Wow, are Babyshambles ever karmically fucked! As if having a volatile drug-addict tabloid whore like Pete Doherty as your frontman isn't bad enough, now the English foursome is crippled by falling instruments and forced to share time with Doherty's rather unseemly extra-curricular pursuits. To explain:
1) Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell suffered a hairline fracture at the base of his spine while attempting to catch a falling instrument. He's not allowed to sit for a couple weeks as a result, which might make the recording process for Babyshambles' major label debut a wee bit difficult.
2) An exhibit of paintings made by Pete Doherty will be on exhibit at the Bankrobber Gallery in London for a month starting tomorrow, May 15th. The medium? His own frickin' blood. Prints are apparently going for $5000 each, which is probably worth it, considering that you'll probably be high for a year just by being in the same room as one of the damn things.
[Doherty Exhibits Blood Paintings (Contact Music)]
[Babyshambles Bassist Breaks His Back (Aversion.com)]