Pete Doherty has announced that he is to play the
Royal Albert Hall and someone has actually taken him seriously and booked the venue for the night. Quite how he intends to fill this sizable auditorium is unknown, but there'd better be one hell of a guest list to get the place even half full. It's a solo gig, so even Babyshambles' other members won't be there.
The gig will take place (addictions and tortured art permitting) on April 26, with tickets going on sale on from 9am this Saturday and continuing to remain available until around 8.30pm on April 26.
Who knows, maybe he'll fill the place easily. Then write a brilliant hit single and set the world record for the hundred metres - you just don't know, do you? Stranger things have happened, such as him gaining an incredible amount of weight despite the fact he was supposed to be addicted to heroin.
Hopefully, Pete will discover that the guest list is full, with all eight of his friends attending and that another 30 or so seats have actually been sold to shy, introverted boys who waver between James Dean, Jim Morrison and Pete himself for their allowance of moody, doomed youth...
Pete can then set off around the country in 'Blues Brothers' style in an old police car (well, he's been in the back of enough of 'em) demanding that people attend his concert through a large loudhailer. As in the film, there'll just be time for a brief encounter with a stick thin model before the inevitable car crash and prison time. Well, here's hoping. And no sequels, please.