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Promoters are rumored to have offered millions for various festivals to reunite The Libertines. Pete Doherty was keen to the idea, but apparently Carl Barat has other ideas for his future.

Barat told BBC 6Music he was not considering reuniting the band. “I’ve just freed myself up so the last thing I wanna do is completely burden my mind.”

Barat is more concerned about his acting career. “I got into it (acting) doing that film thing with ‘Telstar,’ the Joe Meek biopic,” Barat said. “I’ve got another thing coming up-I think there’s room in my life for both (music and acting).”

He is also considering a solo album.  Barat is scheduled to play a solo gig at Wakefield’s Escobar on Mach 7.

Hunky lead singer, Matt Bellamy, or Muse told fans on the band’s official forum that he once found a crazed admirer in his hotel room.

During the band’s 2001 “Origin of Symmetry” Tour, Bellamy got a shock in Paris.

“I woke up in a hotel room in Paris only to find an avid femal fan of the band sat on the end of my bed,” he said. “Her vibe could only be described as clammy. I was as polite as possible of course.”

Honestly, can we blame her?

Although one band member is preventing a reunion of the original line-up, Sony is re-releasing the Stone Rose’s self-titled debut.

The Manchester band was a huge part of the shoegazing movement.  Many artists, including The Verve and Oasis, name The Stone Roses as their influnence.

The deluxe-boxed set will be available in June and was remastered by the original producer, John Leckie.

The only other Stone Roses album, “The Second Coming,” was released in 1996 to mixed reviews.