Watch The Libertines debut new ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ songs at intimate Margate gig

nme.com:

The Libertines have debuted new songs from their highly-anticipated upcoming album, ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’, over the weekend at an intimate gigs in Margate.

The concerts took place on Saturday and Sunday (December 9 and 10) at the 500-capacity Lido Cliff Bar in Margate. The band’s 18-song setlists featured live debuts of previously-released singles ‘Run Run Run’ and ‘Night Of The Hunter’, alongside other unreleased cuts from the album, namely ‘Oh Shit’, ‘Mustang’, ‘Man With The Melody’, ‘Merry Old England’ and ‘Have A Friend’.

The full setlist from the concerts can be found below.Watch The Libertines perform ‘Run Run Run’ and ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ cuts ‘Oh Shit’ and ‘Have A Friend’ at the Margate concerts below:‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ will be released on March 8, and will be preceded by a tour of intimate club gigs across the UK in January and February dubbed The Albion Tour, which the band have described as a return to “[their] roots in these small sweaty clubs, where [they] can see the whites of the crowds eyes”.Besides being a nod to Erich Maria Remarque’s ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’, ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ references their hotel, studio, restaurant and bar, The Albion Rooms, which they named after the infamous flat in East London which served as an early residence of the band and a guerilla gig venue, and opened in September 2020.That year, Carl Bârat gave NME a tour of the new space, and spoke about the endeavour. “We wanted to have something for everyone,” he said. “If you came and you weren’t a Libertines fan but wanted to stay in a fucking decent hotel, then it’s that – but if you are into the band or just music and art, then there are little cyphers.