The Libertines are tickled to finally unveil the ‘First Phase’ of ‘The Albion Rooms’, their vision to convert a five-story ten-room Victorian building overlooking the sea in Margate into a den of artistry (and occasional iniquity), with the opening of two bars and a recording studio at 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 31st.

The downstairs bar is ‘The Waste Land,’(as in the T.S Eliot poem, written two doors down from ‘The Albion Rooms,’ whilst Eliot was recuperating from a nervous breakdown), will be open to the public all year round. ‘The Waste Land’ will be a home for international and local artists to perform poetry / live music and exhibit art. The Upstairs bar will initially be open to the public before becoming a private bar and lounge space for the studio and residents. For the first month both bars will only be open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The state of the art recording studio is available for viewing and bookings.

The Libertines acquired the keys to the ‘Albion Rooms,’ 31 Eastern Esplanade Margate CT9 2HL, in September 2017. Carl Barât “it might be a while before we challenge The Savoy or The Grand Budapest in the hotel stakes, but we’ve put a lot of love into this. Meanwhile, it’s a colourful and inspiring home for the Libertines and I look forward to the Albion Rooms becoming our very own Warholian Factory.”

The ‘Second Phase,’ the opening of ‘The Albion Rooms’ hotel and restaurant, is scheduled for early 2020 and will feature seven individually decorated rooms, including rooms themed by each member of The Libertines. The restaurant will feature local and guest chefs from across the globe to create distinctive and unique eating opportunities. Once completed ‘The Albion Rooms’ will be utilised as a functioning guest house, installation art space and residential studio. 

Carl Barât and Peter Doherty play two sold-out acoustic shows at London’s Hackney Empire on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th September, as part of Somewhere Festival.  The Libertines also play the following shows in the UK and Europe this autumn and winter:

27th Sunday Paris Olympia

28th Monday Zurich X-Tra

2nd Saturday Cologne Carlswerk SOLD OUT

4th Monday Munich Tonhalle

5th Tuesday Berlin Columbiahalle

17th Sunday Luxembourg Den Atelier

18th Monday Brussels Cirque Royale

20th Wednesday Utrecht Tivoli Vrendenburg

21st ThursdayUtrechtTivoli Vredenburg

3rd Tuesday Bournemouth  O2 Academy

4th Wednesday Leeds  O2 Academy  SOLD OUT

6th Friday     Dundee  Caird Hall  SOLD OUT

7th Saturday Glasgow  Barrowland Ballroom  SOLD OUT

8th Sunday Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom  SOLD OUT

10th Tuesday   Manchester  O2 Victoria Warehouse  SOLD OUT

11th Wednesday Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse

12th Thursday  Nottingham  Rock City  SOLD OUT

14th Saturday Birmingham  O2 Academy  SOLD OUT

15th Sunday Birmingham O2 Academy

16th Monday    Bristol  O2 Academy  SOLD OUT

18th Wednesday London  O2 Academy Brixton  SOLD OUT

19th Thursday London O2 Academy Brixton