PETE DOHERTY - DOHERTY REJECTS LIBERTINES REUNION OFFER

DOHERTY REJECTS LIBERTINES REUNION OFFER

PETE DOHERTY was forced to turn down offers of $2.96 million (£2 million) to reform THE LIBERTINES - because his bandmate CARL BARAT refused to participate in the reunion.
The band split acrimoniously in 2004 due to Doherty's drug addictions; he went on to form Babyshambles while Barat fronted the Dirty Pretty Things.
The rockers have since been offered substantial amounts to return for a series of performances at some of the summer (09) festivals in the U.K.
But while Doherty was keen for the reunion to go ahead, the plan was axed after Barat's concerns about his old partner's "energy".
Doherty tells Britain's NME magazine, "We had some ridiculous offers to headline Reading. Like £2 million to headline this festival, £1 million to headline that festival. I said, 'Why don't we just do it? Let's get the old band back together.'
"He (Barat) said, 'We have to be friends, we can't just do it for the money'. I said, 'Okay, let's be friends! Friends who go and make lots of money' - because I haven't got any money and I know he's skint (broke).
"He said I had to go and see an energy consultant, some new age guru who is going to measure my energy levels and see if I'm surrounded by darkness.
"If I am, I'm not allowed to go near Carl because I'll tap into his good energy and I'll sap all the good energy and bring nothing but darkness into his life."