According to the Daily Mirror, when Pete Doherty got himself arrested again at the weekend, he missed out on £50,000 because he failed to make that gig in Austria. The Babyshambles man was due to join his band in a performance for FM4, a radio station in Graz, but was held up due to the arrest which, as previously reported, occurred when Doherty thought police were pulling him over (as it turned out, they were pulling over the car behind him).
In addition to costing himself 50k, of course, Doherty cost FM4 a shitload more money, because of the 20k they had laid out to get him a private jet, and the 100k of ticket refunds they had to shell out due to the no-show. The tabloid's source said: "Pete's bandmates, Drew McConnell and Adam Ficek, flew to Graz without Pete on Saturday afternoon because they thought he'd be released in time to join them for the gig. The promoters organised the jet for 6pm. It was held for five hours... until it became clear Pete wasn't going to make it."
Let's hope he can get to Liverpool without getting arrested / side tracked / abducted by aliens. Babyshambles have just confirmed a last minute date at the Carling Academy Liverpool for this Sunday, 21 Jan.