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Pete Doherty

The Babyshambles man has been inundated with gig offers since...

Pete Doherty recently played a gig at a young female fan's house for £100, and has since been inundated with requests to play similar shows.

According to The Sun, the Babyshambles singer played a selection of his biggest hits while partygoers joked about when he was going to make dogs out of balloons.

The newspaper quotes a source as saying: “The birthday girl's dad told him she was a huge fan and that he'd give him £100 to perform at her party. Pete was flattered and happy to oblige.

“Some partygoers asked him when he was going to make dogs out of balloons. He took it in good humour. It made her [the fan's] day.”

Apparently Doherty's booking agent has been inundated with over 500 requests for a similar performance since.


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001100011001 

Feb 8, 2008

Thats awesome! wish hed come to my 18th
balloon dogs or not!!

Thelibertinesaredabomb 

Feb 8, 2008

That is so awesome!!!

I'll pay him £105, if he'll come to mine! :D
And give him free food..
It's an offer worth taking.

cobbyshambles 

Feb 8, 2008

i'd give him a kitten and a pack of jelly beans to play at my house,infact the whole band could come! except whitnall.

shaunyeah 

Feb 8, 2008

to be honest id rather have carl barat, he is so much more talented than that waster, but for £100 you cant complain

neweducation 

Feb 9, 2008

coco the clown will do it for 80 quid, and if he doesn't show up on time you get a 50% discount.. connah say fairer than that!

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