74 Facts About Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty was born on 12 March 1979 and is an English musician.

Pete Doherty is best known for being co-frontman of the Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barat in 1997.

Peter Doherty was born in Hexham, Northumberland, to a military family.

Pete Doherty's father, Peter John Doherty, was a major in the Royal Signals, while his mother, Jacqueline Michels, was a lance-corporal in Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.

Pete Doherty's paternal grandfather was an Irish immigrant from Cheekpoint in County Waterford; his maternal grandfather was Jewish, the son of immigrants, Moise Michels and Chana Peress, from France and Russia.

Pete Doherty grew up at a number of army garrisons across Britain and continental Europe, with his sisters, AmyJo and Emily.

Pete Doherty achieved 11 GCSEs, 7 of which were A* grades, at Nicholas Chamberlaine Comprehensive School in Bedworth, North Warwickshire, and four passes at A-Level, two at grade A At the age of 16, he won a poetry competition and embarked on a tour of Russia organised by the British Council.

Pete Doherty attended Queen Mary, a college of the University of London, to study English literature, but left the course after his first year.

However, Pete Doherty's increasing drug problems led to his estrangement from the band.

Pete Doherty was originally sentenced to six months, but his sentence was cut to two months.

Pete Doherty attended the alternative detox centre Wat Tham Krabok, a temple in Thailand, famous for its rehabilitation programme for crack and heroin users.

Pete Doherty left after three days and returned to England.

However, while post-production work was taking place on the Libertines' second studio album in June 2004, Pete Doherty was again asked to leave the band.

The band cited Pete Doherty's continuing drug addiction as the reason for his dismissal, but emphasised their willingness to take him back once he had addressed his addiction.

Later in 2004, Pete Doherty provided guest vocals to the song "Down to the Underground" by the English electronic music group Client.

In 2005, Pete Doherty collaborated with the English alternative rock band Littl'ans on the single "Their Way".

In 2006, Pete Doherty was featured on the charity single "Janie Jones", which was released to raise funds for Strummerville.

Pete Doherty founded Babyshambles towards the end of his time with the Libertines.

In 2004, Pete Doherty was voted the joint No 1 on NMEs 2004 Cool List.

On his own, and often with his band, Pete Doherty has continued the Libertines' tradition of performing on short notice guerrilla gigs in small venues.

On New Year's Eve 2005, Pete Doherty held a guerrilla gig in his North London flat where he showcased some of his solo works, many of which later leaked onto the internet.

On 12 July 2008, Pete Doherty played a solo gig at the Royal Albert Hall.

Betty Clarke of The Guardian described Pete Doherty as "focused" and "on good form".

Friend and collaborator Peter Wolfe had a guest appearance on stage when Doherty performed "For Lovers".

In 2009, Pete Doherty was made an honorary patron of the University Philosophical Society.

Whilst performing a solo gig at the Grimsby Auditorium in March 2009, Pete Doherty declared Grimsby a "shit-hole" midway through his set after being continuously pelted with coins and drinks by a harsh crowd.

In March 2015, Pete Doherty released a new single entitled "Flags of the Old Regime" through Walk Tall Recordings.

In May 2016, Pete Doherty was joined on his 'Eudaimonia' tour by Drew McConnell, Miki Beavis, Katia de Vidas, Stephany Kaberian and Rafa.

Pete Doherty was joined by Jack Jones of Trampolene on guitar, who was support on the tour.

Pete Doherty shared new track "The Whole World Is Our Playground" on 4 May 2016.

In early December 2016, Pete Doherty released his second solo studio album Hamburg Demonstrations, which had been recorded in the city over a six-month period, using mostly session musicians.

In June 2006, Pete Doherty announced that he had signed a deal with Orion Books to publish his journals, in which he had recorded poetry, drawings and photos over the course of his career.

On 15 May 2007, Pete Doherty exhibited his paintings for the first time.

An exhibition of Pete Doherty's paintings titled, Art of the Albion, took place at the Galerie Chappe in Paris from 25 April to 25 May 2008.

In interviews, Pete Doherty has listed his favourite books as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet, Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire and the complete works of Oscar Wilde.

