Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has told Uncut magazine that he thinks Pete Doherty should have his drugs delivered to his home if he plans to carry on using them. I always thought that's what he did - we've all seen the pictures. Anyway, here's what he said: "What I used to feel about people like that is that they shouldn't go out and get hammered, that they'd be better off doing it all at home. Why doesn't he go for home delivery? Pete's a fucking rock star. Get it delivered! We always did".
He said that he thought that drugs had initially been helpful for Pete "in terms of making great music". However, he did suggest that Pete's habit wasn't doing him much good these days: "His songwriting has rapidly gone downhill, that's the most worrying thing. "So much great music has been created on drugs. In Pete's case, maybe heroin and crack is not such a productive combination".