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Babyshambles announce ‘Live At KOKO’ album
Babyshambles will release a live album recorded at London’s KOKO, documenting the final date of their first tour together in 11 years. The release marks a significant return for the band, whose last studio album arrived in 2013, and follows a reunion made possible after Pete Doherty and guitarist Mick Whitnall had both maintained sobriety for several years.
‘Live At KOKO’ is due on 9 October via Strap Originals, with a four-track EP released on 7 August. The full CD and digital editions include four bonus tracks, including ‘What Katie Did’ with The Libertines’ Carl Barât and ‘Wolfman’, performed live for the first time in 20 years; the band will also play its only UK headline show of 2026 at Margate Dreamland on 30 August.
In short
- Babyshambles release ‘Live At KOKO’ on 9 October.
- It captures their first reunion tour in 11 years.
- Bonus tracks include Carl Barât and ‘Wolfman’.
Explained simply
Babyshambles are an English rock band formed in the early 2000s, led by singer and guitarist Pete Doherty. Their best-known line-up also includes guitarist Mick Whitnall; Doherty has been a member of The Libertines, whose co-founder Carl Barât appears on one of the live recordings.
The band’s last studio album was released in 2013, and they have toured together only occasionally since. Their return follows several years in which Doherty and Whitnall have spoken about maintaining sobriety, a change that helped make working together possible. Live recordings can capture how a band’s older songs sound on stage and mark a point in its history.