Watch The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins be a part of The Libertines on stage
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins lately joined The Libertines on stage to carry out ‘Don’t Look Again Into The Solar’ – take a look at the footage under.
Each bands performed on the 2024 Vilar de Mouros Pageant in Caminha, Portugal final Saturday (August 24). In keeping with Setlist.FM, Pete Doherty and Carl Barât delivered a 19-song set – airing classics in addition to cuts from their newest album, ‘All Quiet On The Jap Esplanade’.
The Libertines closed the present with a particular rendition of their 2003 single ‘Don’t Look Again Into The Solar’, with Hawkins helping on electrical guitar.
He has since shared footage of the second on social media. Within the caption, Hawkins wrote: “Final week @CAVilardeMouros, I had the sudden pleasure of becoming a member of @libertines on stage as a further guitarist for his or her mega hit ‘Don’t Look Again Into the Solar’. Life is filled with surprises, isn’t it?”
One other fan-shot video reveals Doherty introducing the musician after shouting out “the UK’s musical exports” on the invoice, together with The Darkness. On the finish of the efficiency, Hawkins takes a bow with the remainder of The Libertines.
On Instagram, Hawkins recalled: “The final time we had been on the identical invoice was a CRAZY XFM celebration again in 2002, I believe? Anyway, we spent all night time catching up and, to my delight, they had been terrific firm; vivid, sharp, cultured and hilarious. Buddies!”
See the posts under.
Final week @CAVilardeMouros , I had the sudden pleasure of becoming a member of @libertines on stage as a further guitarist for his or her mega hit ‘Don’t Look Again Into the Solar’. Life is filled with surprises, isn’t it? pic.twitter.com/rxJFfJVwVc
— Justin Hawkins (@JustinHawkins) August 27, 2024
Final November, Hawkins shared a video titled ‘This Is Why I Modified My Thoughts About Pete Doherty’ on his well-liked YouTube channel Justin Hawkins Rides Once more.
Within the description, he admitted to not having “been a lot of a fan of The Libertines’ music prior to now” and talked about Doherty’s “infamous persona and status”.
Nevertheless, Hawkins revealed that his “thoughts might have been modified” and gave his verdict on the band’s 2023 single ‘Run Run Run’.
“So the entire thing about The Libertines – that I used to really feel – was that it was lots of posturing, I suppose,” Hawkins defined, “and presenting this sort of facade of the fucked up, nihilistic children simply doing sloppy music.”
He continued: “And the rationale why that was kind of making me dismiss their songs was… I met Pete Doherty, and he was burning holes in his t-shirt with a cigarette to kind of make it appear to be he’d fallen asleep smoking or one thing like that.”
The frontman went on to elucidate that he “couldn’t work out the place the road was”, including: “To me, it simply appeared like… it was posing, ? However I haven’t actually obtained an issue with that – ’trigger have a look at what I do, let’s face that.”
Nevertheless, Hawkins instructed his viewers that this stopped him from “actually having fun with” The Libertines’ music – though he did concede that there was “one thing nice” in regards to the band: “It’s simply infectious and it’s tremendous English.
“The jingoistic, flag-waving Englishman in me is like… I’m disgusted by that facet of myself. However there’s something to be mentioned about England and its capability to kick up bands like The Libertines in a means that no different nation can.”
Later, Hawkins mentioned Doherty’s “public-facing persona will need to have kicked up lots of challenges for him in his every day life”. He additionally defined that The Libertines have “obtained a sure sort of longevity”, and that they had been “entering into legendary standing”.
“You understand what? I wasn’t anticipating to take pleasure in [‘Run Run Run’] as a lot as I did, and I actually did take pleasure in it,” Hawkins rounded off his evaluation, calling the only “fairly fucking cool and sophisticated, and really actually completed”. You possibly can revisit the video above.
Final month noticed Hawkins spot an ex-classmate of his within the crowd throughout The Darkness’ present at Latitude 2024. “I keep in mind you. You had been one of many cool children,” he mentioned.
Elsewhere, The Libertines had been lately joined on stage by The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess for one more collaborative reside model of ‘Don’t Look Again Into The Solar’.
In April, Doherty and co. earned their first UK Quantity One album in 20 years with ‘All Quiet On The Jap Esplanade’.
The Libertines spoke to NME forward of its launch, with Barât explaining that the band had been all “dealing with in the identical course” for the document.
“There’s been lots of focus and everybody’s been engaged on discovering their very own private place on this planet as effectively,” he mentioned. “Everybody has very totally different lives and we managed to search out one thing to unite over.”
Watch the complete video interview above.