
This is why people serious about sobriety don’t tour in rock bands. Pete Doherty seems to have jumped off the wagon courtesy of a big bottle of vodka. The singer allegedly got into a verbal spat-match with the audience at a Babyshambles show in Rome last night. According to reports, Doherty, who was apparently drinking vodka onstage, got angry when someone in the crowd tossed an object at Babyshambles’ drummer. Doherty reportedly swung the mike stand around, and cut himself on broken glass. That was the beginning of the blood.
Later that evening Pete was apparently caught up in some sort of drama with a photographer outside his hotel. That’s when the above photo was allegedly taken. Pete received first aid from fans and Babyshambles band members, while the photog reportedly went to the hospital. Early reports claim that Pete attacked the photographer, but in a statement released by his rep, Pete claims he in no way provoked the guy, and that he was in fact hit with a camera during the fracas. “Reports that the photographer might make an official complaint will certainly interest Pete’s lawyers, who can call on witnesses who clearly saw Pete being hit with a camera outside his hotel,” Pete’s spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Courtney Love has claimed Pete as yet another one of her dubious credits in the I Got You Into Rehab game. Love apparently claims she convinced Pete to go check into the Priory clinic, reportedly saying, “I phoned Pete’s mother and asked both her and Kate Moss to help Pete and go into a 12-step meeting with him.” Make this stop.

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