Babyshambles have apparently spent their fee from the Get Loaded Festival on studio time so that they can finally "focus on the music". It's an interesting concept I know. Personally I worry about the "spent their fee" bit of that story - if I was promoting a festival I wouldn't be paying Babyshambles their fee before they'd shown up and played. Then again, they are reportedly recording in Turnmills Studios, which are run by the same people as Get Loaded, so perhaps the festival's promoters have put together some kind of clever package to encourage the band to actually have some decent songs to play come their performance on 27 Aug.
Elsewhere in Babyshambles news, Drowned In Sound report that the band have been offered a number of new recording contracts, including one from Rough Trade who, as we reported last week, had said they wouldn't be renewing their relationship with Doherty et al.