Pete Doherty

Also known as Peter Doherty

English musician, actor and poet (born 1979)

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Acting · Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK

Pete Doherty is an English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist. He is best known for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie band Babyshambles and Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres.

Known for

Tribute to David Bowie - Heroes Never Die — Self2026
The Libertines - Nuits de Fourvière 2025 — Self2025
Chambre 503 - The Libertines en concert privé — Self2024
Camden — Self2024
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin — Self2023
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful — Self2023
The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime — Self2022
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM — Self2022
Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show — Self2022
Louis Theroux Interviews — Self2022

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1979

alternativebritishclassic pop and rock

Discography

Acousticlullaby (Skag & Bone mix)2004
Acoustic Sessions2004
Shaking And Withdrawn Megamix2004
Shaken and Withdrawn2008
Broken Love Song / The Ballad of Grimaldi2009
Grace/Wastelands2009
The Last of the English Roses2009
Flags of the old regime2015
Hamburg Demonstrations2016
The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime2022

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 318,014
Total plays: 7,499,490

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“Nooooooah. No, that was a big joke in the family. When I was 16, 17, I started drifting away from everything else and picking up a guitar, and it was like, "What are you doing? You can't sing and you can't play a guitar", right up to the day we got signed by Rough Trade. And then it was like, "Go on play us a song", whereas before it was, "Shut up, fucking racket."”
“Basically there’s a gulf between truth and untruth, I don’t want to be too mathematical about it, because I’m not very good at maths. But it’s a divide between, I dunno, a film and a cartoon. I’ve just become this cartoon character. I try not to follow it, but when you see pictures of yourself that have been photo-shopped to show you doing something you didn’t…. that’s wrong. It’s my worst nightmare – and being misquoted, too, especially as I’m so precious about words.”
“I'm not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I'm not going to let them destroy my feelings or my emotions.”
“We have played at venues up and down the country on this tour, some of which had no security, and have encountered no problems or witnessed any aggression. I simply asked the bouncer last night to apologise for his behaviour, three times in fact, and he refused. I was very upset at his attitude and although I'm very sorry for letting everyone down last night, I refuse to play at venues where pumped up, 16 stone men feel the need to be aggressively rude and to bully teenage kids around.”
“I made this big statement saying, "I've left The Libertines." A couple of people said, "You can't do that! You're such a great band! What are you gonna do about Brixton?" And some people said, "Well, I'd rather be here than Brixton." There's no reason you can't do both. If I was 16 or 17 and Morrissey opened his front door to me and let me go and listen to him and chat to him it would be a joy. Why not? It's possible. I don't really have that much else going on in my life.”
“"We've had death threats", Pete says, "saying, 'You're evil and your days are numbered." What was it, "Don't panic but be scared". Someone shat on our doorstep once and nailed a sparrow to our basement door. I don't mind, me. I'll out-weird any stalker.”

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Key facts

Born: Peter Doherty , ( 1979-03-12 ) 12 March 1979 (age 47) , Hexham , Northumberland, England
Genres: Indie rock post-punk garage rock
Occupations: Musician singer songwriter
Instruments: Vocals guitar bass guitar harmonica melodica piano organ
Years active: 1997–present
Labels: Rough Trade Silvertone EMI Astralwerks Clouds Hill High Society Strap Originals
Member of: The Libertines Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres Babyshambles
Spouse: Katia de Vidas ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2021 )
Website: peterdoherty .strap-originals .com

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Official website: www.frenchdogblues.com
Image: CDLN2022PeteDoherty 3.jpg

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Commons category: Pete Doherty
date of birth: 1979-03-12
name in native language: Pete Doherty
start of work period: 1997-00-00
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Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician. He is best known for being co-frontman of the Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie bands Babyshambles and Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres.

Early life