Traffic wardens very nearly stopped Pete Doherty from making last weekend's Live 8 concert. According to Breakingnews.ie Doherty and his manager James Mulford woke up on Saturday morning to discover his car had been clamped. Apparently the traffic wardens who had clamped the car seemed embarrassed when they realised who Doherty was and that he was on his way to Live 8, but their boss wouldn't remove the clamp without a fine being paid.
Doherty is quoted as saying: "James told the guys we didn't have any cash. They recognised me, saw our Live 8 passes were genuine and seemed embarrassed to be clamping us. But their boss effectively said, 'We don't give a damn who you are, or whether it's Live 8 or not'. She said we'd have to pay the fine. In the end we caught a taxi." Credit to the traffic wardens, they tried their best to save us all from having to watch Doherty's shambolic turn at the protest fest.