Doherty: 'Libertines will be back soon'

Pete Doherty has insisted that he will be able to convince Carl Barat to reform The Libertines with him.

The singer, who scooped the Shockwaves NME Award for best solo artist, admitted that he is busy working on his own solo album but is hoping for a reunion with his old band within two years.

"I've written and recorded a solo album," he told NME.

"There's probably another on the way, there's an amazing Babyshambles record on the way and The Libertines is going to happen in the next couple of years, by hook or crook."

Doherty added that he wouldn't twist Barat's arm too hard to persuade him to reform the group.

"I don't twist it too far. He doesn't take kindly to it. He's not harder than me, but he's got a nasty streak, twist it too far and it'll snap."

The Libertines disbanded in 2004 just months after their self-titled second album reached number one.

Doherty releases his debut solo record Grace/Wastelands on March 16.