Carl's number 49 in the NME cool list: 49. Carl Barat [re-entry]
2008 was a rough year for the man Pete Doherty used to call Biggles, with serious illness and poor album sales conspiring to spell the end for Dirty Pretty Things. Yet Carlos retains an indelible aura of cool and his recent announcement that The Libertines have "unfinished business" bodes well for 2009
Here's an interview with Carl from earlier this year...
And a video made by our Linna: I get along in Dublin
October 29, 2008
Carl attends the launch of the new Newbury studio...Watch it here...
October 19, 2008
Some great pictures the Southhampton gig. All pictures by Vera.
October 18, 2008
And here's a video of Carl singing Burma live at the Junction, Cambridge.
October 17, 2008
The trailer for Telstar is now online at telstarmovie.co.uk. There's only a quick glimpse of Carl, but it looks interesting...
October 11, 2008
Not really DPT-pics, but too good to hold them back: some pics I found in my mailbox. Pics from the time when Carl joined Pete in april last year... Click the image to view the set.
October 11, 2008
Love Music Hate Racism pays a tribute to Dirty Pretty Things.
Here are 17 great pics of the band at Silent Disco. All pics by Veronica Moore...
October 10, 2008
Tim Burgess in Lancashire Evening Post:
"Following Dirty Pretty Things split last week, Barat announced he would pursue other projects. Burgess says: "The idea now is to actually do a record which I think me and Carl will write and then bring in people.
"It's still too early but I think Carl's star still shines quite bright. It's not going to be the end of the story. I think he'll probably do a solo record and the Chavs thing is going to happen, it's just about when really."
And here are some old pictures... Click the image to view the pictures.
October 8,2008
Carl in this weeks NME
"It Just Became un-Libertine"
Carl Barat has revealed that he split up DPT last Wednesday October 1 because the band has become “business like” and “un-Libertine”. He insisted the break up of the band, currently on their final tour, was not paving the way for a Libertines reunion. “We were going along the conveyor belt” Barat told NME. “It became business like, very un-Libertine. People weren’t even turning up to stuff. I had a moment of clarity during my illness (Barat recently had acute pancreatitis) - it didn’t feel right, I wasn’t happy”.
Barat explained that when he broke the news there were “mixed reactions” but the overall sense among the four piece was relief. Guitarist Anthony Rossomando revelead that he had already been planning to leave due to fraught album sessions in California and his view that Barat worked better alone. “I’d been planning on leaving for a long time” he said. “I was like ‘when is Carl going to decide what he wants to do’ . We’d had loads of 9am conversations off our faces. Carl was like, ‘You wouldn’t care if this ended tomorrow would you’. I was like ‘Nah’...."
When asked if he was pleased with DPT’s tepidly-received second album, Rossomando said “No. The recording was fucked. If I talk about it, it’ll get ugly. If it wasn’t for psychedelic desert drug trips I couldn’t have got through it”.
While Rossomando said he would pursue collaboration projects following the split, Barat said he had no plans, although he promised he would continue to write music. He quashed rumours of a Libertines reunion despite playing live with Pete Doherty in London last month. “I might come back (performing) in five minutes” he said, “but this is absolutely not paving the way for a Libertines reformation. “With this off our backs the tour is like the last days of Rome. I love the boys too much to keep this band going. It would have killed our relationships. Now I feel free”.
October 4, 2008
Some pictures from Dirty Pretty Things at O2 Wireless festival. All pics by Verocs (more at her Photobucket).
October 3, 2008
Giorgio Testi has put the official video for Blood Thirsty Bastards online. Watch it at Myspace TV.
October 1, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things split up...
In an exclusive announcement to NME the band told they split up...
A scan from the free German music magazine Uncle Sally's. Scan by Grinning Soul.
September 28, 2008
Carl talked to sundaymail.co.uk about his film debut as Gene Vincent in 'Telstar' and about his new passion for songwriting. Read the interview here or at sundaymail.co.uk.
September 26, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things, Reverend And The Makers' Jon McClure, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly and Late Of The Pier are among those who have signed a letter condemning the right-wing festival which caused havoc in a Somerset village last weekend (September 20).
And here are two videos for your viewing pleasure...
An interview with Gary at the Fashion Week.
Carl and Kieran Leonard sing Dylan at The Hideaway Sessions...
September 26, 2008
'Telstar', the film about the life of legendary producer Joe Meek, with Carl as Gene Vincent, is to premiere at London Film Festival this October.
