The Libertines' Carl Barat and Peter Doherty play in Sauchiehall Street record shop
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Peter Doherty and Carl Barat of The Libertines are the latest musicians to take to the wee stage at Assai Records on Sauchiehall Street. Pete took photos with fans as he walked to the record shop before leading off a 45 minute set of stripped down versions of their hits and plenty of interaction with the small group of fans there to see the show. Assai staff said: “Thank you Pete and Carl! We wont forget that in a while!” Doherty began by performing Albion before the pair stormed through songs including Don’t Look Back into the Sun and Can’t Stand Me Now. The Libertines are on tour in support releasing a fourth album, All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade.
Carl Barat is staying in House of Gods hotel on Glassford Street while the band are in town and was the DJ at an afterparty in the basement at Blackfriars on Bell Street last night alongside bandmate Gary Powell.
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The review of the gig in The Scotsman said: “Their songs were never rocket science but have aged well with some enduring lyrical twists. What Became of the Likely Lads was a reminder that there was a nostalgic streak to their music even when the band were in their early twenties. Now the turbulent chemistry of co-frontmen Pete Doherty and Carl Barat appears to have stabilised and, in contrast to their volatile past, they barrelled through this set with a brief sidebar rendition of Happy Birthday for bassist John Hassell and choice words for the UK government.
“The audience buoyed their performance throughout with well-oiled backing vocals applied to the tender Music When The Lights Go Out and the evocative storytelling of Death on the Stairs. What Katie Did had a soused swagger of its own, while Can't Stand Me Now remains an irresistible chant. They closed their set with one of their best, the poetic, freewheeling Time For Heroes, and there was just time before curfew for a nippy encore including their playful debut What a Waster and plaintive anthem Don't Look Back Into the Sun.”
Set list: Assai Records on Sauchiehall Street
Albion
Time for Heroes
Night of the Hunter
The Ha Ha Wall
Run Run Run
Mockingbird
Can’t Stand Me Now
Music When the Lights Go Out
What Katie Did
Death on the Stairs
What a Waster
Tell the King/Puff the Magic Dragon
Don’t Look Back into the Sun
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