The Libertines have come and gone and come back again many times. In a tumultuous 20 year career, we have learned many things about Pete Doherty, but mainly that he is a tricky man to pin down. But there is one way to ensure that The Libertines, Albion, Babyshambles and Doherty live on forever in the face of breakups and disappearances: get them branded into your skin for time immemorial. In light of this realisation, Pete asked his twitter followers to share images of “YER TATS”.
COME ON COME 'ead SHOW the skin adorned with -branded by -inky alters to the glory of…LETS SEE YER TATS, yiz inky swabs that ye-be
— Peter Doherty (@petedoherty) August 1, 2016
This is the forearm of a fella called Phillipe I believe… pic.twitter.com/F4CuQee2Sy
— Peter Doherty (@petedoherty) August 1, 2016
Predictably, the responses rushed in. Here are the best responses (and a few others for good measure).
That Carl ‘l i b e r t i n e’ Tattoo
The most predictable fan tattoo of all time; a replica of Carl Barat’s arm tat in the handwriting of Pete Doherty.
https://twitter.com/EleLiverbird/status/760255212720365568
I wonder if they took this picture before the breakup.
The lyric tattoos
Libertine fans love these.
— Cécilia tout court (@grain_2_sable) August 1, 2016
I got this the other day. pic.twitter.com/BQmPxjOlEc
— Mark McCabe (@mccabe170) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/lee_havlin/status/760088530538340353
— molly (@_mollyfxo) August 1, 2016
On my back. More philosophical than Sartre. pic.twitter.com/j2N349StPv
— Clerette (@Clerette1939) August 2, 2016
— helen chalamet (@helen) August 2, 2016
Pictures of Pete’s face
Each of varying quality.
forever by my side❣ Looking forward to Konstanz! Love from Berlin x x x pic.twitter.com/SzjqlUJdHO
— Jana Dorow (@jana_ulrike) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/boflittlebrain_/status/760373305975209984
i wish ? pic.twitter.com/4nW15SIWQG
— Libertine (@libertine4life) August 1, 2016
Tributes to Albion
The good ship, etc.
I have no self control. Two other libby ones but the pics ellude me xxx pic.twitter.com/l388ypHcYy
— Mealie Stardust ? (@missdoda) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/Dofiliukas/status/760255721153978368
@petedoherty pic.twitter.com/EhUiFgX7hl
— Joe © (@_JoeSamuel_) August 2, 2016
Albion forever! pic.twitter.com/jOHEjfpKTT
— Nilsrickard (@nils_rickard) August 2, 2016
But it’s hats off to the guy who didn’t know what he wanted, so he got everything
@petedoherty pic.twitter.com/S4HBgtKXGy
— Lou Wilson (@Lou_Wilson68) August 2, 2016