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THESE WILL BE PENCILLED IN, THEN?: The Libertines have announced details of their second album which, all being well, and providing nobody flogs the mastertapes, be out on Rough Trade on August 30th, titled 'The Libertines'.

Meanwhile, Pete Doherty has said he'll be playing a couple of gigs in London soon - "with friends" at Filthy McNastys and with Babyshambles at the Rhythm Factory; he's said on the babyshambles website that he's back in the pink of health, but we're suggesting you might want to leave these gigs to walk-up, rather than buying tickets in advance. Doherty has also claimed that he can see the Libertines festival dates being re-instated. Which must make a nice change from seeing a giant baby crawling across the ceiling.