Pete Doherty has announced some gigs in Ireland, his first in a decade as part of The Battered Songbook Tour.
The former Libertines man, is heading on tour this April in Ireland and the UK including three gigs in Belfast, Dublin and Cork.
The Battered Songbook tour features intimate acoustic solo shows from the singer-songwriter. Peter will be performing a selection of nuggets from his back catalogue, including classics from The Libertines, Babyshambles and solo projects.
APRIL 2023
13 – Belfast, Limelight
14 – Dublin, Opium Rooms
15 – Cork, Cyprus Avenue
18 – Glasgow, SWG3
19 – Stockton, KU Bar
21 –Newcastle, Riverside
22 – Lancaster, Kanteena
23 – Hull, The Welly Club
24 – Norwich, The Waterfront
26 – Manchester, O2 Ritz
27 – Liverpool, The Church
29 – Bristol, O2 Academy
30 – Falmouth, Princess Pavilion
MAY 2023
2 – Oxford, O2 Academy
3 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
4 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
5 – London, Royal Albert Hall
Tickets are on sale Friday 24th February at 10am, from venues.
A new Libertines album is also apparently in the works.
Peter Doherty has released ten albums – three with The Libertines Up The Bracket (2002), The Libertines(2004) &Anthems For Doomed Youth(2015); three with Babyshambles: Down In Albion (2005), Shotters Nation (2007) &Sequel To The Prequel (2013); two solo albums: Grace/Wastelands (2009) & Hamburg Demonstrations (2017); one as Peter Doherty &The Puta Madres (2019) and most recently a collaboration with Frederic Lo The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime (2022).
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