For a second there, I thought the title of Pete Doherty's new single was the final children's book written by Madoodoo. Sadly, my prayers have not been answered. The video for the new single from Pete Doherty's debut solo album Grace/Wastelands, called "Last of the English Roses" is all over the internet, and features a 30-second man-on-man kiss.
I'm surprised the lead singer of Babyshambles and serial rehabber found the time to put together an album, let alone put pen to paper. He's known more for his tabloid antics, destructive relation with Kate Moss, and drug-induced behaviior than for his music. This wouldn't be the first time Pete's expressed his gay side. In 2004, Doherty appeared in a photo shoot by Andrew Kendall in which he swapped rocker spit with his friend and fellow musician Peter Wolfe.
Also in 2005, Doherty said in a biography by Pete Walsh that before he became famous in The Libertines he worked as a gay prostitute and drug dealer to make rent. Said Doherty: "I was working in a bar, selling drugs, working on a building site, writing poetry in the graveyard shift at The King's Head - and I was wanking off old queens for like £20. I remember once being taken back to this mews house in Chelsea, right old f**king badger he was. It was a bit daft actually. As he slept, I locked him in his room, tied a pair of trousers over his head and nicked all these American dollar bills out of his drawer. He's probably still there, with an erection, listening to CLASSIC FM radio."
Source: Towleroad.com
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