How kind of Babyshambles, you may think, to give away their music equipment to a children's charity. Well, it's not quite like that, I'm afraid. Two guitars belonging to the band, a bass, three amps, a drum kit, a harmonica, a melodica, and a speaker were seized by authorities during a 2005 concert at the Duke Of Clarence following complaints about the noise, and it's now been decided that they should be donated to Islington council's EMI Music Project. Islington Council's Jan Hart says: "It was the only way of stopping the nuisance to our neighbours, which is our top priority. Now it's going to a good home and will help young people just starting out with music".
Though, just to prove the EMI-signed Babyshambles can be nice in their own right, the group's guitarist Patrick Walden has agreed to hold a workshop for the project, which is aimed at 8-19 year olds.