the fyrehaus

I’d have enough to produce said musical.  But seriously.  Last week, one of my co-workers commented that these rumors almost never amount to anything, mostly because musical theater writing is difficult and much more (financially and artistically) risky than doing another album and tour.  But the next to enter the sweepstakes is:

Pete Doherty and Carl Barat.

Yes, you heard that right.  NME is reporting that the duo has been commissioned by London’s Donmar Warehouse (so, a credible theater) to write a new musical for the 2009 season.

“A producer from the theatre approached me through my record label,” Barat said. “So I went down there to see a play and we met up for a chat. He asked me if I was still in contact with Pete.

“I asked Pete and he loves the idea. He has invited me to Wiltshire [where he lives] this week to start writing it.”

Barat explained that the duo will write around 20 new songs for the musical, which will be about the drama surrounding an up-and-coming band.

A musical about a band. What a stretch.

Oh, and they also discussed getting the Libertines back together, but agreed that it isn’t a good idea to do so just yet.

• Peaches Geldof is annoyed she was sat next to The Enemy at the NME awards last night. [DS]
• Owen Gibson at the Guardian wonders if NME will be successful at making money off the awards. (This is the first time they’ve paired the awards with a gig punters could get into.) [Guardian]
• Loads of random gossip, my favorites being: Alex Kapranos giving his number to Glasvegas’ James Allen, and Kate Nash and Billy Bragg crashing Vampire Weekend’s table to sing along to the Cribs. [NME]
• Yet more random gossip: Pete Doherty was bleeding from a cat scratch, and Alexa Chung got food poisoning, but her Arctic Monkey boyfriend Alex Turner held her hair back in the loo. [Guardian]
• And Vampire Weekend got in a car crash. Drummer Chris Thompson is awake and will probably be released from the hospital this afternoon. [NME]
• To round out the NME awards detrius: pictures! [DS]
• A Heroes soundtrack will be released next month. It will include: Bob Dylan’s ‘Man in the Long Black Coat’, David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’, Wilco’s ‘Glad It’s Over’, Panic at the Disco’s ‘Nine in the Afternoon’, ‘Not Now But Soon’ by Imogen Heap, and ‘He’s Frank’ by Brighton Port Authority featuring Iggy Pop. [DS]
• Did you know Ja Rule was born on February 29th? So was Antonio Sabato Jr! [DS]

Doherty plans Wiltshire pet sanctuary. Like so often with My Fair Pete, we can’t make this shit up.

The rocker was reportedly inspired after he rescued a three-legged hedgehog from the road-side, which he has named Mrs Tiggy-Winkle.

Page: ‘No Zep tour until September’

Beyonce to play Etta James in movie. Sigh. Because there is apparently only one black actress who can carry a tune.

Art Brut let crowd pick setlist at London return