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Pete Doherty suffers 'drug overdose' - Tabloid Hell

Tabloids claim the Babyshambles man collapsed in Austria

September 2, 2008 | 3 Comments

According to tabloid newspaper reports, Pete Doherty suffered a drug overdose in Austria on Thursday (August 29).

The Babyshambles man was in Graz to play a gig at the Nonstop porn cinema which was scheduled to involve him playing films from his personal home video collection.

According to The Sun Doherty collapsed prior to the show, suffering a suspected drug overdose. He was reportedly revived by medics, refused hospital treatment, and was well enough to play the gig.

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Fergal_41

Sep 2, 2008

This is confirmed untrue by one of the support acts from the evening, who was with Peter for the entire day and knows for a fact that such a reported "drug overdose" and revival "by medics" is wholly untrue.

DaisyChainsx

Sep 2, 2008

"Oh The Sun, They Make You Out To Be A Tearaway."Enough Said. The Sun Lies.

gary brearley

Sep 2, 2008

Why are NME reporting tabloid hell to us, i have never liked this section have you not heard of Instigate Debate, you should stop reporting on tabloids NME as Fegal said this is untrue as is most of the tabloids, we want to hear about music not this shit, leave people alone and their private lives, we want to hear about their muse