Bloody hell, mates! Remember that story last year about Pete “Call Me Peter, You Wanker” Doherty getting all smacked up and, after getting a bit too juiced in one arm, picking up his guitar in a recording session only to have his fucking arm artery explode everywhere? Yeah, so we’re back to that story, sorta, except that mainstream sources still have yet to pick up on the “exploding” aspect and are merely reporting on the little bit that Pete has said about the injury’s aftermath:

BABYSHAMBLES frontman PETE DOHERTY came close to having his arm amputated after contracting an infection in the limb last year (08). The star was forced to scrap a string of gigs in December (08) after he was hospitalised with an arm injury. No more details about the star’s condition were given at the time. But Doherty has now spoken out about his hospitalisation, insisting he came within 24 hours of drastic surgery. He says, “It was an infection. The doctor said one more day and I’d have needed it off. I’m fine now, but it was really bad for a few days.”

Oh, how brilliant for Pete to disclose that he had quite nearly lost an arm and not mention that it was due to the arm fucking exploding, which was followed by Pete running away from the doctor. That still leaves the air of intrigue with the mystery injury & cancelled gigs angle. Of course, the almost-amputated arm admission is even more dramatic than that stupid gunshot wound of the arm story that turned out to be total rubbish. Aye, mates. Rest assured that we’ll always bring you (very nearly always and, if not, later corrected) accurate stories about our wayward antihero. Not that you’d be able to tell the authentic Pete Doherty stories form the made-up ones, but everyone’s gotta fight for a cause, no matter how pointless.

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