Could The Libertines play?

[Mardy]

Their stock is at a particularly low ebb at the moment, 4 years ago, loads of interest in them. These days, nope, if he could wait for another couple of years, might just get a decent crowd and a resurgence in interest. But a the moment, out of fashion, they'd not pull much of a crowd. Not enough to sell out, that's for sure.

[atomised]

I can't imagine them shifting massive numbers so I'm with you on that. I'd never have thought them a huge draw anyway. When they played Reading I thought they'd been put in below a perceived weak headliner

[atomised]

Jon from reverend and the makers tweeted something last night about Hyde park

[Gucci Piggy]

Smacks of Soundgarden at Hyde Park the other year. Definitely won't sell out.

[TenInchToenaiIs]

Didn't they do ridiculously cheap tickets when Soundgarden couldn't sell out hyde park? Hope for another scenario like that.

[addicted2noise]

Popularity wise they should really be on a par with the arctic monkeys (considering they kind of paved the way for them) but maybe they're not.

[A Guy Called Matt]

Jon from reverend and the makers tweeted something last night about Hyde park

[mike46]

I'm a borderline Libs obsessive, but I was surprised to hear they're headlining - no chance they'll sell it out unless tickets are real cheap.

As Mardy says, their whole popularity has slumped since Reading - Pete/Shambles/Libs etc just doesn't have that passion it had 5 years ago, even Pete's last gig at the Jamm in Brixton took a while to sell out (for the first time in ages) - I'm guessing the whole generation of fans has grown up and moved on/lost interest and the Libs haven't had the staying power of enticing new fans.

Maybe this gig could re-ignite that passion from the early noughties and hopefully stop the trash of the likes of the 1975,Bastille and basically all modern 'guitar' music by private school kids (I'm looking at you Palma Violets). Gigs have become far too cultured and civilised for my liking nowadays, I miss the beer soaked, chaos that Libs and Shambles gigs used to be.

[Stokesy10]

They won't do a secret gig at Glasto, Eavis would get into trouble. I'd give anything to see them there.

[eFestivals]

Pete/Shambles/Libs etc just doesn't have that passion it had 5 years ago

what you mean is that there's no longer a tabloid obsession with Pete, because he's not with Kate Moss anymore.

The noise always out-did the interest, by a long shot.

Edited April 22, 2014 by eFestivals

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

They won't do a secret gig at Glasto, Eavis would get into trouble. I'd give anything to see them there.

[Gucci Piggy]

Didn't they do ridiculously cheap tickets when Soundgarden couldn't sell out hyde park? Hope for another scenario like that.

[A Guy Called Matt]

Did 2-for-1 tickets I think.

[Gucci Piggy]

Did those who had purchased at a higher price get refunds or was it just tough luck>

[A Guy Called Matt]

Tough luck I assume, like usual when tickets get reduced.

[Gucci Piggy]

If they are to play BST I wonder if they are the main headline or there are others to make sure tickets sell.

[mrtourette]

Didn't they do ridiculously cheap tickets when Soundgarden couldn't sell out hyde park? Hope for another scenario like that.

[Zoo Music Girl]

The Neil Young date isn't even sold out yet (and that's with the mighty The National supporting ). It's been on sale since before Christmas. So I can't see how The Libertines would manage it.

They'd better not reduce the tickets on the BST dates as I recently gave in and forked out for one.

[GlastoSimon]

Would I be right in thinking that it would be their first big ticketed gig since they split up?

I don't know what the Reading tickets sales were like before they were announced, but I can't imagine it would be that disastrous if that's the case, surely?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Would I be right in thinking that it would be their first big ticketed gig since they split up?

I don't know what the Reading tickets sales were like before they were announced, but I can't imagine it would be that disastrous if that's the case, surely?

Edited April 22, 2014 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[kingcrawler]

It would be the biggest gig of their career by a long long way. Definitely the biggest headline gig of The Libertines, I'm fairly certain they never supported any gigs on this scale, and as far as I can think, I can't remember any of 'Shambles/DPT/Peter solo supporting anything standalone on the scale of this. 'Shambles did play Wireless in '05 ish and DPT in '08 ish, but I can't really think of anything even vaguely fitting the bill other than that.

It would only be their fifth full gig together since 2004.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Babyshambles were meant to support Oasis on a few dates of their stadium tour in 2005 but I don't think they turned up.

[Gucci Piggy]

I think DPT supported Muse at Wembley Stadium in 07.

[dentalplan]

To be fair, R+L sold out instantly that year, and it probably would've with or without The Libs, and their small warm up gigs (well, the one that was for the public) sold out instantly too of course. So it's really difficult to gauge how big a draw they'd actually be. I think it'd sell out eventually though.

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah I think they'd be just about alright selling 50,000 if they kept it around £50 and, as others have said, put some decent support on the bill