Read all about it at NME
September 26, 2008
And another (yet unconfirmed) gig: DPT should play in France (Bataclan Paris) on the 25th November. Info here.
September 26, 2008
Vote for Carl as the greatest ever frontperson at NME.
NME is currently hosting a Vote for the Greatest Front Person of All Time! You just have to go through their list of all front people to find Carl, while voting for each one along the way on a scale of Worst to Best...
Click here to vote and to automatically vote 10 for Carl.
September 25, 2008
Nothing official yet, but it seems like Dirty Pretty Things are doing some European gigs...
They'll not only play 'De Melkweg' in Amsterdam the 22nd November (tickets on 1th October at ticketmaster), but it seems like they'll play Berlin the 19th November (Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof) and Koln the 20th November (Luxor). Tickets here.
September 25, 2008
And here are some great pictures of the Brighton gig by Veroniko Moore. Click the image to view the pictures.
September 25, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things will play 'De Melkweg' in Amsterdam the 22nd November. No tickets available yet...
September 24, 2008
Some great fan artwork... Click the image to view the pictures.
First five are from Rollerskateskinny. The last one is from Kati.
Myspace DJ slots and reminder on forthcoming gigs:
24 Sep 2008 20:00 - Lava & Ignite (Carl DJ Set) - Edinburgh
26 Sep 2008 20:00 - Snug Lounge (Gary and Didz DJ Set) - Nottingham
26 Sep 2008 20:00 - The Hub (Carl and Anthony DJ Set) - Plymouth
27 Sep 2008 20:00 - Tall Trees (DPT DJ Set) Stockton
27 Sep 2008 21:00 - Middlesbrough Arena Middlesbrough
04 Oct 2008 19:00 - ABC Glasgow
04 Oct 2008 20:00 - Bunker Bar (DPT DJ Set and Aftershow) - Glasgow
05 Oct 2008 19:00 - Old Picture House - Edinburgh
07 Oct 2008 19:00 - Academy 2 - Manchester
08 Oct 2008 19:00 - Metropolitan University - Leeds
09 Oct 2008 19:00 - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton
10 Oct 2008 20:00 - Propaganda @ Gatecrasher (Carl DJ Set) - Birmingham
11 Oct 2008 20:00 - Glasshouse Republic (DPT DJ Set) - Leeds
11 Oct 2008 20:00 - Keele University - Newcastle
12 Oct 2008 19:00 - The Junction - Cambridge
12 Oct 2008 20:00 - Soul Tree (Didz and Gary DJ Set and Aftershow) - Cambridge
13 Oct 2008 19:00 - UEA Norwich
14 Oct 2008 19:00 - The Roundhouse - London, London and South East
16 Oct 2008 20:00 - Academy Oxford
18 Oct 2008 19:00 - Guildhall - Southampton
18 Oct 2008 20:00 - Soul Cellar (Didz and Gary DJ Set and Aftershow) - Southampton
23 Oct 2008 20:00 - Hertfordshire University - Hatfield
24 Oct 2008 20:00 - Propaganda @ Academy Bristol (Carl DJ Set) - Bristol
02 Nov 2008 20:00 - Mandela Hall - Belfast
03 Nov 2008 20:00 - The Academy Dublin
05 Nov 2008 20:00 - Cyrprus Avenue - Cork
06 Nov 2008 20:00 - Greystones Theatre - Wicklow
07 Nov 2008 20:00 - Roisin Dubh Galway
Head over to the bands MySpace for more details.
September 23, 2008
Carl and Pete performing at Prince of Wales.
September 23, 2008
Hi all, I'd like to welcome two new members on the Dirty Pretty Site team: Linna (known from the official Forum) and Sophie (also known as TeaMonster on the same forum) will help with the site from now on..
So stay tuned and expect more news to come!
September 18, 2008
Carl played a short acoustic set with Pete Doherty at Camden's Prince Of Wales pub yesterday. Doherty was there to play a solo set as part of the London Fashion Week. More at NME.com.
September 11, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things and The Charlatans' cover from Ant Music is now online at youtube.
Dirty Pretty Things will play Middlesbrough Arena on Saturday, 27th September. You can buy tickets online here.
September 3, 2008
Carl talked to Q magazine about his favourite Oasis track.
