Pete Doherty - Coventry Area Connections

Although born in Hexham in the North East, the notorious Peter Doherty of the Libertines / Babyshambles fame is not

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 only playing Coventry but lived and studied in Bedworth for a while - so a mention on this site is in order. it also happens that a prolific rock poet from Teesside whom I first published in the 1980's sent poems to Doherty and Wolfman whom he says "advertised in the magazine Peace and Freedom in the late 90's for poems and ideas they could make into lyrics for a band that they thought was going to be bigger than the Stones". Mark sent a lot of his work that he's had published in his chapbooks or the local paper to them and, so Mark claims, were used as a contributions to the lyrics with Mark's name being mentioned in the lyric to Albion as he'd asked for. I have just helped Mark Beevers set up a Vox and My Space blog to upload his poetry. If you like the songs of the libertines and Babyshambles - you may like Mark's work - check it out...

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http://markbeevers.vox.com/

http://www.myspace.com/busybeever Mark Beevers on My Space

Meanwhile the Cov Telegraph reports -

Pete Doherty returns to Coventry
Sep 2 2008

ROCK 'n' Roll rebel Pete Doherty will return to the city next month for a special solo performance.

Doherty's set at the Kasbah club, formerly known as The Colosseum, in Primrose Hill Street, Hillfields, takes place on Friday, September 26, from 7pm.

It will be the first time in five years since he has performed at the newly refurbished venue and last since played there with Babyshambles which sold out in a matter of days.

Doherty was brought up in the Bedworth area and attended the town's Nicholas Chamberlaine Comprehensive School, where he achieved 5 A* GCSE grades before moving to London with his grandmother.

His live show will consist of his own solo work and tracks from Libertines, Babyshambles.

Tickets are £20 and available from www.seetickets.com