Pete Doherty Calls Dirty Pretty Things Breakup a “Publicity Stunt”

Dohboy is at it again. At Trinity College in Dublin, the Babyshambles leader, flouted the cigarette ban, gave an interview with the audience, talked some trash, was awarded the honorary patronage of the University’s Philosophical Society (???!!!), and played an acoustic set that included The Who’s “Substitute “(and his new single, “Last of the English Roses,” below).

But really, does Doherty really think Dirty Pretty Things got enough of a publicity boost from announcing their breakup? That’s asinine. Maybe he feels that the talk from DPT’s Carl Barat about a Libertines reunion was the publicity stunt? Who knows?

I think it’s a nasty little comment directed towards his ex-Libertines bandmate, Barat, is all.

Doherty goes as far as saying that Dirty Pretty Things are “…still together, I think.” Personally, I hope the Dirty Pretty Things are still together. They’re a great band. And I’m yet to see them live… hoping they come to the States soon. They haven’t really made their mark here, yet, even after the aforementioned “publicity stunt.”

I like Pete Doherty, and his music, and his band Babyshambles, and, of course, his work with The Libertines… but sometimes his antics are another thing.

To read more about the event, go to nme.com