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| CONCERT
REVIEW by Nick Morgan
BABYSHAMBLES Shepherds Bush Empire, London,
January 29th 2006 |
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Whiskyfun
readers will no doubt be shocked to discover that
my ‘The Gig that was So Bad that I Couldn’t
Be Arsed to Review It’ Award, that I presented
to Steve Harley in the Whiskyfun
Music Awards for 2005, did not find favour with
all parties. In fact “your review stinks”
was what was written in an e-mail to Serge, which
some may remember is more or less what I thought
about the gig (actually that’s an understatement,
but let’s not start that again). |
Our
mystery correspondent continued, “Perhaps
you should have gone to see Babyshambles...
sounds like more your scene”. Hmmm….well,
never one to resist a challenge, I managed (that
very day!) to get hold of tickets for said band
of the moment, fronted by Kate Moss’s ex boyfriend,
tabloid darling Pete Doherty, at the Bush. “You’re
wasting your time dad” sighed my daughter
as she agreed to stand in for The Photographer,
“he’ll never turn up”. Well, for
once I should have listened to the voice of impetuous
youth, as over the past few weeks Pete’s been
arrested for possession of cocaine and heaven knows
what else twice, and as a result is now languishing
at her Majesty’s Pleasure, as we like to say,
rather than cavorting about the stage of the Bush.
The only thing that consoles me is that Pete was
quoted as saying at the time of his arrest "Please,
officers, don't do this. I've got a gig tonight,
cut me a break." No doubt it was the Whiskyfun
review he was thinking about.
Well Pete, I hope you're getting the care and attention
that you need (‘though I somewhat doubt it)
and that you get well soon. In the meantime readers
could do worse than listen to some of the new Babyshambles
album Down in Albion which is decent enough, and
certainly shows that young Mr Doherty is on the
way to wasting a considerable talent.
Err… can I have my money back please? - Nick
Morgan |
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