Pete Doherty considered withdrawing from Babyshambles‘ ongoing UK tour just hours before the first show was about to get underway.
Doherty makes the revelation in an interview with NME, in which he explains how he sat in the dressing room pondering his motives for being out on the road with the band.
“Up until about three hours ago I was gonna pull the whole tour to be honest,” he said. “I mean, why do we do it? Why do we start bands and sing songs? It’s for one thing – to pull birds. And if you’re finally in love with someone then you don’t have to get onstage and make an arse of yourself.”
Babyshambles did begin the tour in Glasgow on September 4th, and have been onstage most evenings since. They continue tomorrow (September 13th) at the Oxford O2 Academy, and continue on well into October when a final date is booked in Bournemouth on the 21st.