Dirty Pretty Things have announced details of their last ever gig.

 

As NME.COM previously reported, Carl Barat's band announced in October that they will split up once they finish their current tour.

 

A statement titled 'The Last Waltz' on the band's website dirtyprettythingsband.com says that their final gig together will take place at London's Astoria 2 on December 20.

 

Tickets for the gig go on sale on December 10.

 

Meanwhile, the band have appealed for the return of guitarist Anthony Rossomando's mobile phone, which was stolen while the band performed at Paris's Bataclan venue on November 25.

 

The band asked fans who know the whereabouts of the phone to get in touch.

 

A statement said: "At the Paris gig, a fan got a little light-fingered with Anthony's jacket. In the pocket of the jacket was his mobile phone, which held irreplaceable content.

 

"So as you could imagine, he would really appreciate its return. If you can help us out, we will come up with a suitable reward (and you can keep the jacket)."

 

Prior to the Astoria 2 gig, Dirty Pretty Things headline a charity show for Jail Guitar Doors/Real Fits at the Hackney Round Chapel in London on December 11.

 

They also play Hertfordshire University on December 18.

So it was last night, :'(

 

Dirty Pretty Things now gone, here is the final interview given last night.

 

So, bang bang they’re dead etc. – Dirty Pretty Things played their final show last night (December 20), and it was an emotional one. See the NME news report for the full shizzle about what went on onstage.

 

Meanwhile, half an hour after the last amp was switched off, Carl Barat and Anthony Rossomando prised themselves into a dressing room toilet cubicle with me for their final DPT interview.

 

I’ve omitted the sporadic yells of “f*** OFF!” from Carl as people repeatedly battered their fists on the door, convinced something more illicit than a chat and a fag was going on in the room (it wasn’t). But aside from that, here is the final Dirty Pretty Things interview in full:

 

You’ve just played your final gig and DPT is no more. How was it?

 

Carl: I choked up a couple of times. But I learned very early on not to cry during a song.

 

Anthony: I saved all mine [tears]for after the gig.

 

Carl: During ‘Truth Begins’ I was like… [makes choking noise].

 

Anthony: All I could think about was being in the desert [recording second album ‘Romance At Short Notice at the end of 2007] when we were singing that song. It was f***ing great for me. I can’t help it. I see the thing you shouldn’t think about, and the thing you should, and go for the wrong one, always. But it’s alright.

 

You said you wanted to go out with a bang, but on stage you were quite sombre…

 

Carl: Being a gentleman from the school of theatre, I didn’t want to do a ridiculous finale, showstopping fireworks…

 

Anthony: It’s like New Year’s Eve for everyone who’s had New Year’s Eve 20 days a month, like we have for the past three years. When there’s a build-up or expectation, it’s just… it is what it is.

 

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Did you go out like you wanted to?

 

Anthony: I have no idea.

 

Carl: I can’t really tell. I had so many preparations for this in my mind. I’ve got this thing where I plan something and I think I’ve done it when I haven’t done it.

 

Anthony: For me it was holding back tears all the time.

 

Carl: Tears don’t work on stage, man.

 

Anthony: I opened my eyes [before the show] with tears in them and realised I was in the f***in’ washroom with wash buckets and stuff on my own. I thought, ‘This is kinda depressing, maybe I should just go back in the room’.

 

You’ve had a blast though, haven’t you?

 

Anthony: It’s been amazing. We’ve had this incredible following.

 

Carl: Every night has been like the nights I dreamed of when I was 14. Like ‘The Doors’ film [the 1991 documentary by Oliver Stone]. I thought I was a raconteur – then I wouldn’t have had to play tonight, I could have just told stories. But I’m not.

 

Anthony: There was a lot of cameras and staring.

 

Carl: For me, because I’m such a mumbler, if I go [makes low-pitched mumbling noise] the crowd will go [makes imitating mumbling noise], and if I go [high-pitched mumbling noise] the crowd will go, ‘Yeeeah!’

 

Anthony: You need to express yourself in song!

 

Carl: People knew what they were in for. Why put out any of the cheese? Why spend three years not catering for the cheesy stuff then…

 

Anthony: We’ve never been a ‘show band’ or a talkative…

 

Carl: As appealing as it is to have that, we just stuck to having everyone bow after the gig, do one, do two, then do an extra one.

 

No regrets, then?

