Pete Doherty Is Eager to Re-form Libertines

Pete Doherty has confessed that "he would love" to re-form the Libertines but says the reunion will get off the ground only if former bandmate Carl Barât gives the go-ahead.

"It's just a bit dubious, isn't it?" Doherty told BBC host Zane Lowe. "[Carl] doesn't want to go down the same path and pick up the pieces again... There's obviously suggestions put forward and offers made, so it's not about the money for him, otherwise we would have re-formed already. He just wants to make sure it's right."

"He still thinks I'm surrounded by this dark energy, so [it won't happen] until I can prove I'm worth the risk," Doherty explained.

The Libertines were disbanded by Barât in December 2004 after he and Doherty were unable to see eye to eye, largely because of the latter's troubled history with drugs. Barât formed Dirty Pretty Things while Doherty spearheaded Babyshambles.

Doherty says he's still very much a fan of the Libertines' catalog of songs and says, "I would love to play them again, simple as that, really. I'd love to play 'Death on the Stairs' or 'Don't Look Back Into the Sun' live, and I'd love to play with Carl."