Pete Doherty was born in Hexham, Northumberland, to a military family. His father, Peter John Doherty, MBE, was a major in the Royal Signals, while his mother, Jacqueline Michels, was a lance-corporal in Queen Ale… See more

Doherty and Barât formed a band called the Libertines in the late 1990s, although it was not until 2002, with the release of their debut studio album Up the Bracket, that they began to achieve widespread mainstrea… See more