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'
Dirty Pretty Things play at Pukkelpop today.
DJ set on August 10th in Dirty South...
Win some exclusive VIP-tickets to see DPT DJ'ing for the launch of Dangerous Disco at the official site.
