The Libertines will kick-off a UK tour on their home turf in Kent this autumn.

The band, known for their hits including Don't Look Back into the Sun and Time for Heroes, will be taking to the stage at Margate's Winter Gardens in November.

It will be the first concert for their Giddy Up A Ding-Dong tour.

Tickets for the Winter Gardens performance are set to go on sale from 9am this Friday.

The coastal venue is walking distance from the group's seven-bed hotel, The Albion Rooms Residence.

Following their concert in Thanet, they will heading to cities across the country including Leeds, Bristol and Norwich.

Also in 2021, the group will be performing at Rochester Castle in July.

Lead singer Pete Doherty has recently swapped Kent for the French countryside where has been photographed in Normandy with his girlfriend.

Last September, the frontman was banned from driving again after he rode an e-scooter in the middle of the night while searching for one of his dogs.

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