Pete Doherty has mentioned Emily Dickinson and Tony Hancock as influences; Doherty and his father were once members of the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society.

Pete Doherty has alluded to work by the Marquis de Sade and Thomas De Quincey.

Pete Doherty has supported up-and-coming British bands, such as indie bands the Paddingtons and the View.

Pete Doherty uses 'Albion' as the name of a ship sailing to a utopia called Arcadia, a place without rules or authority.

Pete Doherty named his diaries, in which he writes poems and other thoughts, the Books of Albion.

Pete Doherty had a tumultuous relationship with Kate Moss that was frequently covered by the press.

On 11 April 2007, Pete Doherty announced Moss as his fiancee during the first of his solo gigs at the Hackney Empire, London, at which Moss performed.

In October 2007, Pete Doherty was briefly engaged to Romanian-born Canadian model Irina Lazareanu.

On 28 September 2021, Pete Doherty announced his engagement with his Puta Madres bandmate, Katia de Vidas.

Pete Doherty has a son Astile born 12 July 2003 with singer Lisa Moorish.

Pete Doherty's second child, a daughter, was born in December 2011 to South African model Lindi Hingston.

In May 2023, Pete Doherty's third child and second daughter was born to Katia de Vidas.

Pete Doherty is known to be a devoted follower of Queens Park Rangers.

Pete Doherty has been repeatedly arrested for drug offences and offences arising from drug use, such as drunk driving, car theft, and driving with a suspended licence.

Pete Doherty has pleaded guilty to possession of crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine.

Pete Doherty's addictions have resulted in imprisonment and trips to rehabilitation facilities.

Drugs had been so important at some points in his life that, in his younger days, Doherty worked as a drug dealer to pay for his drug habit, as he admitted to author Peter Welsh in his biography.

Pete Doherty stated that he had been a rent boy, and that during that time, he robbed one of his male clients.

In October 2007, Pete Doherty said in an interview with the BBC Radio 4 show Front Row that he had briefly reconciled with his father after three years when his father visited him in rehab, but were estranged again over drugs.

In late 2007, a photo was published in several newspapers of Pete Doherty allegedly forcing his pet cat to inhale from a crack pipe.

Pete Doherty made another attempt to fight his drug addiction in September 2007, when he underwent drug rehabilitation for six weeks at Clouds House.

Pete Doherty relapsed in November 2007 following his appearance at the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich.

On 8 April 2008, Pete Doherty was jailed for 14 weeks for breaching a probation order after a string of brushes with the law for drugs and driving offences.

Pete Doherty had another two days off for being in police custody.

Pete Doherty described prison life as "a lot of gangsters and Radio 4" and showed a certificate confirming he had passed a drugs test while inside.

In June 2009, Pete Doherty was arrested in Gloucester and charged with driving dangerously while drunk and in possession of heroin.

Pete Doherty was arrested for possession and was convicted for this offence at the same court on 27 January 2010.

In November 2009, Pete Doherty caused a scandal during a concert organized by Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Pete Doherty had tried to continue the concert, but was asked by an organizer to leave the stage.

Later, a spokesperson of Pete Doherty explained that Pete Doherty was not aware of the historical background of the line and that he apologized.

Pete Doherty was reported to be on bail until April 2010.

In June 2010, Doherty was refused entry into the United States after spending ten hours in detention in John F Kennedy International Airport, despite having a visa.

On 18 October 2010, Pete Doherty was summoned to court for cocaine possession.

In March 2011, he pleaded guilty to possession, and was granted unconditional bail until sentencing on 20 May On 20 May, Pete Doherty was sentenced to six months in jail for possession of cocaine following an inquiry into the death of Robin Whitehead.

In October 2014, Pete Doherty was admitted to the Hope Rehab Centre in Thailand.

Pete Doherty announced plans to start a foundation with the centre to help struggling addicts.

In January 2015, it was announced that Pete Doherty had successfully completed his rehabilitation.

Pete Doherty was found to be driving with an invalid licence.

Pete Doherty, who was not called to give evidence at the inquest, was seen on CCTV footage passing by Blanco's body and jogging away from the scene before an ambulance arrived.