Pete Doherty

:For the scientist, see Peter Doherty; for the wrestler, see Duke of Dorchester Pete Doherty.

Controversy and arrests

On February 3 2005, Doherty was arrested for assaulting documentary film maker Max Carlish in an Islington hotel and, despite protesting his innocence, failed to provide £150,000 bail by the agreed deadline and was briefly jailed. Magistrates imposed conditions on his eventual release, including a night-time curfew for all reasons except drug rehabilitation, and an escort from a private security firm at all times. The charges of robbery and blackmail were later dropped. Doherty is undergoing a rehabilitation using Naltrexone, which prevents the opiates in heroin from causing a "high".

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February 3 - 2005 - Documentary - Max Carlish - Islington - Bail - Robbery - Blackmail - Naltrexone - Heroin

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Doherty remains estranged from Barat, although they briefly met in April 2005 at the Boogaloo Bar, London.

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On July 2 2005, he appeared at the Live 8 concert, in Hyde Park, London, performing Children of the Revolution as a duet with Elton John. Several UK newspapers called his performance "shambolic" http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/live8/story/0,16066,1520783,00.html. He later claimed the poor performance was a result of shock at comments made by Bob Geldof's daughter, Peaches. "Just before I went on stage, she whispered something rather suggestive to me. It left me in such shock I didn't know where I was. Bob Geldof has organised this amazing global event...and daughter has secretly made a pass at me. It's all I can think about. It did my head in. I didn't think Bob would be very happy." http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/dreadful-doherty-blames-peaches/2005/07/06/1120329486190.html Bob Geldof's daughter strongly denied his allegations. He recently apologised for these comments in The Daily Mirror. In an interview with The Daily Mirror on August 4th 2005, Sir Elton John blamed his co-star's performance on nerves.http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15818628&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=elton-in-live8-blast-name_page.html

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July 2 - 2005 - Live 8 - Hyde Park, London - Elton John - Bob Geldof - The Daily Mirror

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In July 2005, Doherty and Babyshambles were due to support Oasis on their UK stadium tour. They failed to turn up, however, and later claimed Doherty was unable to make his way from France on time http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4659279.stm. This lead to Oasis guitarist and vocalist Noel Gallagher dedicating the song "The Importance of Being Idle" to Babyshambles.

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July 2005 - Oasis - Noel Gallagher - The Importance of Being Idle

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On August 13 2005, he was stopped in the airport customs at Oslo Gardermoen Airport, where customs officers found him to be in possession of a small amount of heroin. His band was originally booked to play at the Oslo-festival Øyafestivalen at 5:05 PM, but he remained in custody for three hours. He was released when the organizers of the festival paid the fine of 8000 NOK (693.118 GBP). When the band appeared onstage later than scheduled, Doherty was sick, and vomited after 20 minutes. He threw out a bottle of Vodka to the audience, and showed them his empty cigarette package, followed by the crowd throwing cigarettes to him. Because of the electricity being shut down at 11 pm, they couldn't play for more than 30 minutes.

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August 13 - 2005 - Oslo Gardermoen - Heroin - Oslo - Øyafestivalen - PM - NOK - GBP - Vodka

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On August 15 2005, Babyshambles released their second single "Fuck Forever", which reached #4 in the UK singles chart.

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August 15 - 2005 - Babyshambles

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On August 28 2005, Pete Doherty was involved in an altercation with Razorlight singer and former friend Johnny Borrell. Reports suggest that Doherty had headbutted Borrell after their performance at the Leeds Festival, for reasons unknown.

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August 28 - 2005 - Razorlight - Johnny Borrell

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In the midst of a critically acclaimed tour, and following a sold-out gig at Shrewsbury Music Hall, in the early hours of October 2 2005 Doherty was arrested for possession of Class A drugs and held overnight. Babyshambles were forced to cancel a performance at the University of East Anglia as a result http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4301934.stm. Doherty protested his innocence http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4303012.stm.

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October 2 - 2005 - University of East Anglia

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