DPT Sunday Special

The Mighty Carlos at Where the Action Is

(photo by BeataCervin)

Yesterday Dirty Pretty Things played at the Where the Action Is Festival in Stockholm.

Sarah Surr reviews the festival in her (swedish) blog.

Something about Peter but showing Carlos.

Gary Powell says something to the crowd.

Get seasick with this Wondering clip from the Fest.

Not so good review of Tired of England.

The NME gives its verdict on RASN in the next issue (out on wednesday).

A nice photo from the Secret busking set for BBC Culture Show.

That's what the guy who took the photo says about the set: "The band played for a short while playing a few covers and well as some of there own tracks, as well as chatting and joking around with the crowd".

DPT's next show is a fundraiser called ‘A night of Real Fits’, with Dirty Pretty Things, Reverend and the Makers, House DJ’s the Archie Bronson Outfit, Grammy Award winning James Bond/Little Britain composer David Arnold and The Bluetones Mark Morris, Kieran Leonard and The Good Knights and MORE to be announced. The event is taking place on: Friday 20th June, at: The Round Chapel 1D Glenarm Road Hackney, from 7 to 11. For more info on Real Fits go to their site.

Shambles return to the studio

From Gigwise:

Babyshambles have gone straight back into the studio to record their third album just hours after playing a last minute gig in London, Gigwise can reveal. Speaking exclusively to Gigwise, drummer Adam Ficek said that the group are in “the process of knocking our new album into shape.”The band performed last night (June 12th) at 93 Feet East in aid of the charity Teenage Kicks, a charity that Ficek described as close to the bands hearts. Babyshambles were a last minute addition to the line up, having just arrived home from a festival in Sweden. “We just about had time to play through a short set of shambles classics, ending with 'Fuck forever',” Ficek said.“It all ended up in the usual showered excitement of booze, sweat and thankfully no tears”.

And now some videos:
DPT in Moscow 1 (Bloodthirsty Bastards)
DPT in Moscow 2 (The Enemy)
DPT in Moscow 3 (Gin and Milk)
Plus!
Babyshambles at 93 Feet East

Ubiquity part 2

I can't believe what Babyshambles managed to do last night!

As you know, Babyshambles were scheduled to play at the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden. In the afternoon some Swedish website gave the news that Peter "had landed" (here) and that he and the shambles were going to play at the Festival. Which they did actually (see photo).

But soon after they finished their set they boarded on the plane and came back to London.

This is what Adrain wrote to FDW at 10.30 pm:

From my blackberry so forget aboot spellinmg We are just off the plane from sweden etc etc But more importantly teenage cancer trust has a show tonight at 93 ft east Dunno if we can make it to do anything in time but try we shall We are setting up a wee thing, well big thing in conjunctionm with them, Cato Trust and a friend of ours called Daniel Squires so support the cause. Not a gig as such but a good good thing nevertheless. Cuirrently speesing down the M11 hoping to make it. The boys are ahead and me and the boabie are assembling kit in the back of the van. Hope we make it and hope you do too if you are local. Not a "no show" if we don't make it in time but a "tried hard" at short notice! Bb

Well, it wasn't a "no show" nor a "romance at short notice"! And this is a beautiful gallery of photos by Dan Griffiths. We also have a very brief comment by red rose: the show was "short, sweet, energetic" (no setlist yet).

While Peter was splitting up in two, Dirty Pretty Things were hitting Moscow. Don't know about the amount of Vodka Viborova consumed by the bunch but we have some beautiful photos from this site and the setlist:

1. buzzards and crows. 2. wondering. 3. doctors and dealers. 4. tired of england. 5. gin & milk. 6. blood thirsty bastards. 7. last of the small town playboys. 8. chinese dogs. 9. the gentry cove. 10. b.u.r.m.a. 11. hippy’s son. 12. the enemy. 13. plastik hearts. 14. deadwood. 15. you fucking love it. --- 16. bang bang you’re dead.

Tonight DPT are showing up at a Stockholm Fest while Babyshambles are probably taking a breath.

Gigs update

Just a quick recap, OK?

Peter + Babyshambles:
17th June - Pete Doherty (Acoustic show) at Mass Brixton London
18th/19th June - Babyshambles (Live) at Mass Brixton London
Thursday 12-Jun-08 : Sweden : Hultsfred
Thursday 26-Jun-08 : Norway : Hove Festival
Friday 4-Jul-08 : Belgium : Rock Werchter
Saturday 5-Jul-08 : France Argeles Sur Mer : Les Déferlantes
Sunday 6-Jul-08 : France Belfort : Eurockeennes Festival
Friday 11-Jul-08 : France Alpes : The Musilac Fetival
Saturday 12-Jul-08: Pete Doherty at the Royal Albert Hall London
Tuesday 15-Jul-08 : Switzerland Montreux :
Montreux Jazz Festival, Miles Davis Hall
Thursday 17-Jul-08 : France : Vieilles Charrues Festival
Friday 18-Jul-08 : Spain : Benicassim
Saturday 19-Jul-08 : Spain Madrid : Benicassim
Saturday 16-Aug-08 : Austria Koppl : Frequency Festival
Sunday 17-Aug-08 : Hungary Budapest : Sziget Festival
Friday 22-Aug-08 : England Reading : Reading Festival
Saturday 23-Aug-08 : England Leeds : Leeds Festival
Friday 29-Aug-08 : England Wiltshire : Moonfest
Saturday 30-Aug-08 : Netherlands Utrecht : Festival De Beschaving
Saturday 13-Sep-08 : France La Courneuve : Fete de l'Humanite, open air

Dirty Pretty Things:
June 14 – Where The Action is, Stockholm
June 20 – Round Chapel, Hackney
June 21 – Rocka-field, Luxembourg
June 28 – Sun Jam Festival, Bern
July 4 – O2 Wireless Festival London
August 14 – Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium
August 15 – Frequency Festival, Austria
August 23 – Reading Festival
August 24 – Leeds Festival

P.S. I'm not sure about Carl at Glastonbury, they're just rumors and nothing is confirmed yet. So I'm leaving it out.

