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Fans Fight As Pete Doherty Plays First Gig Since Prison

Singer is mobbed by fans...

  • by Jason Gregory
  • Tuesday, May 13, 2008
  • Photo by: PR Photos
  • filed in: Punk Indie
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Fights broke out amongst members of the audience tonight (May 13th) as Babyshambles played their first gig since frontman Pete Doherty was freed from prison.

The band’s show at the Forum in London was announced last week shortly after Doherty was released just 29 days into a 14-week prison sentence.

Fans were in an excitable mood throughout the show, which saw Babyshambles mix new songs with hits from their previous two albums.

Doherty, who was dressed in a suit and trilby, thanked “everyone who wrote a letter over the last month” before the band began the concert with ‘Pipe Down’.

The singer also told fans how much he was looking forward to the show but joked that he had developed a “fucking massive spot” on his face.

Amongst the band’s new songs was ‘Maybeline’ – a video for which was published on Youtube last week showing Doherty being strangled by his ex-girlfriend, model Irina Lazareanu.

One of the loudest cheers of the night was reserved for Shane McGowan, who clutched a drink as he sang ‘Dirty Old Town’ with the band.

As the show progressed, fans, who had been invading the stage throughout the gig, began turning on each other, with security intervening in one scuffle.

Doherty, who broke smoking laws by lighting a cigarette, was also mobbed by a fan as Babyshambles closed their set with a raucous rendition of ‘Fuck Forever’.

After making his way through the crowd, the man flung his arms around Doherty, who returned the favour by pouring beer over the fan.

Security guards then struggled as the man tried to get back at the singer.

Were you at the gig? What did you think of Babyshambles performance? Let us know by posting a comment below...

The set list for the gig was as follows:

‘Pipe Down’
‘Beg, Steal or Borrow’
‘Delivery’
‘Unbilotitled’
‘New Song’
‘Carry On Up The Morning’
Baddie’s Boogie’
‘Dirty Old Town’
‘I Wish’
‘Side of the Road’
‘New Song’
‘Killamangiro’
‘Maybeline’
‘Crumb Begging’
‘Albion’
‘Back From The Dead’
‘Fuck Forever’

You can see a selection of Doherty pictures below...
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  • ”Hits from their previous two albums” - what hits?

    ~ by BritSwedeGuy 5/14/2008

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  • High light was ’Side of the Road’ which was bloody mental, but to be critical Albion was a bit too drawn out, they easily could of fitted another song in. Dissapointed not to hear French Dog Blues, You Talk or Lost Art of Murder, but all in all a very strong performance.

    ~ by S Cecil 5/14/2008

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    • Don’t know why, but French Dog Blues is the only song they never play from Shotter’s Nation. Seen them 3 times since that album came out and they never played it.

      ~ by Noods 5/14/2008

  • ”hits” = Massive tunes loved by loads of fans. NOT making it onto Radio1 or MTV playlists. Pete gets in the charts (and still sells records from 7 years ago) despite giving them away on the internet and suffering negative bias from spineless media. Didnt see them last night but they were great in Nottingham arena. (unless you turned up expecting Scouting For Girls, The Feeling or Coldplay type performance zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!)

    ~ by John B 5/14/2008

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  • Delivery, F**K Forever, Kilamangiro, Albion. All top 10 hits. Does that clear your question up.

    ~ by Ange 5/14/2008

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  • Mate all I can say was .... absolutely amazing!!!! Had a wicked time! It was a little messy at the front - just how it should be but didn’t see any fighting! People were helping eachother out - but there were as always a one or two people who are *$$*$% lets just say not real fans more like football hooligans! Pete was on top form - thanks for a great gig as usual! Up the Doherty!!! Love you Pete!!! xxxxx

    ~ by Charlie 5/14/2008

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  • Brilliant night. Great performance, interacted with the crowd, on top form. Played a great set of songs. Seen him 3 times and that was by far the best yet. What you expect from a Babyshambles concert.

    ~ by JenKat 5/14/2008

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    • Yeah fighting within the crowd and mindless drunk idiots who are only there because Oasis aren’t touring - exactly what you expect from a Babyshambles concert!

      ~ by Bob 5/14/2008

  • ABSOLUTELY AWESOME NIGHT pete and the rest of the band were on top form,want to watch him do it all again tonight.

    ~ by claire 5/14/2008

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  • Band were good, a bit of a mess, but there was a lot of love in the room! Some idiots in the crowd, but most of the sweaty people who were bouncing against me were just having fun. Glad to have you back Pete

    ~ by Richard 5/14/2008

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  • Absolutely brilliant as always. As Pete has said before he can’t do it on his own he needs the whole band. It was my 4th time seeing them and i wasn’t disappointed. Took a girlfriend of mine and still ended up with another girl in the front row. Didn’t see any serious fights. Maybe the security were fairly heavy on matey who attacked Pete at end but Pete covered him in Beer! At Brixton Pete told us to stop fighting/Pushing so he could fight with Patrick! Love it. Aidy

    ~ by Killamangiro 5/14/2008

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  • Fantastic gig. The atmosphere and energy of the fans show why Pete and Babyshambles are hailed are revered by the people who matter. The people who know of Pete through the Daily Mail or the S*n and taking all that media scape goating rubbish are really not important. Don’t understand all that “Fans fight at gig” crap as well. Just another head line to distract from what’s actually happening. I was at the front all night and didn’t see anything I haven’t seen

    ~ by Magri 5/15/2008

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