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Pete Doherty to publish his diaries; Kate Moss scraps her book plans

Pete Doherty got up to all sorts of his usual trouble this week. When he flew into Sweden last weekend for some scheduled performances with his band, Babyshambles, he was so out of it he had to use a wheelchair to reach customs. The Swedish authorities were reluctant to retain him, but after he got out of the wheelchair and rolled around on the floor they were forced to do something and decided to search his luggage.

Due to Pete’s delay at the border, his band Babyshambles went on an hour late for their performance at the Hultsfred Festival in southern Sweden. The police there were suspicious of Pete’s drunken behavior and decided to test his blood for drugs. They found traces of cocaine and a mild tranquilizer, benzodiazepine, which Doherty says he has a prescription for. He was fined $1,900 and released.

At least he seems to be off heroin for a few hours. He was in a rehab clinic in Portugal at the beginning of the month, and his lawyer said treatment was “going well.” In Pete’s case that means he didn’t bust up the place yet.

Doherty later got kicked out of the Debaser club in Stokholm in the middle of a “messy” and drunken performance. A girl was said to be freaking out after she stepped on some broken glass. Doherty was trying to handle the situation by “lashing out at people” and got booted from the club.

Doherty also plans to record a solo album this summer. We bet it has more do with the fact that his bandmates are fed up with him than trying to establish himself as a solo artist.

Doherty’s frequent clashes with authorities may fuel his creative endeavors. He just announced that he’s publishing his diaires that span back years:

The book, including poems, drawings and lyrics, will cover the star’s time with The Libertines, his relationship with model Kate Moss and his drug addiction.

“Some of it is very funny, some of it is pretty dark. All of it is incredibly readable,” said Ian Preece, Orion Books commissioning editor.

Doherty was due to give a poetry reading at a publishing launch in a London pub, but failed to turn up.

“The diaries stretch right back to Pete’s early years,” said Mr Preece.

“It is intimate and honest stuff and a complete antidote to a lot of what you might have read about him.”

In a statement, Doherty said: “I’ve always wanted to have a book published and it’s all very exciting for me personally.”

Even if it’s total crap and as random and unreadable as Macaulay Culkin’s “book,” you know people will buy it.

Meanwhile Doherty’s ex, Kate Moss, has wisely decided not to publish her memoirs. She was paid a £1million advance by Virgin books to write an autobiography about her cocaine abuse. She decided against it, and is wisely keeping that part of her past private. Moss was embroiled in a scandal in September of last year after a videotape was released of her snorting lines backstage at a Babyshambles concert. She was dropped from modeling campaigns with Chanel and Burberry at the time, but has since landed new lucrative contracts as the face of Nikon and Calvin Klein.

Here is Kate Moss outside a London Hotel earlier this week. [via] Doherty is shown at the Rock am Ring festival on 6/2.

Update: Pete Doherty images removed upon request.

Written by Celebitchy

Posted in Addictions, Drunk, Kate Moss, Pete Doherty

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