Carl Barat hopes for third Libertines album

Carl Barat has said that he hopes he and Pete Doherty will one day write the third Libertines album.

The singer/guitarist made the statement in an email to fans where he again rejected reports that the band would play any festival shows this year.

"Just to quell any speculation, there will not be any Libertines shows this summer," he said. "As perfect as last year was, Peter and I have not written anything new together at this point. We are all busy doing very different things separately."

He added: "Truly moving as it was to play Reading, Leeds and the Forum it would not be right to do this every year without new material as I'm sure most would agree. You never know though, some day I hope we'll write the next album..."

Barat will tour his solo album at the end of the month and has promised to also play songs by The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things as part of his set.

The Libertines split around the release of their second, self-titled album in 2004, but reformed for a number of live shows last year.