Pete Doherty kicks off solo shows
Guests and classics songs see Libertine shine in London
11.Apr.07 11:04am
Pete Doherty thrilled fans for with the first of his two night residency at
Hackney Empire this evening (April 11).
The Babyshambles frontman played a rare solo show, billed as An Evening With
Pete Doherty the singer threw himself into the action from the off.
Arriving onstage promptly at 7.30pm, Doherty introduced his first guest Adam
Wess and sung several song with him before leaving the singer to complete his
set.
Doehrty was back on stage again to introduce Bert Jansch. Again the pair
collaborated on several songs before the fomer Libertine left Pentangle
member to complete his set.
Then it was time for Doherty. Dressed in a the grey suit and triby he wore to
the Shockwaves NME Awards, he took to take the stage solo, winning applause
as much for his intricate guitar playing as his impassioned vocals.
Launching off with a list of favourites including 'Music When The Lights Go
Out', 'In Love With A Feeling' and 'What A Waster' - with the latter seeing
the singer switching the lyrics to include a spoken word line which ended
with him pleading to "save me from the Taliban".
Doherty then launched into more recent material including 'The Blinding',
which saw him joined by a guest MC, before warning the crowd "I'm going to
try a new one on you".
Despite not having a title, fans warmed to the biblical references of a track
the hardcore are now calling 'John The Baptists' Head' before the singer
moved onto a seedy tale entitled 'Dilly Boys'.
Doherty then played a series of old favourites.
Dedicating 'What Katie Did' to "my beautiful fiancee", the singer's
girlfriend, supermodel Kate Moss, joined him to lend her vocals to ' La Belle
Et Bete' though she wasn't the only guest as rapper-prouducer Lethal Bizzle
also contributed a verse.
With the likes of 'Albion' and The Libertines' songs including 'Death On The
Stairs' and 'Up The Bracket' inspiring loud sing-a-longs, Doherty again
included several new tunes .
One song referenced St Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes and also the
name of the Paddington parish church that spawned the singer's beloved
football team Queens Park Rangers, while 'Do You Know Me' pointed a light on
his tabloid torments.
After a short interval for "a quick fag and a tune up", Doherty then
completed his set.
This time he performed the likes of 'Fuck Forver' and 'Tell It To Your King'
before rapper The General - wearing a QPR shirt - joined Doherty for an
extended version of first Babyshambles[/b] album track [b]'Pentonville'[/b].
[b]Doherty[/b] then rounded off the evening, with [a]The Libertines' classic
'Time For Heroes', impassionedly telling the crowd "Thanks for your support
in these troubles times."
For a report from tomorrow night (April 12) stay tuned to NME.COM, but in the
meantime you can take part too.
http://www.nme.com/news/babyshambles/27651
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