The Libertines: 'We're not doing this for the money!'

Pete told the Daily Star's Wired column: "Now we all have families and the group is scattered between three different damn countries. If we didn't believe in our songs, we couldn't do it. We're not doing this for the money. If we didn't believe in ourselves and our songs, all of this wouldn't be viable."

The band recently paid a visit to the BBC, where they performed their version of Buddy Holly’s classic ‘That’ll Be The Day’. They were joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Ed Harcourt on piano duties.

The performance coincided with Holly’s death day (February 3) – otherwise known as The Day The Music Died. Holly was killed in a plane crash along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson in 1959.

Pete Doherty, Carl Barât and co. also played a cover of Love’s ‘Alone Again Or’ in the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room. The song originally appeared on their 1967 album ‘Love Changes’. Watch both performances below.

The Libertines announced their highly-anticipated new album ‘All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade‘ last year, due out on March 8. Their most recent single from the album is ‘Shiver‘, which they debuted earlier this year.