More news from the Babyshambles tour. If Pete Doherty getting pissed up and throwing things at photographers can be considered 'new'. Anyway, Doherty, quelle surprise, spent the day prior to the Newcastle gig crawling the city's pubs wearing odd shoes, drinking a lot of whisky and throwing ice at photographers who tried to take his picture. By the time he got to Northumbria University where the concert was to take place, he could apparently barely stand up, and fell into a drum kit.
Not content with that, he went on to scare everyone by collapsing on stage; fans waiting to meet him were ushered away by security guards, probably sparking fears that he might be dead. Shortly thereafter, however, he came round and made it back on to the tour bus alive, but staggering a bit.
Ah well. At least the visual image of Doherty falling into a drum kit has made me laugh out loud for a period of about four minutes, thus enlivening my potentially dull Friday (well, dull until I get to the McFly concert, that is - there'll be no shoddy performances there, of that I'm sure). Those of you with limited visual imaging skills can check out the Babyshambles sitcom at the following locations:
30 Sep: Manchester Academy
1 Oct: Shrewsbury, Music Hall
2 Oct: Norwich, UEA
4 Oct: Southend, Chinnery
5 Oct: Bristol Academy
7 Oct: Middlesbrough, Empire
8 Oct: Leeds, Blank Canvas
9 Oct: Liverpool Academy
10 Oct: Cardiff University
11 Oct: London, Brixton Academy