The Libertines | Rock review

Forum, LondonVera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" drifts across the audience at the Forum and photos of the Libertines in their heyday – laughing, hugging, playful and handsome – flick across the screens at the sides of the stage. A red curtain rises and the artwork from first album Up the Bracket fills the backdrop. But before the crowd drowns in nostalgia, the Libertines launch into the aggressive thrash thud of "Horrorshow" and the band's first proper gig since 2004 is off to a tighter, sharper...

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