HALF THE WORLD AWAY - Chosen by: Carl Barat, Dirty Pretty Things
This is a perfect piece of songwriting. It communicates an emotion to the listener and makes them feel it, too, which is what great songs should do. I was 16 when I first heard Live Forever and it stopped me in my tracks. Oasis made me feel like English music was coming back. I never felt they fitted into the whole Britpop thing. Nothing they’ve released since (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? appeals to me, apart from The Importance Of Being Idle. But I can tolerate a certain amount of oafishness when they’re delivering something so special.
September 3, 2008
The scala gig tomorrow has been cancelled. As an apology Compass Three are offering all competition entrants a pair of tickets to any of their upcoming gigs free of charge (subject to availability).
August 29, 2008
You can watch pictures from Dirty Pretty Things at the NME signing tent at NME.com.
August 29, 2008
The new copy of Maxim has a seven page feature on the band with some amazing picures.
Auguqt 29, 2008
And a picture from Carl and Tim Burgess recording 'Ant Music'...
August 27, 2008
Some scans from the Belgian magazine Humo about Dirty Pretty Things. The first scan is from an interview with Jan Paternoster from the Black Box Revelation.
August 25, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things appeared in the February edition of the French magazine Voxpop. All scans by Anjali.
August 24, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things played the Reading festival yesterday and the covered Nirvana's 'In Bloom'. More about it on NME.com.
You can also watch some songs from their set on bbc.co.uk.
August 21, 2008
The German Visions magazine has done an interview with Dirty Pretty Things. All scans by Maresi.
August 21, 2008
The Koko gig has been put one week back, it will now take place on Tuesday 2 September. The venue will be the London Scala and the support band is the Metros.
August 19, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things played the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium the 14th of August and I got to do an interview with Didz and Gary after their gig. They talked about the new album, Mercury Rev and the Matrix…
No more updates until Sunday. I'm off to Pukkelpop to see them play and to do an interview for this site! You can read more about it on Monday...
August 11, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things will appear on Channel 4's 'Transmission' on September 5th performing a cover of Adam and the Ants 'Ant Music' along with Ants' bass player Chris Merrick and members of the Charlatans.
August 8, 2008
Didz talked to 6 music last night about how Carl's alcohol ban is helping the band and about Carl's recovery. Read more about it here.
August 6, 2008
Didz will be joining Andrew Harrison and Jon Mclure on Steve Lamacq's show on 6 Music tomorrow night (Between 18:00 and 19:00).
August 1, 2008
Carl talked to Q Magazine this month about his favourite travelling tunes. Scans at the official site.
July 28, 2008
And another YouTube clip... Carl about his collaboration with Marc Ronson...
July 28, 2008
Some video coverage of Dirty Pretty Things playing at T4 on the Beach...
July 27, 2008
DJ set on August 10th in Dirty South...
Dirty Pretty Things return to the ever more familiar Dirty South, for a filthy nasty and dirty (but pretty) dj set.. Expect indie rock n’ roll to be emerging from behind the dirtiest decks in the south with Didz at the helm. Couple this with live support from hand picked bands from across the uk. Expect to party like Chinese Dog with 9 Lives!
”Drummers who left a mark
Gary Powell - Dirty Pretty Things
While his singers in The Libertines, Pete Doherty and Carl Barât, whose Dirty Pretty Things he now drums for, have had a series of health and chemically addled misadventures, the muscular Powell can be seen back-stage swinging from the ceiling. The indestructible rock of current British indie. “
July 25, 2008
Maxim reviewed Romance At Short Notice (4 stars out of 5) and did an interview with Didz and Carl...
July 22, 2008
Gary's in The Times discussing a recent article saying that drummers are as fit as sports men. Read it here.
July 19, 2008
A short interview with Carl, Didz and Anthony from Wireless and a video from Tired of England...
Thanks for the video, polkadots.
July 19, 2008
Happy birthday, Didz!
July 18, 2008
Last night, Carl, Didz and Gary watched Kieran Leonard and Coco Sumner at the Boogaloo in support of Teenage Cancer Trust foundation.
July 18, 2008
Some pictures from Carl and Didz's dj-set at Dangerous Disco (July 11th). All pictures by Anjali.
July 18, 2008
The official site confirms the DPT gig at the Oya Festival in Oslo on August 8th.
Tune in to MTV two at 9.00 pm today to see Dirty Pretty Things perform at Wireless earlier this month...
July 17, 2008
Apparently, Dirty Pretty Things will play in Oslo at the Oya festival on August 8th. This has not yet been confirmed by the official site. More info at the festival site.
"Dirty Pretty Things' Carl Barat and Reverend And The Makers' Jon 'The Reverend' McClure are working on a dub record together.
