It was one of the biggest endurance tests of my life - Peter just wasn't there, and when he did turn up he did the bare minimum. He wasn't in a good way. It was at the height of the tensions in the band. I was there to do a job, to make this record. But Carl, John, and Gary worked really hard even though it was getting them down, being let down. But Peter did do a beautiful vocal - did the first verse, a couple of lines of the chorus, he was gone in an hour. They gave me a demo in New York and it was really slow and only had one chorus in it. So I got them to repeat it, and cut up some of it. But what a beautiful song - who cares what way it was made? It was a ridiculous way to make a record, but you know, Peter's imprints all over it, it was his choice to go about it that way. But I felt sorry that he was missing out on it. When I played him the final mix he just stood there smiling and I thought, 'You cheeky git, you weren't even bloody there.'" That’s still the format that we’re talking about,” Doherty told NME. “At the end of the tour we did that ended last month, everyone was really upbeat by the fact that we were all still alive after the various quarantines and John coming and going. We were all really upbeat about the future, so I don’t know how or when it’s going to happen but I think it will. In 2007 it was covered by The View on the BBC Radio 1 Established 1967 album, with the song representing the year 2003. Today, Glastonbury continues with performances from the likes of Foals, Sam Fender, St Vincent, IDLES, Blossoms, Sigrid, Phoebe Bridgers and Primal Scream, with a headline set on the Pyramid Stage from Billie Eilish. Doherty also recently revealed that the band were planning on working on their long-awaited new album in Jamaica.

They’re about the authors, but it’s strange how when you write something stream of consciousness, you’re just making rhymes and suddenly you’re looking at a mirror. I think maybe that happened a bit in that song as well.” Sandinista’ still encapsulates it because there are still a lot of ideas. It’s just about getting everyone in a room and getting on with it.” Barat also spoke to NME about t heir plans for their upcoming tour, new album and building their own ‘HQ’ hotel and studio. It’s funny how that happens. It seemed quite poppy and throwaway at the time, as these things often do.”

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