Unshambled shambled shambles

Well I'm glad I was so busy today that I didn't have a minute to post what seemed to be the breaking news of the day. And in any case I would not have posted anything wihout Adrian's confirm. So, everybody please calm down and take a breath: Mik Whitnall is NOT leaving Babyshambles, and surely he's not leaving to join Amy Winehouse's band. OK? Now, that's what the NME says about the whole story:

Babyshambles have responded to claims in a tabloid newspaper today (June 9) that guitarist Mick Whitnall is set to depart the band.The Sun claimed that Whitnall was planning to quit the band and join Amy Winehouse's touring group. Whitnall has been writing songs with the singer recently in his spare time.Following the report Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek said the claims were "a load of bollocks". He said the band were about to begin work on their third album, the follow-up to last year's 'Shotters Nation'. "It made me laugh, though," the drummer said of the newspaper report.

The new issue of the NME has also an article on Peter's new solo album:

Pete Doherty has revealed that he wants to scrap the solo album he has been working on and start it all over again abroad.Speaking to NME.COM, the Babyshambles frontman explained that his time in Wormwood Scrubs prison, where he recently served 29 days of a 14-week sentence for breaching his probation, has made him rethink his plans.Doherty has been working on a solo album over the past year with producer Jake Fior, who managed The Libertines in the early days."I've re-thought everything about what I'm going to do with the solo record," Doherty explained. "I'm not allowed out of the country until my [probation] license is up, which is a little while, but I want to go to Portugal and Paris and record the solo album – do it from scratch with Jake."Doherty has already recorded several songs set for the album including 'Darksome Sea', written by his friend and musical collaborator Wolfman, plus 'Withdrawn And Shaken' and 'Salome'.Despite claiming he wants to head to warmer shores to re-record the songs, he posted YouTube videos of him recording new song 'Broken Love Song' with Fior last week. The producer explained that the song was the follow-up to 'For Lovers', the hit Doherty had in 2005 with Wolfman.He went on to tell NME.COM that Doherty's record label, EMI, have asked for the album to be delivered by September – so whether it is recorded in Portugal or at home, a new Pete Doherty record is taking shape.

Some bizarre news

Peter seems to be concerned with, guess what, money. And he seems to be addressing the issue, guess what, founding his own record label.

The first snippet comes from MTV.co.uk:

"Pete Doherty has told MTV News he is worrying about Babyshambles management and having a lack of money in a bizarre rant. At Rock Am Ring festival he revealed: “We’ve got a few concerns at the moment over issues with management, where the money has been going (and) distribution of wealth.” Bandmate Drew McConnell then asked “Do we?” before the wayward singer continued: “We need to sit down as a band and talk about the future. What’s happening and why, when and who with. Two years of arseing about, we could actually make money out of this job.” Doherty added: “I’ve just realised people are always saying to me ‘yeah but you can afford it’ and I’m like ‘what’s making them say that?’”. Incredulous Drew then interrupted asking the rest of the band: “Are You listening to this lads? We need to stop f**king around!”. Pete- whose Babyshambles played the German festival on Saturday- then got onto the topic the local fans who are known for loving heavy metal: “They think we’re a bunch of penises. They think we’re pussies but what they’ve got to understand is those bands are all about special effects and pedals,” he said". “Every scream that comes out of my guitar is because I’m screaming and my fingers are screaming.”

The second snippet comes from Showbiz Spy, so I would take this thing with a pinch of salt (although it looks quite interesting!):

"Troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY is in talks to set up his own record label with the help of a millionaire British businessman. The Babyshambles frontman is reportedly in talks with internet tycoon Andrew Michael, who is worth an estimated $100 million (GBP50 million), about forming their own company. The move would pave the way for Doherty to have complete creative control over his music career. A source tells British newspaper the Daily Star Sunday, "Pete's thinking the sky's the limit. He's getting some good advice and he can't wait to get going. "A record label would be good to start with but he's got a whole host of other ideas to make money."

In the meantime, while Peter is struggling with financial problems, and Carl is struggling with... NME readers, John Hassall and his band Yeti manage to score a rave review on Gigwise for their upcoming album. Between two dogs striving for a bone...

Back to Shambles, Gigwise appointed Adam as guest editor of the week and had him review the new singles: "This week’s guest editor of Singled Out! is Adam Ficek of Babyshambles. When the drummer, who also fronts the fantastic Roses, Kings, Castles, popped by our office last week we played five singles into his ears and told him to review them. Interested to know what he thought? Well read on to find out..."

Babyshambles at Rock Am Ring

The best review comes from Mr. Pete Doherty himself:

"The gig was a good'un, standard set but it was a mental crowd for 2 in the morning. ended up going on after the verve. not that i'm one for name dropping but to the strains of 'the drugs don't work' i got batterred at pool by Metallica's bus driver in the backstage bit [all candles in little glitter lanterns ('ve need zem tomorrow' said the security bloke as i tried to bag a load of them for the albionRooms) and palm tres and that) my hotel room looks out over beautiful Koblenz.. a wide busy river and medaeval bridges and gothic churches and cobbled streets".

Another delay (this time it was a traffic jam!) meant that the Shambles took the stage around 2 am. The photo above is the only one I've found (and it's from libs daily). No videos yet.

LATER!!!