Details are out about this Babyshambles & Friends release. Which is really interesting, because I didn't know Babyshambles had any friends. Drug buddies maybe. Tolerators perhaps. But friends? Only joking, I'm sure their phones are full of numbers. I mean, there are quite a lot of dealers out there, and The Priory now operate fifty different centres. No, stop it. This is a charity project - you people want to stop giving the Shamblers a hard time.
Anyhow, this is the previously reported track being released in aid of the Joe Strummer Foundation For New Music - or Strummerville - a cover version of Clash track 'Janie Jones' featuring the Shamblers and a host of others, including The Rakes, Mystery Jets, The Holloways, We Are Scientists, The Paddingtons, Larrikin Love, Cazals, Noisettes, Good Books, Lady Fuzz, Kooks, Jack Penate, Laura Marling, Maccabees, Lisa Moorish, Light Speed Champ (Test Icicles), Jamie T, Jeremy Warmsley, Guillemots and even one Carl Barat.
The single will be released on 30 Oct by B-unique and will include the collaborative track, a version of the song performed by Doherty alone, and a remix. Press info from Coalition.