. . . it helps that bloody heroin go down.
No easy way exists to present these facts, so here we go. Disney has invited several English musical reprobates to participate in a star-studded tribute of the original Disney songbook. The gala concert will take place on London’s South Bank at the Royal Festival Hall and will celebrate the Mouse House’s songbook.
Among the musical acts at this family-friendly gala include former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, the silver-tongued Beth Ditto, and, uh, Pete Fucking Doherty:
Doherty is set to play “Chim Chiminey” at the concert, which goes under the name Forest Of No Return and also features Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, and Bryan Ferry. Beth Orton and Shane MacGowan are also on the bill, with Van Dyke Parks, famed for his work with Brian Wilson and others, expected to arrange the score. The event is the brainchild of Saturday Night Live producer Hal Willner.
Certainly some Disney executive has his head up his arse.
Never was there a more happier crew, than them what sings Chim Chim Chiree Chim Chiroo! Chim Chim Chiminy Chim Chim Chiree Chim Chiroo…
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Lord, screw Petey…SHANE MACGOWAN is in this? Next to Shane, Pete looks like a frat boy copping his first bong hit. This is, after all, a man whose been an alcoholic since age FIVE, has no teeth due to drugs and fights, and by all laws of nature should have been dead 20 years ago.
I wish I had kids so I could take them to this.
Shane MacGowan!!!!!
Oh shit, the previous commenter beat me to the punch. Shane is a real trainwreck, Doherty’s a mere stripling compared to the peg-toothed brawling drunk from Dublin.
The two are not comparable, MacGowan makes Keith Richards look like a fitness fanatic.
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