Isn’t this guy’s 10 minutes up yet?
from the BBC:
Singer Doherty is sent to prison
Pete Doherty has been forced to postpone a show in April
Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty has been jailed for 14 weeks for violating his probation and for using drugs.
Judge Davinder Lachar handed the musician the sentence at a court hearing in west London.
Doherty had been given a suspended jail sentence for possession of drugs and driving illegally in October last year.
His supervision order required him to make regular visits to court for progress reports, as well as take part in a drug rehabilitation programme.
The BBC’s David Sillito said the singer had missed one appointment with his probation team and been late for another.
The punishment means Doherty has been forced to postpone a concert at the Royal Albert Hall
in April.
The gig would have been his biggest solo show yet.
The show is due to be rescheduled and all tickets will be valid for the new date once it has been announced.
Glastonbury appearance
The star’s record label said in a statement: “Peter was very much looking forward to the show and would like to offer his sincerest apologies to all his fans and to all those concerned.”
Speaking to BBC 6 Music, Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek said: “I feel gutted for him. Obviously he’s going to find it really difficult in there but all I can say is that the band is going to stick with him as always.”
He said they planned to continue writing and and making music with him and will get in touch with Doherty as soon they can.
“As far as I see it I hope we can really look positively on this and when he comes out he can learn from the mistakes he’s made and we can persevere with the path that Babyshambles was treading before,” added his bandmate.
Under current rules, the Doherty is likely to serve around a month of his sentence.
But if he spends the full 14 weeks in prison, he will miss a headlining slot on the Park stage at the Glastonbury Festival.
In the past the singer, who rose to fame after forming the Libertines in 1997, has admitted that staying off taking drugs was not easy.
Last November he admitted suffering a drug relapse and vowed to seek further to help him tackle his heroin addiction.
Doherty, who used to date model Kate Moss, has repeatedly appeared in court for various drug offences.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHow is he even news-worthy anymore? The sun still rises in the morning, people still go to work and pete doherty is still an arsehole.
he’ll get buggered in there this time hopefully.
Oh. I can tell that there is sympathy for this guy.
Nah, there isn’t is there?
For some reason Amy Winehouse generates more sympathy. Why is this?
Dunno Doc - maybe its because he was hyped beyond his talent, or that he squandered whatever talent/luck he did once have.
Maybe the public have no sympathy for a man who had everything (money, rockstar lifestyle, talent, super-model girlfriend, devoted fanbase), who then publicly and seemingly deliberately pissed it all away. Winehouse, on the other hand has an undeniable talent which hasn’t been completely squandered yet, so maybe the public still have hope for her.
Or maybe he’s just an annoying twat…
Sorry, that las comment was from me.
honestly, sheepie, I think he is just an annoying twat. I’m not sure his music was ever up to much. I guess Whinehouse (sic) can belt out the songs and she is getting a bit more of the benefit of the doubt.
I have about as much time for Winehouse as I have for Doherty. Which is to say, none.