Carl Barat Scuttled Libertines Reunion

Pete Doherty says The Libertines were offered "ridiculous" amounts of money to reunite for this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals, but turned it down because Carl Barat didn't want the band to reform for the wrong reasons.

"We had some ridiculous offers to headline Reading," Doperty told Britain's NME magazine. "Like £2 million to headline this festival, £1 million to headline that festival.

"I said, 'Why don't we just do it? Let's get the old band back together.'

"He (Barat) said, 'We have to be friends, we can't just do it for the money.' I said, 'Okay, let's be friends! Friends who go and make lots of money' — because I haven't got any money and I know he's skint."

But Barat wouldn't have any part of it, according to Doherty.

"He said I had to go and see an energy consultant, some new age guru who is going to measure my energy levels and see if I'm surrounded by darkness.

"If I am, I'm not allowed to go near Carl because I'll tap into his good energy and I'll sap all the good energy and bring nothing but darkness to his life."

We wonder if the ghosts that Doherty claims are haunting his mansion are responsible for his potential bad energy.

Doherty's Grace/Wastelands debut solo album comes out on March 24.

Barat, whose post-Libertines band Dirty Pretty Things recently split up, will play a solo show at Wakefield, England's Escobar on March 7. He supported Glasvegas at a few U.S. shows last month.