Well, Babyshambles might have lost some more fans by canceling their planned summer tour. As previously reported, Doherty et al were due to play a string of UK dates to promote the release of new single 'Fuck Forever' (out 15 Aug), but promoters told venues last week that those dates would now be postponed.
The consensus is that the tour has been canned because of considerable delays in the recording of Babyshambles' debut album. One source told the Daily Star: "The bosses at Pete's record label are terrified; their album is still not near completion. They can't afford for Pete to be out of the studio for any more time. The band have been working on the LP for nearly six months and it's still not near completion." Of course, though not wishing to knock the Star's 'source', it's hard to imagine anyone at Rough Trade actually being "terrified" by delays in recording the Babyshambles album - pissed off perhaps - but terrified?
Either way, such delays are the most likely explanation for the tour postponement, but that doesn't necessarily placate Doherty fans who see it as the latest in a long series of let downs. Those fans have been busy ranting on various message boards. Among the messages posted is "I was well looking forward to it and I can't believe Pete's bottled it again. I'm not waiting around for him", while another was even blunter, saying simply: "That's it as far as I'm concerned. Pete can f**k himself."