News on Babyshambles

Pete Doherty charged with heroin possession

2010-02-23T12:28:59Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Pete Doherty has been charged with possessing heroin and released on bail, police said on Tuesday, just a day after he was fined for drink-driving.</p><p>The 30-year-old Babyshambles frontman appeared in court on Monday in <...

Doherty charged over heroin after court appearance

2010-02-23T12:34:38Z

<div><p>British musician Peter Doherty was charged with possession of heroin, police said Tuesday, following an incident in court.</p><p>The Babyshambles frontman, 30, was arrested Monday minutes after being spared jail and fined for driving offences at Glouce...

daltrey and babyshambles

2009-04-25T07:28:18Z

Roger Daltrey performed a one-off joint gig with Babyshambles at Bristol's O2 Academy. The gig, performed to raise awareness of Teenage Cancer Trust and raise money for Moonfest. Bristol, England - 12.01.09

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DIARY

2010-03-02T06:47:47Z

<div><p> At home I work in a cupboard under the stairs just to keep me grounded, so you won't hear me talking about my 'studio' -- unlike some cartoonists I could name. My cupboard has in it, apart from old clothes, a cat litter tray and a collection of hundreds of jazz CDs.</p><p> Do I put them back in their cases when I've finished playing them? I do not; anyway, I now have an iPod with ...

Pete Doherty ordered to pay ?1,000 to photographer

2010-02-27T18:19:50Z

<div><p>Pete Doherty has been ordered to pay ?1,000 in compensation to a photographer whose camera he smashed. </p><p>The Babyshambles frontman lost his temper and smashed the lens of photographer Catherine Mead after she pursued him last August. At the time, the singer h...

Quick, let's do a wall of death

2010-02-27T18:21:45Z

<div><p>We've heard some daft excuses for gigs being shut down in the past, but none quite as monumentally silly as claiming that the band's music "gees up the crowd". Yet this was the reason Wiltshire police gave this week for stopping Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles playing a headline show at Moonfest next...

Artists united in condemnation of 'Nazi' festival

2010-02-27T18:38:58Z

<div><p>A dozen artists including Babyshambles, Billy Bragg, Roll Deep and Dirty Pretty Things have signed a letter condemning a Somerset festival in honour of Skrewdriver singer Ian Donaldson.</p><p>Some 800 people descended on Redhill, Somerset las...

Babyshambles guitarist arrested for drug possession

2010-02-27T18:49:28Z

<div><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/babyshambles">Babyshambles</a> guitarist Mick Whitnall was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of drug possession. </p><p>Despite only joining the band in 2006, Whitnall co-wrote many of the songs on last year's Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles and Reverend and the Makers - have cancelled their tour, citing scheduling problems.</p><p>On...

People

2010-02-28T01:43:23Z

<div><p>By now <em class="bold">Bono</em> should be waving benevolently down on the world from among the clouds - not heaven yet, but the summit of the tallest building in Ireland, the <em class="bold">U2</em> Tower in Dublin's docklands. The band is part of the consort...

DOHERTY'S MONEY PROBLEMS DELAY ALBUM

2010-02-28T17:35:36Z

<div><p>PETE DOHERTY's forthcoming solo album is in jeopardy - because the troubled rocker can't secure the funding to record it.</p><p> The Babyshambles frontman had originally planned to put out his debut solo LP this summer (08), but the 29-year-old has had to delay its release after running into financial difficulties.&lt...

FASCINATING FACT:

2010-02-28T18:16:35Z

<div><p>Superproducer MARK RONSON and BABYSHAMBLES frontman PETE DOHERTY are set to team up to celebrate 30 years of fashion label Diesel. They will both perform at the celebratory gig in London next month (Oct08). </p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=31792453&...

DOHERTY DENIES SETTING BAD EXAMPLE

2010-03-04T03:52:31Z

<div><p>Troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY is convinced he is a good role model for young people - despite his well-documented history with drugs.</p><p> The Babyshambles frontman denies setting a bad example for his fans, claiming he spends time with aspiring musicians to help them develop their careers.</p><p&...

THE THINGS THEY SAY:

2010-03-04T14:28:47Z

<div><p>"It wouldn't surprise me if they split." British rocker CARL BARAT predicts the end of former bandmate PETE DOHERTY's BABYSHAMBLES career. </p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=28576315&bid=informcom" /></div><...

BABYSHAMBLES SHOCKED TO BE ASKED BACK TO FESTIVAL

2010-03-04T02:34:45Z

<div><p>BABYSHAMBLES are shocked they have been asked to play at British music festivals Reading and Leeds - because of frontman's PETE DOHERTY bad behaviour in 2005.</p><p> After causing havoc at the festivals three years ago, the