Babyshambles: Afrobeat
Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek has told the Daily Star that his band’s new record will ditch pop nonsense for tribal beats and adventurous experimentation»
Babyshambles News
The Raconteurs, Beck and M.I.A. among new Hove additions
More names have been added to the bill for this year’s Hove Festival»
Pete Doherty sent to prison for breaking the law
Babyshambles and former Libertines man Pete Doherty has been jailed for 14 weeks for his poor punctuality as well as, obviously, his apparently remorseless consumption of drugs of all classes»
No alarms, no surprises, no Radiohead: Reading / Leeds line-up announced
The Killers, Rage Against The Machine and Metallica are to headline this year’s Reading / Leeds shindig.»
Doherty, drugs, children: must be a Channel 4 show
Channel 4 have approached Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty to make a television programme about druggie teens, according to The Daily Star and, subsequently, NME.com»
Doherty triple-header: Babyshambles man plots threesome with Rhythm Factory
Pete Doherty is to play three nights on the trot at London's Rhythm Factory»
My Bloody Valentine announced as headliners for Benicassim '08
Babyshambles have been confirmed as headliners at next year’s Benicassim festival in Spain.»
Chart round-up: the dark lord ascends
The Ghost of Christmas Past haunts the charts this week, with classics of yesteryear from Mariah Carey, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Wham! and Wizzard all reminding you of happier times and, by implication, what terrible people you’ve all become.»
Berk: Linkin Park targets collaborations with Horrors and more
Prepping the market ahead of a company jolly in January, Chester Bennington laid the ground for Linkin Park to develop enterprising new partnerships in the UK.»
Chart round-up: boss hogs
The boredom stultifying the upper echelons of the singles chart means we start this week's round-up with the longplayers. »
"Lovesick druggie" Doherty's suicide attempt denied by manager
Peter Doherty's manager has revealed that his perma-troubled charge did not try to commit suicide during a recent spell in rehab.»
Chart round-up: not much brewing
There’s a twinkle in Sean Kingston’s eye as he spends a fifth week atop the single charts, the stirrings of a title assault on Rihanna’s ten-week crown perhaps in evidence.»
Bail punk: Doherty escapes new charges
Rock enigma and poet in his own mind Pete Doherty pranced away from court scot-free today after charges of breaching his bail were dropped on a technicality.»
Coming soon! New Babyshambles LP
Babyshambles announced details of their second album about 5 hours ago. After some deliberation, we've decided to run it as a newsy.»
Road to ruin: Doherty living under the Westway
The former Libertine is living in a caravan under the Westway, apparently.»
Babyscrambles: Doherty mobs Pop
Pete Doherty has revealed he was part of the stage invasion during The Stooges’ Glastonbury performance – and insists Iggy Pop is a fan of his work.»
Wino, Ryder are a 'Shambles: collaborations ahoy
Amy Winehouse and Shaun Ryder have been mooted to appear on Babyshambles’ second album. That is correct, I said ‘mooted’.
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DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news
What a week it has been! Sunny days, not-so-warm nights – it’s almost like the summer… only, like, proof of our impending destruction at the merciless hands of global warming...»
Pete Doherty: broke, apparently
Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty - pictured clutching what we can only assume is someone else's award - is next to broke, apparently...»
Glastonbury line-up leaks
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
Babyshambles for grown-up Winter tour
Babyshambles will tour massive venues in the Winter.»
Babyshambles to play big February dates
Babyshambles have announced three UK shows for February next year...»
(Untitled)
So we’re back from ATP and shattered, physically and mentally: what better time could there possibly be for a trawl through the ups and downs of the last seven days in the UK singles and albums charts...»
Winehouse, meet crackhouse: duo to duet?
Guilty pleasure-cum-drunk Amy Winehouse has revealed a burning desire to record a duet with fellow addict Pete Doherty...»
DiS's chart update: late again, but could still do for Hull at home easily enough...
Seriously, lads, nil-nil? You’re killing me here…»
Girls Aloud don't like brown teeth and mouldy fingers, it seems...
Girls Aloud - they are not unattractive - reckon Pete Doherty's a bit rubbish. While they're not alone in thinking this, they are sort of famous, which is why The Times reported their slurs...»
JAG! Pete Doherty loses car...
Pete Doherty, making his second appearance in today's news (kinda), has lost his Jaguar. The motor car was towed away after the singer failed to pay some £1,200 of fines...»
Babyshambles: not "unreliable sods" anymore
Babyshambles have spoken to NME.com about their signing to Parlophone for the release of an EP, adding that they're no longer "unreliable sods"...»
WIN! Ibiza Rocks double-disc albums
See me, I wouldn't be caught dead in Ibiza. It's too sunny, its beaches are full of stinkin' Brits abroad, and its clubs play that thump-thump-thump shite that the Vauxhall Nova brigade used to pump out of their crappy cars when I was in sixth form...»
P. Doherty: Sean "Puffy-smoker" Combs - skag boy for life?
Brand-new(ish) free London paper The London Paper has been forced to apologise to rapper-cum-businessman P Diddy, or Diddy, or whatever, after printing a picture of him beside an article reporting Pete Doherty's latest drama...»
Don't Look Back Into The Sun: tabloid Libertines rumours abound!
The Sun has reported that Pete Doherty and Carl Barat - the songwriting core of The Libertines before said band broke up - have begun writing together again...»
