Libertines: 'We have a new dynamic'

The Libertines have insisted that they have returned to the music scene with a new dynamic.

The group, who will make their comeback with performances at Reading and Leeds festivals later this month, said they hope to win over new fans with the gigs.

Drummer Gary Powell told the Daily Star: "We start rehearsing on August 9. It will be weird to go back, but if we try to replicate how things used to be it won’t work.

"We’ve got to bring a new dynamic for the kids who haven’t seen us before.

“I never got why we were fashionable in the first place. It never made sense to me why Libs was so big, but it’s all about the characters - Pete and Carl are unique."

Powell, who is also part of new band The Invasion Of..., added: "I’m setting up my own label, managing an artist called JT from Glasgow, and doing The Invasion Of....

"They are my mates I get pissed with at Notting Hill Arts Club in London. We have a massive sound, really melodic."

The Libertines play at Reading and Leeds festivals from August 27 to August 29.