Babyshambles No More? Pete Doherty Being Sued by Sacked Bandmates
Friday, 09 April 2010
Written by Nigel Sachdev
Confusion reigns this morning on the future of Pete Doherty's current band Babyshambles.
Newspapers today are reporting that Doherty had fired Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek and bassist Drew McConnell last week, while Doherty is now facing legal action from the pair.
Doherty had recently regrouped with former band member Carl Barat to reform iconic indie band The Libertines for upcoming summer festival appearances at Reading and Leeds. Babyshambles had also been announced as a headliner for the NME Weekender festival taking place in November.
Since announcing the reformation of The Libertines, Babyshambles have cancelled two shows in York (April 1) and Darlington (April 2).
A unnamed source told UK tabloid The Sun: "Adam and Drew are devastated. They have stuck with Pete through thick and thin over recent years.
"They began hearing whispers of a Libertines reunion earlier this year but found it almost impossible to get hold of Pete to discuss the situation. He dismissed them last week and they're livid.
"They're sad it's come to this but see no alternative and have instructed lawyers to look into claiming for potential loss of earnings."
Reports yesterday however had suggested that the rumours were untrue and everything in the Babyshambles camp was hunky-dory.
Babyshambles' management told NME.COM that the band are definitely still together. "Reports that Babyshambles are no more are categorically untrue," they explained.
Drummer Adam Ficek also suggested that band relations were good on his Twitter account. When asked by a fan if the rumours that Babyshambles had split were true, he replied: "It'll all be fine boyo."
Time for Mr Doherty to come out and put all the rumours and hearsay to bed...
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