Babyshambles or triumph?

Both The Sun and Gigwise went to see Babyshambles not-very-secret gig in Camden on Thursday night. Neither came away especially impressed.

The Sun seemed annoyed at getting beer on their clothes:

He threw lager on the crowd – which included SADIE FROST and AMY WINEHOUSE – then complained when the stage was crashed by fans.

Gigwise, more interestingly, were worried at what the show hinted for the future of the band musicallly:

The majority of the set consists of new songs, and the excitement of the assembled masses visibly fades with every ska-by-numbers tune they reel off. Bizarrely, the recently released and comparatively excellent ‘The Blinding’ is ignored.

Apparently the audience perks up when the old songs are played, but the overwhelming impression is that Doherty has passed the Oasis tipping point, when the creative spark has gone and composing becomes a job. Still, it won't affect the invites to the masked balls and so on.

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