WIN! Glastonbury CDs and DVDs
Julian Temple’s Glastonbury film was released earlier this year to great critical acclaim, and DiS has three copies of the movie that’s kept me in the festival loop this summer, as well as its soundtrack, to give away to our readers...»
Let's Rock! Edinburgh cancelled!
September 30th's Let's Rock! Edinburgh event - due to be held at the Royal Highlands Centre - has been cancelled...»
Let's Rock! Edinburgh bill announced
The first-ever Let's Rock! Edinburgh one-day gig is to be held this year, on September 30...»
Doherty diaries to be published in March
Pete Doherty's diaries are to be published, Kurt-style (well, ish: it's not like Pete's dead yet), in March next year...»
News nuggets: a round up of stuff we couldn't be bothered fleshing into full articles
It's the freakin' World Cup, okay? We've other things on our mind than 'music'. That being the case, here's a run through of newsy bits 'n' pieces that we might've written more on if we weren't so STUPIDLY excited. Yes, even about Germany against Costa Rica... we've already sent someone to get us a seat in t'boozer...»
Exclusive: Babyshambles demo new material; ponder offers
Following the inaccurate news that Babyshambles have been dropped, DiS has the skinny on exactly what is going down.»
A Rough deal? No deal, actually - Babyshambles 'dropped'
Regular no-shows at, um, shows Babyshambles have parted company with Rough Trade, the label that released their much-delayed and ultimately shite Down In Albion long-player last year...»
Pete does stuff, we write about it, you read it, simple as...
He's proper pissed off that the only thing the papers want him for is his DRUG-fuck self-destruction, the ambulance-chasing scumbags, but that doesn't stop our Pete Doherty from being very silly...»
The worm turns: red-top wants Pete off the streets
His face has no doubt helped them shift a few thousand copies more of their filthy gutter trash rag, but The Sun has started a 'Get Pete off the Street' campaign, saying that troubled Babyshambles singer Doherty needs to be behind bars...»
Naomi Awards: celebrating the cackest of the cack in poop musak
This year's Naomi Awards - held around the time of The Brits to remind folk of the very worst that pop's had to offer over the last 12 months - have revealed that Westlife are the biggest losers of late to hang about our charts like a bad smell...»
Shambles re-scheduled dates confirmed
Babyshambles have confirmed their re-scheduled dates from... um... before. When they were postponed. Because of something...»
Kaisers ready to romp home at NME Awards - nominees in full
The nominations for this year's NME Awards makes for some mighty fine readin' if you're one of them Kaiser boys - the band are up for no fewer than (*counts, rapidly*) six awards...»
Peter's treaters: latest tabloid talk
Peter Andre is the sexiest man in the world I tell ya...»
Further celebrity bitching: Waterman vs Doherty
YES! Silver-haired pop gnome Pete Waterman has finally confirmed what many of us had feared: Pete Doherty is a bit rubbish...»
'Shambles' baby ready for birth
Babyshambles have told Xfm that their long-delayed album is finally finished...»
Pack your sandwiches: Paddingtons tour
Hull-spawned hellraisers The Paddingtons set off on tour next month...»
Church tells Pete to go home, makes headlines
She's the voice of an angel but the tongue of a binman: Welshie songtress Charlotte Church has, for no apparent reason really, called the forever fragile Mr Peter Doherty a w*nker...»
Pop justice! McFly to claim top spot
The belated word from the midweeks is that chart titan Sir James of Blunt will be toppled from his summit by pop-punk urchins McFly...»
Doherty to star in autobiography flick?
Former Libertine-slash-current Babyshamble Mr Pete Doherty is hoping to star in a film about his own life. Really.»
Live8 not about publicity? Backstage Pete bigs up demo...
Although Saturday's events were in no way intended to drum up publicity for pop stars with new wares to sell, Pete Doherty nevertheless told anyone who would listen that his new track with squeeze Kate Moss will be a big hit.»
Red Top Ramble... pop goss from showbiz central
hello chaps, some gossip from the newspapers today as DiS searches for some hard facts to tell you about...»
Anti-racism gig requires help
The Love Music Hate Racism gig to be held in Trafalgar Square this Sunday (May 1st) requires volunteers.»
Shambling along: Pete & co. do Homelands and Glasto
Peter Doherty's Babyshambles are totting up the festival appearances this year, having confirmed dates at Homelands and Glastonbury.»
Rolling stones gather no Moss; a Babyshambles does...
Rumours rumours rumours... the backbone of all good tabloid rags and the source of much mirth at DiS towers...»
The worst of the worst: The Naomis run down
Named after the model Naomi Campbell's shocking pop 'career', the Naomis are given to the very worst of the worst, and 'winners' were announced yesterday.»
Doherty court date set
Troubled singer 'up before the beak' on February 21st»
Update: Heroin Chic to Heroin Tit - Doherty Developments
Troubled singer now charged with blackmail & robbery following Wednesday's alledged incident.»
Pete Doherty to bare all on Newsnight
Pete Doherty is to appear in an interview on Newsnight this week.»
Doherty endures teenage kicks
Ex Libertines man Pete Doherty in 'unprovoked' London attack...»
Babyshambles to tour. Really.
Babyshambles (oh, you know) have announced a rather sizeable tour. Suppose that allows for a decent number of last-minute cancellations.»
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