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Pete picks Betika
6:24am Wednesday 24th September 2008
Comments (21)"At school he was a bit cheeky and always took things too far," says Emily Baker about her childhood sweetheart Pete Doherty.
The rock star was in Bournemouth on Friday night to pick a local band for the bill of his An Evening With...' show at Boscombe's Opera House on Wednesday.
But it was also the setting for a surprise reunion for Pete and his old flame Emily.
In recent weeks, the musician has shown an unprecedented level of support and commitment for the not-for-profit organisation, Dorset Music Forum.
Sitting with a bottle of rum and a laptop computer in the Opera House, Pete spent several hours painstakingly listening to different local acts.
With a click of his fingers and a tip of his famous pork pie hat, it was decided that Betika would be his support band.
Asked why he had chosen the eight-piece band from Bournemouth, Pete told me: "From what I've heard they've got good old-fashioned song writing. You know, structure, melody and lyrics. Plus the name sounds like a Spanish football team."
As we carried on chatting about music, Pete produced a blue feather from a pocket in his jacket and theatrically mused on his selection: "The proof will be how they perform live, there's a big difference in sounding good on record and actually playing on stage."
Another young hopeful is 23 year-old local singer-songwriter Zara Sophia. "I missed the deadline to audition, but someone saw me perform at the Pointy Field festival at the weekend and here I am with my guitar and a demo!" she said.
Strolling down Boscombe high street with Pete, Zara and his colourful entourage, we pulled in to an alleyway where a surprise lay in wait. Pete told the Daily Echo last week of his fond memories of a classmate from St Leonards School in Blandford, who he hadn't seen since he was 11.
"My God, you've grown!" said Emily, as she appeared behind a startled Pete Doherty. After a brief catch up, Pete was then whisked away into the night.
"Peter hasn't changed all that much. I remember him being an incredible dancer and really good at chess and football. My mate's still got one of his QPR football scarves," Emily later told me.
Having played in a school band together, Emily will be bringing her guitar to Wednesday's show at the Opera House. Who knows what might happen?
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In Absentia, Bournemouth says...
8:52am Mon 22 Sep 08
gobzilla, says...
10:28am Mon 22 Sep 08
michael carpenter, BOSCOMBE says...
11:35am Mon 22 Sep 08
michael carpenter, BOSCOMBE says...
11:38am Mon 22 Sep 08
gobzilla, says...
11:47am Mon 22 Sep 08
michael carpenter, BOSCOMBE says...
11:56am Mon 22 Sep 08
YES I DO DISLIKE HIM AND ALL THE OTHER CLEBS LIKE HIM WHO SET A BAD EXAMPLE TO THE YOUTH OF TODAY WITH THEIR DRUGS AND BOOZE ANTICS.
Mike Pickering, Bournemouth says...
12:51pm Mon 22 Sep 08
What's the point of having talent and opportunity and the chance to influence people and make a real difference whilst the spotlight is on you, if you just abuse yourself and your body ?
Doesn't make you any more talented, or able to perfect your chosen craft anymore than the simple recipe of eating properly and staying fit. Good luck with everything you do, Pete, I hope your fame and success do not get the better of you, and that their burden only makes you stronger.
snoff, Poole says...
1:01pm Mon 22 Sep 08
michael carpenter wrote:Love it. The Echo know exactly how to rile the usual suspects..
WE DO NOT NEED THIS JUNKIE HERE IN BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH COUNCIL HAS DUMPED ENOUGH OF THEM IN BOSCOMBE AS IT IS WITHOUT ANYMORE COMMING TO VIST. PS I HOPE THE POLICE TURN UP WITH SNIFFER DOGS AT THE OPERA HOUSE THEN IT COULD BE FUN.
I'm suprised you have not called for his immediate hanging!
snoff, Poole says...
1:02pm Mon 22 Sep 08
gobzilla wrote:init.
As a woman ilove walking and top supper stars so does my hubby my mentar, but not this Pete Docerty i dont, i like him very much i go for Pete Burns or better dame ena Everett hallo Possums.you are my hubby all over again,
gobzilla, says...
1:23pm Mon 22 Sep 08
snoff wrote:nice onesnoff my hubby says hes preparng hiself fot a n [early urn)
gobzilla wrote: As a woman ilove walking and top supper stars so does my hubby my mentar, but not this Pete Docerty i dont, i like him very much i go for Pete Burns or better dame ena Everett hallo Possums.you are my hubby all over again,init.
In Absentia, Bournemouth says...
3:10pm Mon 22 Sep 08
'Pete's pickled'
Mike Pickering, Bournemouth says...
4:09pm Mon 22 Sep 08
preparng hiself fot a n [early urn)
You have failed to spell one word correctly in this 'sentence'. Please learn to use at least one of the languages that is spoken in the western world, and then there might at least be a chance of communicating the rather pedestrian series of urges and images of food and violence that passes for thought in your mind.
gobzilla, says...
4:33pm Mon 22 Sep 08
Preparing himself for an early urn
Years ago it was early grave
Sorry about my last post I done this one on Microsoft Word ABC but it dont do punctuation only spelling words thanks.
OhMyGoodnessMe!!, At work says...
4:56pm Mon 22 Sep 08
Bigtone, Poole says...
6:17pm Mon 22 Sep 08
I think we need an English word checker here.......Still I can look through my AL OOOM IN UM glasses and understand.LOL
DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
8:29pm Mon 22 Sep 08
(sorry, the smell-checker don't work on my tripe-writer)
OhMyGoodnessMe!!, At work says...
9:22am Tue 23 Sep 08
Bigtone wrote:How would you spell it then Einstein? Maybe you ought to grab yourself a dictionary before trying to correct other people on their CORRECT spelling! lol indeed.
ostracized? I think we need an English word checker here.......Still I can look through my AL OOOM IN UM glasses and understand.LOL
Shu, hampshire says...
2:02pm Wed 24 Sep 08
OhMyGoodnessMe!! wrote:Maybe you should check an ENGLISH dictionary yourself rather than relying on an American/English spell checker? I think you'll find that in England it's spelt ostracised. Idiot
Bigtone wrote: ostracized? I think we need an English word checker here.......Still I can look through my AL OOOM IN UM glasses and understand.LOLHow would you spell it then Einstein? Maybe you ought to grab yourself a dictionary before trying to correct other people on their CORRECT spelling! lol indeed.
flyingleaper, el segundo ca.USA says...
12:26am Thu 25 Sep 08
Caro, Dorset says...
10:46am Thu 25 Sep 08
Maybe you should check an ENGLISH dictionary yourself rather than relying on an American/English spell checker? I think you'll find that in England it's spelt ostracised. Idiot
In my Concise Oxford Dictionary, it comes under ostracize with (-ise) as an alternative
IMPORTANT CALL: Pete Doherty at the Opera House in Boscombe and, inset, Pete Doherty's old school friend Emily Baker
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