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By Konrad | February 4, 2008
The Babyshambles concert on 23th January 2008 in Columbiahalle was for my circumstances one of the most hyped music events in Berlin. This was one reason to buy a ticket on Ebay for the long sold out concert. Another reason, was the fact they are really fitting my taste. After all they reached in no time the same position as Arctic Monkeys and Maxïmo Park in my last.fm profile.
As a matter of fact, the center of all attentions was not the band Babyshambles itself, but king of utter scandals Pete Doherty. There was constant unrest between the fans, because it was very questionable if the for drug abuse known star would appear at all. The expectations were set very high and even bigger after the support act Kilians, who shined as German band brightly with their British music, has played. We were not disappointed, but it is not less to expect for someone who is introduced by Carl Orffs Carmina Burana O Fortuna. Already after the first two song it was clear to everyone’s mind: This is an excellent evening. Pete was relative vital, atleast one did not see his drug abuses right on his face. This was maybe also because of his skincare set he got on Christmas Day from Santa. The fans raged and after numerous songs were played, “Fuck Forever” topped it off. However opinions differed on the concert:
“So, did you like it?”
“Well, nothing special.”
“What? This was clearly five stars!”
One thought of it as a perfect concert, the others thought of it as an ordinary concert. But perfection is not what Pete Doherty fans are longing for, because the imperfection, his ordinary, casually and careless behavior on stage, characterizes him. In our society everything is planned with the pursuit of perfection, someone like him, with his fuck forever-attitude, being total contrary to this. There is a reason, why so many people see a nihilist in Pete. With this point of view it does not matter what you do or archieve, it just remains the pure pleasure of the moment. So the people stay divided, for some he is “the greatest poet of our time” for the others a pitiful and pathetic existence.
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