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Babyshambles frontman Peter Doherty has revealed to Elle magazine the depths of his much publicised troubles, telling the magazine he tried to commit suicide earlier in the year.

“I had this bash in Paris and it was an absolute disgrace. I just made a bit of an idiot out of myself,” he said. “I don’t even know exactly what happened but I ended up trying to throw myself off the top of the hotel. I wasn’t happy at all about being 30.”

“I went through a bottle of vodka. They presented me with this cake and I pushed it in the chef’s face who’d just made it for me. Then the chef and the security guards were chasing me around. I think I escaped unscathed.”

Peter Doherty has once again hinted a Libertines reunion could be close after revealing he and fellow ex-bandmate Carl Barat discussed the idea after a gig together in May.

Speaking to The Times newspaper, Doherty said: “Basically we had a good couple of hours. We were up all night together. Yeah, it was amazing really. I think we’re gonna make a record, and tour. Get the Libertines to take it to the next step, next stage. Next year.”

He also discussed his feelings after the band carried on for a short while without him, telling him he could return to the band only when his drug problems were under control. “My heart caved in. I was destroyed, he said. “Not by the fall-out, but by seeing him on Top of the Pops doing Don’t Look Back Into the Sun without me. The very idea of them doing a gig without me was just, like…whatever happened, whatever he did, I would never, ever do a gig without him and call myself the Libertines.”

Doherty has recently released his first solo record, and revealed he already has plans in place for a follow up: “I just see ‘Grace/Wastelands 2′,” he said. “I think I’ve got a ‘Harvest’ in there. I keep getting flashes of it, even if it’s just for a couple of minutes.”

Doherty will be performing at this year’s V Festival, which takes place on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd of August.

Surprise surprise , the NME reports that Babyshambles frontman Peter Doherty was arrested for Drug possesion and DWI last night. Pete had just finished a gig in Gloucester.

The Babyshambles singer was taken into custody by police after he was seen driving erratically around the city. He was stopped roughly 30 minutes after finishing a solo performance at the Guildhall venue.

A spokesman said for Gloucester police told the Wilts And Gloucestershire Standard that drugs were also found in the possession of the 30-year-old man who was arrested.

“At approximately 12.30am officers on patrol in Eastgate Street saw a car being driven erratically, it continued down Barton Street and was stopped in Derby Road,” the spokesperson said. “A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, possession of drugs and failure to stop for police, he remains in custody at this time.”

Pete Doherty’s show tonight (June 11) at the Derby Rockhouse has been cancelled

Shouldn’t he just give up driving all together?