Speaking to BBC 6Music, Barat confirmed the collaboration was occurring, but said that the duo felt no pressure to release the new material.
"I'm just making a little dub record," he said, "to see how it goes, and if it's no good then well just leave it. It's just something I want to do and something he [McClure] wants to do."
July 15, 2008
Carl and Anthony were on the German radio yesterday...
Some great pictures of Dirty Pretty Things at O2 Wireless can be found here and here. All pictures (included the one above) by Veronika Moore
July 11, 2008
James Allan (Glasvegas) about playing with Dirty Pretty Things on Daily Record:
"We played with PaulWeller the other night and Carl came along," he said. "Then, when we were recording some b-sides on our day off, me and the bass player went along to the Dirty Pretty Things gig and I went up and did a song with Carl.
"We hadn't rehearsed. I just walked in and picked up a guitar.
When the song broke down I started singing Bob Marley's Stir It Up which confused people but they joined in.
"Afterwards we went bowling with Carl. He won so I was raging. I'm a fan of the film Big Lebowski and a few people were shouting, 'Over the line, Smokey' so they must have been fans of the film as well. It was great."
And here's a short YouTube clip of the 'Stir it up' part...
July 10, 2008
ChannelBee has some great video footage of Dirty Pretty Things. You have to download their own player to view the video's though...
July 9, 2008
Funny story... Carl and Russell Brand being sober together... Read it at the Sun.
July 9, 2008
From XFM: Dirty Pretty Things' Carl Barat is backing a massive free gig for young volunteers due to take place at the Royal Albert Hall in September, and the only way to get in is to give up your time.
From the official site: Dirty Pretty Things are this week's featured artist on XFM's Live from Leicester Square session which airs between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Friday, 11th July.
Click here to be in with a chance of being in attendance.
For more info on the show and to listen online, go to www.xfm.co.uk
July 8, 2008
In NME this week:
Carl Barat has revealed he is set to collaborate with producer Mark Ronson on a new project.
However, the Dirty Pretty Things frontman is refusing to reveal the details of the team-up.
Speaking to the Daily Star, Barat said: "I'm a fan of Ronson. Who isn't? We have something coming up but it's very hush-hush. I don't want to jinx anything so my lips are sealed, but it could be brilliant."
The singer/guitarist also revealed that he is collaborating on a project with Reverend And The Makers' Jon McClure, saying: "He's a busy man too. I think he's got Attention Defecit Disorder like me."
July 8, 2008
Win some exclusive VIP-tickets to see DPT DJ'ing for the launch of Dangerous Disco at the official site.
July 7, 2008
Get some exclusive live tracks from Dirty Pretty Things at Napster (paying).
Buzzards and Crows
Plastic Hearts
Hippys Son
Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan cover)
July 6, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things will play two more festivals in Europe:
Motor FM Berlin on 16th August - click here for more info.
Rock en Seine on 28th August - click here for more details.
July 4, 2008
Watch Dirty Pretty Things recording the first ever live session for NME Radio...
July 3, 2008
Here's an interview with Carl & Anthony on the roof of Universal Records. The interview is by Last FM...
July 2, 2008
Great news...
Dirty Pretty Things are playing a last minute warm-up gig for Fridays appearance at the Wireless Festival tomorrow night (Thursday, 3rd July) at the Hertford Marquee - go to www.marqueehertford.co.uk for more info.
July 2, 2008
Glasvegas' James Allan joined Dirty Pretty Things live on stage last night (July 1) at Shoreditch House in London. He sung and played guitar during the last song of a gig Carl Barat and co. were playing for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Allan joined the band as they performed 'B.U.R.M.A.'.
July 1, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things will be the first band to play on NME radio. The band will playing a live session for NME Radio today (July 1) at 4pm.
Carl Barat and co will be heading to the studios here at NME to play live and then chat about their new album, 'Romance At Short Notice'.
To tune in either head to Sky Channel 0184 or Virgin Media 975. Otherwise you can listen online via NME.COM/radio.
July 1, 2008
Dirty Pretty Things will play on this year's T4 on the Beach which takes place at Weston-super-Mare on 20th July. The festival is already sold out, but Channel 4 is giving away some tickets in the next few weeks...
July 1, 2008
Here's a YouTube clip of DPT's in 'Suggs in the City'
Vote for Carl as the greatest ever frontperson at NME.
Dirty Pretty Things play at Pukkelpop today.
DJ set on August 10th in Dirty South...
