The Libertines reflect on their Glastonbury 2025 set and sing 'The Good Old Days'

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Just after they stepped off the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2025, Pete Doherty and Carl Barat reflect on their set, the importance of being up close and personal, their love of CBeebies, and also give us a quick run-through of 'The Good Old Days'

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00:00that was an amazing set I saw you guys oh yeah CBBB smash it they did the

00:10hokey gokey they had the whole tent bouncing unless you're talking about

00:15the living set yeah I struggled a bit because of like we've started using these

00:19in-ears whereas I prefer the old you know the raw sound of the amp in the

00:23smell of the liniment you know smell more thing smell of the liniment and the

00:27the rule of the crowd but but apparently I've heard from people who like you

00:32know the guitar like text my missus who never normally say that was good and

00:39they've all said oh that was a good show so I'm thinking it was but I struggled

00:43a bit today and I felt I felt like we were so far away like after Mexico and

00:48and South Korea and Australia it felt far away today and you're supposed to say

00:55Australia's further away in Glastonbury and I say and then I say and then he said yeah

00:59no I can see the moments when you were withdrawn I can see the moments when

01:10you were withdrawn but I think in a way that kind of works out

01:13never know what to do those moments you know when we like it's when we lock eyes at

01:17fucking vital moments and then it passes and we have to get on with playing the

01:20guitar never know what to do you know if I try to do something silly then you're

01:26like a plum on telly but well like that but yeah that was all right that was like

01:32yeah it's not about tenements and needles and all the evils in their eyes and the

01:39backs of their minds Daisy James and schoolyard games and a list of things we

01:45said we'd do tomorrow it's the thing we said we did tomorrow

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