London
(ANI):
Beleaguered
rock
star
Pete
Doherty
has
been
banned
from
a
playing
at
a
prison
due
to
fears
that
he
may
have
bad
influence
on
the
inmates.
The
28-year-old
'Babyshambles" frontman
was
due
to
play
in
a
charity
line-up
at
Pentonville
jail,
North
London
on
Bank
Holiday
Monday.
However,
Prison
Service
officials
disallowed
him
to
perform
because
they
thought
that
he
might
send
out
the
wrong
message.
Sources
have
revealed
that
the
gig,
set
up
by
charity
Wasted
Youth
to
highlight
young
male
suicides,
will
now
be
played
by
The
Enemy
and
Dirty
Pretty
Things,
which
is
fronted
by
Doherty"s
old
Libertines
bandmate
Carl
Barat.
“The
gig
is
to
focus
on
the
message
but
it
would
have
turned
into
a
Doherty
circus.
At
one
point
everyone
thought
Pete
was
going
to
be
there
anyway
—
as
part
of
the
crowd
of
inmates!"
British
tabloid
The
Sun
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
Doherty
dodged
jail
on
Tuesday
for
breaching
his
bail
after
a
police
blunder.