with Carl Barat in Spain, Doherty continued: "He came to see me about three weeks ago in Barcelona and we had a little chat. He's never done that in all the time since we split up. We've met, obviously, but its always been with a third party or a chaperone, management or even bloody security."

He added: "So we went out, just the two of us, in Barcelona. We were talking about the band and making plans, getting our guitars out and going for a little wander around the city, sitting in the square at night, playing all the songs. It was magical. It felt better than anything and meant the world to me. I love him and he loves me and it’s important that we could tell each other that."

Watch Carl Barat discussing The Libertines with Gigwise below

The Libertines' newly 2014 European tour dates are below. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 20 June. For more information on these and previously announced UK dates, visit Gigwise tickets.

Paris, Zenith - September 30)
Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall - October 2
Brussels, FN Club - October 3
Berlin, Columbiahalle - October 4
Dusseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle - October 5

Below: The many highs and lows of The Libertines' career so far