Ok I Was Wrong

When the line up for Reading and Leeds was announced I questioned whether the reformed Libertines would be there for the right reasons, if they even turned up. I'm quite happy to say I was wrong.

Ok so they did get paid an extortionate amount of money and I'm sure even Carl will admit the money had a lot to do with it, but they showed up and the stormed it. They loved it, the critics loved it and the crowd loved it, so much so that during both legs their set had to be paused to allow some over excited fans to calm down. Yes they sounded a bit rusty, but The Libertines have always been about more than sounding good.

It almost couldn't have gone any better and although crowd interaction was kept to a minimum, with tunes such as Time for Heros, Boys In The Band and Up The Bracket they didn't need to say anything.

For the first time in years Pete and Carl let their music do the talking, hopefully it will stay like that.