Babyshambles

Pete Doherty on swapping crack for camembert in France: ‘It’s easier to be clean here – even for a scoundrel’

Twenty years after the Libertines’ narcotics-fuelled heyday, has the singer really put the chaos behind him?

Hadley Freeman

11, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM

Peter Doherty: 'If I was drug free, I'd be a force to be reckoned with'

The Libertines co-frontman is 40 – an age few expected him to reach. Yet he’s back with a new band, a seaside hotel and an unorthodox approach to dog-handling

Simon Hattenstone

26, Apr, 2019 @5:00 AM

Mark Blanco's mother urges new inquiry into death of son at Pete Doherty party

Video expert says analysis shows another person was on the balcony of east London flat from which Mark Blanco fell to his death

Jamie Doward

19, Oct, 2013 @11:35 AM

Babyshambles – review

Pete Doherty revealed some excellent new songs, but the show unravelled in the second half, writes Graeme Virtue

Graeme Virtue

05, Sep, 2013 @3:05 PM

This week's new live music

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak | Babyshambles | Eleanor Friedberger | Sons Of Kemet | Prom 70: Britten & Lloyd

John Fordham, John Robinson & Andrew Clements

31, Aug, 2013 @5:00 AM

Babyshambles: Sequel to the Prequel – review

There's a surprising amount to enjoy on Babyshambles' latest effort, writes Betty Clarke

Betty Clarke

29, Aug, 2013 @10:01 PM

Babyshambles – Fireman: New music

Babyshambles are back following Doherty's brief acting sojourn. The album's riotous opening track is full of garbled vocals and a right good melodic thrashing

Michael Cragg

20, Aug, 2013 @6:01 AM

Pete Doherty: he's opened a shop in Camden market

Doherty Martin & Co Rag & Bone Collection sells personal items, such as his mates' old cigarette butts for £100

13, Aug, 2013 @2:52 PM

Pete Doherty on heroin, life in Paris and his new film

After enjoying four years as a cult hero in France, the former Libertine is still battling with addiction and unable – or unwilling – to escape his notorious past

Angelique Chrisafis

02, Dec, 2012 @8:00 PM