Pete Doherty Cancels Ibiza Gig For Rehab Stint

Pete Doherty has cancelled Babyshambles’ Ibiza Rocks appearance on Wednesday in favour of checking into drugs rehabilitation.

The singer – who is due to play near Barcelona tonight – will enter a drugs rehabilitation clinic on Monday for a planned two week stay.

Ibiza Rocks promoter Andy McKay says, “We were all really looking forward to welcoming Babyshambles back to the island this year for Ibiza Rocks but, at the end of the day, we love and support Pete and it's his health and happiness that are important.

“He's promised us that he'll celebrate his recovery with a special comeback gig at Ibiza Rocks so we can't argue with that."

However, Doherty's decision not to join the party on the Spanish island may not be entirely his own. According to The Sun, the long-term drug addict has been forced into a fifth stint in rehab by a court order.

The former Libertines frontman is currently under a court-imposed drugs rehabilition programme after pleading guilty to drugs charges earlier this year.

He told a judge earlier this month that he was having an anti-opiate implant fitted, although he is yet to manage a negative drugs test – though he did say in a TV interview last night that he felt he was “coming out of the valley of despair”.