The Libertines' Pete Doherty was back in London on Monday night and he managed to play a few tunes with the rest of his band at an impromptu gig. Doherty was back in the UK after a few days in rehab in France. After hugging his band mates the band borrowed instruments from The Boxer Rebellion, whose gig they were hijacking, and played a few songs.
However those upcoming Libertine festival dates are not necessarily back on. Back on his weblog after the gig Doherty - who has now quit two rehab programmes in less than a month - told fans he was heading for the Thamkrabok Monastery in Thailand in a bid to kick his drug habit once and for all.
Doherty: "I want to live, and want to be fit for the second album's airing. I know I can mangle out all the creases and live out further my grandly Arcadian dreams and dear divine adventures all Albion's sons and daughters. I love you all and will return stronger."
No word on whether his trip to Thailand is related to an offer made last month by June Brown - the actress who plays Dot Cotton in Eastenders - who runs a charity which arranges for people looking to kick drug addiction to spend some time at a Thai monastery.