Artist: Babyshambles

Billy Brooks paid twenty quid to see Babyshambles in Whitechapel last week. And having been clobbered on the ticket price, the 17 year-old was then, he claims, clobbered by Pete Doherty . Brooks says he passed out after Doherty smashed a microphone stand in his face and - as you might imagine - isn't that happy about it. He's complained to the police, and the Met's special Doherty Investigation Unit is going to add this one to the list. music pete doherty babyshambles

The ongoing Met Police investigation into the Moss & Doherty cocaine sniffing video (when they've spent hundreds of thousands finding the criminal, they intend to spend more trying to work out who the victim actually was) has dragged Mick Jones out of Big Audio Dynamite into the mess . Oh, alright. Big Audio Dynamite and The Clash. Jones was producing the Babyshambles album and is meant to be on the Daily Mirror video of models and musicians snorting coke, although The Sun this morning suggests that he's being treated as a witness rather [...]

Amongst all the fun of Pete turning his drug problems into another sideshow, it's been easy to overlook the other notable factor about last night's Babyshambles gig: Patrick Walden seems to have left the band . Certainly, the band who are currently touring are a guitarist down and playing as three-piece. music pete doherty babyshambles

The Sun are delighted to have Pete Doherty back in the company, and sent a reporter round to have a chat with him. Pete - always happy to do a little dance for the press - yakked away in what the paper calls a rambling outburst (can you outburst in a rambling manner?): In a furious telephone row she told him: “I don’t want you any more. You didn’t stick it though rehab. I hate you.� But the forlorn Babyshambles frontman insisted: “The real reason is that I can’t buy [...]

Almost as soon as the NOTW claims Pete's shagging Nuha, the Sunday Mirror hits back with Pete's denial : But both he and Nuha deny anything happened. He told a friend last night: "I have not been with anyone and don't know why people are saying I have been having an affair with this girl. She is just a hanger-on who started following me around after we met in Nottingham. I just want to be with Kate - and can't wait to see her." Curious. Unfortunately, the Sunday Mirror speaks [...]

Former Asda salesperson Sharon Osbourne has lurched into a bit of a rant against Pete Doherty. A bit of a rant here, of course, means a screeching unconsidered diatribe : "Pete Doherty? Well he needs a bleedin' good slap, that's what. He needs locking down in rehab for a couple of months. And the truth needs to be told to his face. "There's nothing harder to take than the truth. It's not hip to be in that state he's in. It's not cool, it's pathetic. I wouldn't take him on though [...]

They're finishing up this month supporting Babyshambles, assuming Doherty turns up, but after that: The Paddingtons are spending October headlining : 01 London Mean Fiddler 02 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 03 Bristol Fleece & Firkin 04 Cambridge Junction 05 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 07 Belfast Speakeasy 08 Dublin Whelans 09 Edinburgh Venue 10 Aberdeen The Tunnels 11 Glasgow Garage 12 Manchester Hop & Grape 14 Liverpool Academy 2 15 Newcastle Global 16 Northampton Roadmender 17 Oxford Zodiac 19 Hull The Welly [...]

We're pleased that the BBC aren't going to include the scenes of Pete Doherty slashing himself with a bottle in the soon-come BBC THREE documentary, and we're glad the Observer has shared the news with us. We're just not sure about the headline they chose for the story: Doherty self-harm scenes cut by BBC Not perhaps the most tactful of headlines. The BBC have elected to drop the scenes in case Babyshambles fans decide to copy their idol - although, presumably, the BBC isn't [...]

The cops were all over Babyshambles last night, grabbing the band's equipment. The police were called to the band's Duke of Clarence gig in London by environmental health after complaints about noise . The band have flown out today to a date at the Oya Festival in Norway minus amps; they're hoping to borrow some stuff there. Although, to be honest, if Pete Doherty came up to you and said "could I have a lend of your guitar, mate", you'd have to be very trusting to say "there you go, pal..." Meanwhile, [...]

At some point last year people thought that Pete Doherty might be some sort of romantic poet; if he'd have quit then he might have been able to hold on to that image. Now, though, we find out that he's just like every other dull suburban bloke: fall out with the girlfriend; try and get back into her good books by buying her a gift; get it wrong and buy a gift for yourself instead. So Kate can expect to unwrap £300 worth of 'sexy' knickers . He's not Percy Shelley; he's Jack Duckworth. [...]