The Libertines announce last minute UK arena tour warm-up

The Libertines will take, as they themselves say, a break from rehearsals to play a UK show tomorrow night (January 19th).

Shortly before an arena tour off the back of last year’s comeback album ‘Anthems For Doomed Youth‘ kicks off in Glasgow, the band will warm-up at the Empire in Coventry on Tuesday.

“‘Anthems For Doomed Youth’ may have been driven by a media and PR swirl of utilitarian campaigns; inclusive of album ‘bundles’, Facebook and e-mail promotions and an eventual upgrade of cancelled intimate shows in Manchester and London to swelling arena venues ill-befitting of the band’s performance style but, most importantly, the songs remain just as enthralling as ever,” our album review reads.

“Opening track ‘Barbarians’ sets the tone for an album filled with similar juxtaposing sentiments found in previous Libertines tracks, where Carl Barat bellows, “They boxed off your heart, you boxed out your mind”, over reverberating guitar chords.”

“Barat sings of a world which seems screwed up, yet his attitude allows him to make the most of it while Doherty is altogether more cynical.”