Pete Doherty reveals surprising new career move
The Libertines star Pete Doherty has revealed he's planning a surprising new career move - he wants to open a second hand shop in France.
Pete Doherty is planning a surprising new career move.
The Libertines and Babyshambles star has revealed he wants to open a second hand shop in France to help get rid of all the records, clothes and books he's collected over the years and he would like to add a cafe and gig venue to the venture.
Pete - who lives in France - told NME: "I don’t really feel the need to make a record right this second. I don’t feel it’s in my list of things to do immediately. I really want to open a second-hand shop.
"I’ve got so much stuff. I finally got it all out of Margate [In the UK] to Normandy [in France] and I’ve got this big warehouse of records, clothes, typewriters, mannequins, books, trunks."
Pete went on to explain he would like to expand the project and use some of the proceeds to help a local animal charity he supports.
He added: "I’d like to make it a venue as well. It wouldn’t be a museum, it would be a living, breathing organism in France. I know a few people on the local council and I’d like to think I could tie into a lot of the work I do for the local dogs refuge.
"Maybe they could overlook a few of the licences and let me have a little bit of cafe or acoustic venue. Get a few of the bands from the label [Strap Originals] to come and play. People can potter about, they can have a chat, they can buy a book."
When asked what he's planning to name the venue, he told the publication: "Well I live in a town called Etretat, so I was thinking of calling it Etre Tat with the emphasis on the ‘tat’, or Etre Tatty.
"Or the French word for a second-hand shop is Brocante, so maybe Brocante Roll?"
Pete may be ploughing ahead with his shop plans but he revealed he's also likely to start working on a new album with The Libertines as they already have an idea for their next record.
He added: "We had an emergency band meeting when we were in a hotel in Manchester before we played Kendal Calling. I was a bit late ... I said: 'Are you me kicking out of the band again?' He [bassist John Hassall] said no, and then told me the plan.
"I can’t really say what it is. I’ve always hated the idea of ‘concept albums’ or even ‘concept songs’. There are certain people – mentioning no names – who like that approach.
"I’ve always held off, but democracy has finally had its way in the band and we finally have a general idea about something before we’ve started writing.
"That’s all I can say. I really want to tell you, because it’s a really interesting idea but I’ll get in trouble … "
