Gigs and more

A little recap of the events of this week:

Fri 15thMay
RHYTHM FACTORY PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO JONNY RHYTHM

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MICHAEL SOBBELL HOUSE HOSPICE

PETER DOHERTY + THE PADDINGTONS + RED ROOTS + MELODY NELSON + THEE UNSTRUNG + CAZALS + THE MUNROES + DJ's 'til the early hours

8pm - 6am (the gig is sold out)

Sat 16thMay
RHYTHM FACTORY PRESENTS PETER DOHERTY+ WILL MILES + LEGS ELEVEN + BOY CRIED WOLF + BAD HAIR DAY + SABATTA + THE GUILTY ONES + PUNK BEATLES

8pm - 4am - tickets £20 available from ticketweb and the venue.

Plus! The Ficek twittered: 'Apples & Engines' ep out in July, 500 x CD and 10" -first dibs to mailing listers - www.roseskingscastles.com. new song written 'cola boy'.

And then: "preparing my 4th ep track, it's a little bit electro, I'm gonna rip off 'Herve' and make friends with Annie Mac and the cool catz. WEVS!!"

And Carl spoke to the NME. Thanks to... Whoever wrote down this little article:
Carl Barat is making an appearance acting in an Internet sitcom this week which features a bizarre cast including Goldie Lookin Chain’s Maggot and Alan McGee. The former Libertine makes a cameo appearance in the new episode of music industry-based comedy Svengali, playing himself in a scene that sees him pestered by fans begging him to reform his old band - an experience Barat says he goes through “every Friday night.”

The episode was filmed in The Foundry in London, where Barat and Peter Doherty used to host a club night. “It was a poetry night,” explained Barat. “We used to do the occasional raffle to get money together. It hasn’t changed a bit!”

He added that his role wasn’t too demanding. “The main character hassles me about getting the Libs back together,” he explained. “I just did what I do every Friday night. I take it in my stride.” Maggot and McGee play themselves in the show, which has also seen former Oasis man Bonehead make a cameo. The sitcom precedes Barat’s appearance alongside Kevin Spacey, as Gene Vincent in Joe Meek biopic Telstar.

The former DPT insists though he’s still focused on music, with a solo album on the way. "I don’t want to use the ‘P’ word [’Politics’ not ‘Peter’]," he explained, “but I’m writing about the states of things.”

And that Libs reunion? According to Barat, it’s on the cards: “I think we left it as ‘next year...’”