Judge gives singer last chance to quit drugs

Pete and Carl onstage in London

Pete Doherty of The Libertines and Babyshambles was warned yesterday at Thames Magistrates Court in London that he faces a possible jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of carrying an offensive weapon.
Doherty will find out early next month what his sentence will be, which could pose problems for the planned Babyshambles tour in September. […]

The Libertines announced this morning that they will play all upcoming live dates, including festivals, without Pete Doherty, who appeared in court on offensive weapon charges yesterday. A statement from the band said, “Peter’s erratic mental state worries us greatly and having him on tour would only compound his problems.”
The tour will promote the band’s […]

Are you keeping up with this? Pete Doherty of The Libertines is back in the UK again, having left Thailand after another failed attempt stay in rehab. He hasn’t been here long but he’s already found himself in trouble – charged for being in possession of an offensive weapon (a flick knife) after the police […]

In a further twist to the story that has dominated Indigo Flow over the last few weeks, Libertine star Pete Doherty has fled the Thamkrabok Monastery drug rehabilitation centre in Thailand after less than a week.
In the last month the guitarist and vocalist has also booked himself out (or, in one case, possibly been thrown […]

Alan McGee, manager of The Libertines, has issued an official statement on Pete Doherty’s situation and changes to the band’s immediate future, which includes the cancellation of festival dates.
McGee said, “We flew Peter to Thailand last night. To be honest his mum, Carlos (Barat) and myself can’t believe he did it but he is a […]

After our report yesterday that Pete Doherty had gone AWOL from rehab in Paris, we can now tell you that he has surfaced again in London and is back with The Libertines. He has now told fans that he’s heading to Thailand to kick his drug habits.
On Monday night Doherty and the rest of the […]

Concerns are growing over the wellbeing of Libertines frontman Pete Doherty as it has been announced that he has left rehab for the second time in a month. This follows a statement last Friday from the band’s manager Alan McGee that they are not splitting up, despite Doherty’s claims to the contrary in a recent […]

The ongoing saga of Pete Doherty continues, after his announcement in an interview with the Sun last week that he was to quit the Libertines and head to France to rid himself of addiction to heroin and crack it has now been announced that he is in rehab in Paris.
A spokesman for the Libertines told […]