 

Anthony: Maybe about a couple of kids I’ve got in south America… [This is a joke! – Legal Web Ed]. I never really liked the band name, but we were pressurised into starting the band so quickly. But it does sum up what we believed in, like, gaffer taped boots and Carl’s messy teeth, the same way Winehouse is a f***in’ genius but she’s a f***in’ mess – we’ve always liked the mess. I’ve got Carl’s teeth now! [both grin and show off brown-tinged gnashers]

 

Carl: It looks like I’ve eaten a c**p.

 

When you first announced the split you told NME you’d learned a lot about how not to be in a band. What did you mean?

 

Anthony: Probably about picking the right people to work for the band outwardly.

 

Carl: Work for? That’s a shiftaround. Work with!

 

Anthony: I do mean with.

 

Carl: I do have regrets. I have to refer you to Max Weber and functionalism – democracy can’t always work. I was a bit idealistic. I wanted a band of brothers and friends. We had that for a while. Occasionally things went awry. Our hearts were always in the same place. We were all very young in different ways. Yeah, I do have regrets, but I wouldn’t change anything.

 

Carl, you told NME you’ve been working on solo stuff, what about you, Anthony?

 

Anthony: I don’t know how to relax. I had a girlfriend for a while who used to help me relax but now I don’t, so I’m f***ed. I’m producing a few things. I’m going to work on a few records, but anything I say will sound like namedropping bull$h!t so I’ll just leave it. Carl and I have some plans which are pretty awesome. We’re going to write some cool $h!t. It’ll be free and it’ll be creative. We did two records and toured for three and a half year and it was great. We kind of went out the way we came in, without as much f***in’ media blitz.

 

Carl: The day the expectation and the regimentation of the band died was the day we became friends again.

 

Anthony: It was like slicing out a cyst, or something. I don’t think we ever fitted in the suit. We threw a record together and the first album was in the top three, or something. It was way too much too soon to be what Carl wanted in the first place. But because we were so idealistic about it we didn’t pay attention to the expectation on it. We’ve always been in a bubble.

 

OK, people keep knocking on the cubicle door so we’d better head out – your final message to DPT fans?

 

Carl: Thank you.

 

Anthony: We’ve had an incredible, incredible response from people, the gigs have been amazing. We’ve been incredibly blessed.

 

Carl: Thank you for your attention, your patience, your belief and understanding, through what you’ve done it’s invigorated us. It’s not dead yet, far from it.

 

Anthony: From the way the fans have been it’s always been about us as individuals as well.

 

Carl: Are you going to go on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’?

 

Anthony: I think we’re ready for ‘lost weekend phase’…

 

:cry:

 

 

and here is Carl and Anthony with a last message to us, the fans:

 

 

 

The End.

And they played out with a song that represents what they were:

 

You f***ing Love It :wub:

 

Well I guess we've just gotta wait and see what Carl does next but it's very sad to see this end, especially as I have absolutely everything they ever released :cry:

Dirty Pretty Things' Carl Barat: 'I was too idealistic'

 

Dirty Pretty Things' Carl Barat and Anthony Rossomando after their final gig, 20 December 2008

 

Band give final interview after last gig to NME.COM

 

 

Dirty Pretty Things have told NME.COM of the regrets they have about their band, after Carl Barat and co. played their final gig last night (December 20) at the London Astoria 2 venue.

 

Barat said that he was too "idealistic" about the band, which he formed after The Libertines split in 2004, but also that he was looking forward to the future with his friendships with his bandmates intact.

 

The interview, along with a video message to fans, is available to read in full on the NME Office Blog now.

 

"I do have regrets," Barat told NME.COM. "I have to refer you to Max Weber and functionalism – democracy can’t always work. I was a bit idealistic. I wanted a band of brothers and friends.

 

"We had that for a while. Occasionally things went awry. Our hearts were always in the same place. We were all very young in different ways. Yeah, I do have regrets, but I wouldn’t change anything. The day the expectation and the regimentation of the band died was the day we became friends again."

 

Guitarist Anthony Rossomando agreed with the frontman, saying of the time the band rekindled their friendships, "It was like slicing out a cyst, or something. I don't think we ever fitted in the suit [of being a regimented band]."

 

You f***ing Love It :wub:

 

first DPT song i ever heard, and has been my favourite ever since.

I liked that and Doctors & Dealers :wub: As much as that one was very Libertines-ish.