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Growing up in a military family, Doherty spent much of his childhood moving from military base to military base, living in Germany, Northern Ireland and Cyprus for a time. After a brief jaunt at Queen Mary college of the University of London, Doherty dropped out after a year, moving in to a flat with friend and fellow musician, Carl Barât in London, UK. The pair decided to form a band, which was to become The Libertines, along with bassist John Hassal and drummer Gary Powell, signing to Rough Trade records in December 2001.
Their debut album, "Up The Bracket," released in 2002, brought Doherty and his band mainstream success, gaining a huge following and being regarded as the next big thing in British music. Shortly after this success, Doherty spiralled into drug addiction and was even arrested for burgling Barât's flat. With an ever increasing drug problem, Doherty was asked to leave The Libertines, after failed rehabilitation attempts. However, the band did manage to record their self-titled second album during this time (August 2004), receiving critical praise. The band went on an indefinite hiatus following its release, unable to continue due to Doherty's personal problems.
Doherty went on to form Babyshambles, who released their debut album "Down in Albion" in 2005, which whilst being a rough and unfinished record, it still showed the talent and skills of Doherty's songwriting. A second Babyshambles record, "Shotter's Nation," was released in 2007, following which the band went on a hiatus.
Doherty became the fascination of the British tabloid press, due to his infamous behaviour and drug problems, as well as the much publicised tumultuous relationship with supermodel Kate Moss His continued problems with the police led to a 14-week arrest, detained at Wormwood Scrubs prisoning 2008.
Doherty has frequently played solo gigs, often doing so at short notice, sometimes holding guerrilla gigs at various places, including his own North london flat. In 2009, he released his first solo album, titled "Grace/Wastelands," which was received with critical acclaim. Doherty has also reunited with the Libertines and Babyshambles for some high profile performances at European festivals since 2009.
Live-Bewertungen
An indie musician like Pete Doherty cannot be understood until you see him live. I was a casual listener of Pete Doherty's music when I bought a ticket to see him perform. I was blown away!! I was with a friend, who had never heard of him. I was in a really bad mood before I went so I was kind of expecting to have a horrible experience, but Pete Doherty is far too talented to feel anything but awed in his presence.
First off, I didn't expect him to be so stylish and cool. He performed in this well-tailored suit and awesome fedora. Doherty might seem like a shy guy, but he plays and sings like nobody can bring him down. He's one of those people whose entire persona transforms when he's performing. He had such a magnetic personality. The entire crowd was drawn to his crooning voice and his British accent. In between performing songs, he cracked jokes and engaged the audience.
He gained so much of my respect because of the way he played with passion, but kept true to who he was. I clapped my hands with the others in the crowd, and we cheered for him to keep singing. None of us wanted the performance to end.
Many people now recognise Pete Doherty's name partly due to his musical credibilities and partly due to his controversial lifestyle involving the excessive use of drugs. Away from the paper headlines, you cannot deny that Doherty has an impressive discography having co-fronted iconic indie band The Libertines before founding Babyshambles who received an equal critical acclaim.
He does not perform solo frequently yet when he does he relies on the past releases of his two bands to create the setlist. He is joined by accompanying musicians yet the focus is truly on Pete as he stands centre stage with a trusty acoustic guitar. Despite his past of substance abuse, his voice has retained its gritty quality whilst he is actually incredibly witty between tracks as he engages in banter with both the crowd and his band. The performances of 'Time For Heroes' and 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun' are faultless and it makes you wonder if all these years when we have focused on Doherty's personal life, we should have been focusing on the music.
sean-ward
Disappointing and frustrating.
Doors opened at 17:00 but concert only started at 21:30 because – presumably – Mr Doherty was late. So we were left waiting for hours with nothing to do (except a 15 minute opening act).
Concert, however good, lasted only 1 hour.
This is my very last time attending one of his concerts!
jzetlaoui
O que valeu a pena mesmo foi ver Peter Doherty.
Infelizmente ele não estava nos melhores dias mas, mesmo assim foi legal.
Acredito que todos que estiveram no show pensam a mesma coisa. Mesmo assim, cada segundo foi inesquecível.
viviandoce
He was soo great. Happy, funny and made a really good show. I saw both shows he did at Vasateatern in Stockholm 16th and 17th of Mars -18 and was really happy both nights. Pete was funny, spontanious and seems to love performing.
jimmy-hagerstrom
Pete played a good gig with songs that you think he would play.
Did play som extra songs cause it was the last show on the tour. Songs like f*ck forever, killamangiro, Albion, your my Waterloo and last of the english roses.
anders-johansson-5
Amazing homecoming gig! Peter was on top form! Great to see other babyshbles members playing alongside him! Great set, even played some Libertines numbers too! One of the best nights of my life, quite gutted its over!
sophie-pallash
Great gig with Pete didnt play Killmanjaro or f*ck forever but did listen to us and played What katie did. Best on the night was Albion really nice version of the babyshambles song.
anders-johansson-5
Peter on top form with good mix of old and new, fuck forever a definite highlight for me. Decent mix of support acts too. Never been to O2 Kentish before and it's a great venue
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