So much crap to shovel through, mates. Pete Doherty is scheduled to defend last year’s win at the Celebrity Soccer Six tournament this weekend. The above photo demonstrates how pleased Doherty was to capture last year’s title on behalf of Babyshambles. Our excessive coverage of last year’s event can be found here as well as some supplementary video clippage of Doherty’s winning goal against Johnny Borrell of Razorlight.

In other quickie antihero news, a fake story has circulated that cheated on his drug test by switching pee cups with another prisoner, but this turns out to be based upon a very dated account Doherty gave of his pre-incarceration drug testing. In addition, unsubstantiated reports are circling concerning a drug-fueled shovel stint involving one of Doherty’s fabled feline friends. All of this is likely just rubbish, but as absurd as Doherty often appears, people are gonna believe this crap.

Last evening, Doherty joined his band for the group’s first gig since their lead singer’s prison release, and reviews of Babyshambles’ performance are begrudgingly postive:

Say what you like about Pete Doherty, he knows how to make a dramatic entrance. Fresh out of jail for the umpteenth time, Britain’s most sybaritic singer played a rowdy sell-out show. In Rat Pack suit and dapper trilby, Doherty appeared in rude health and good spirits. The overall mood of the evening was celebratory, even during the minor bout of booing that punctuated the cheers.

All the same, he gave an energetic performance last night, rattling through ramshackle crowd-pleasers including Pipedown, Delivery and Kilimangiro. To his champions, Doherty is a guttersnipe sage and icon of dissolute cool. To his detractors he is an overhyped mockney Artful Dodger, a third division talent with a premier league profile.

Doherty concluded his night with a rousing bit of celebration at the home of Amy Winehouse. Then, the situation grew much worse.

Spit-Swap Imagery: Daily Mail