Pete Doherty performs at The Brighton Centre. (Picture by PA)
Pete Doherty and Editors are to headline Guernsey Live in May.
Other acts in the lineup include indie rock band The Futureheads and ‘indi-electro’ group CSS.
Doherty, who will headline on the Sunday night of the two-day event, is currently front man of indie band Babyshambles, but has attracted a lot of attention from the UK tabloids for his tempestuous relationship with model Kate Moss.
Joining him on the main stage on Sunday will be The Futureheads, and Pete and The Pirates.
Guernsey Live takes place on the May Day bank holiday weekend, and as well as the main stage a dance tent will be available. Saturday’s lineup for the dance section includes ColdCut, KraftyKuts and Leeroy Thornhill. On Sunday, Simian Mobile Disco will headline the dance section.
Editors top the bill on the main stage on Saturday, supported by CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) and Robots in Disguise.
More names are due to be added to the lineup in the weeks to come and This is Guernsey’s Entertainment section will be keeping site visitors up-to-date on the latest news.
To hear Pete Doherty in action, visit Babyshambles’ MySpace page.
Click the buttons below to find out more about some of the other bands and leave your thoughts on the lineup so far in the comments box, below.
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59 Article Comments
Pete doherty ?, he’s a smackhead!!
Good to see a decent festival coming to Guernsey, but the line-up could be better.
Why bring just leeroy (ex prodigy), when they should have brought the REAL prodigy over.
I can not believe Wave Telecom is sponsoring a junkie…..is this the right message to be sending out to our youngsters. I for one won’t be wasting £65.
wow what a disappointment do we really need another drug user on the island .I thought we were going to have a big name is this all we could get . Apart from the editors who the hell are the rest.
what a good role model to bring into the island,Grimy looking untalented Pete Doherty and his crazy drug fuelled antics great eh!
This line up is rather shocking!as a 22yr old surely as im your target audience but ive only heard of doherty the absolute drug king of the music world and the editors ive heard a bit! well done very impressive!would of liked to have seen some top dance DJ’s instead like the summer sessions have provided us with
I certainly hope that customs will be thouroughly searching Mr Doherty on his way into the island….
As usual the guerns are not happy! We moan that we don’t have any music festivals/acts come over and when they do you critise them. Babyshambles are a great band, yes he may be a druggie, but so are most band members. Futurheads are good and so are Editors, we are lucky they even bothered coming over to such a small venue in the first place
are you all off your heads, pete and the babyshambles are the best thing these channel islands have ever scene. he is a very talented musician. and just because it isn’t your cup of tea doesn’t mean you got to slate it…your all pathetic!!!!!!
i should think they already know (customs)
the line is not bad, but not great either.
CSS are good, and pete and the pirates will be more famous by the end of the year. they both played well at Reading Festival 2007. CSS are especially good.
but Pete Doherty???
he was’nt bad when the libertines were around, but now, he is just an ass. id rather he didnt come here
something like the arctic monkeys would have been much better, and yes they should have bought over the
real prodigy, they rule.
but yes, £65!!! thats pretty steep, not sure how many people will go for that, considering its only for two days, and the line-up so far . . .
how come jersey get pendulum and we get pete!?
awful line up, for same price pay for a real festival ticket and see hundreds more bands u actually like.
if anyone does go, see CSS they rule.
yea £65 is a bit to expencive, if it was like arctic monkeys or something then fair enough. also i think the location is the wtong decision, the track ! ?, a park would have been better
So Rachael, Coldcut or Krafty Kuts don’t ring any bells with you..? Summer Sessions, top dance DJ’s…? You really need to educate yourself!
It seems to me that the public of Guernsey are never satisfied - don’t you remember so long ago we weren’t going to have a festival at all…
And all this ranting about Mr Docherty - well all good music has and always will be influenced by / written whilst under the influence of drugs. Wake up people, stop focusing on one tabloid victim!
Krafty Kuts will be amazing!!
Crikey don’t people moan when something good happens to the island. Ok the line up isn’t exactly Glastonbury
(which actually so far this year isn’t that great either. £65 is not expensive for 2 days. Can the person
who thinks the UK festivals are cheaper please let me know where they buy their tickets from!
It is very simple, if you don’t like the price and the line up then just don’t go and leave the rest of
us who do want to go, to enjoy ourselves!!
And people wonder why Guernsey never stages events
like this. As soon as somebody tries to do something
genuinely exciting for the islands youth they get shot
down by the usual narrow minded fools worried about the
evils of sex drugs and rock and roll on the islands young
and impressionable.
Probably the same fools that tries to get The Rolling
Stones banned from the island in 1964 and kicked up such a
furore when the rave scene hit the island in the late
80’s/early 90’s. Progress?
Trust me not having events like this is far more dangerous
for the island’s youth than having them.
What an amusingly typical reaction from the tabloid reading doom mongerers on the island. Let’s get over Pete Doherty’s antics, constantly blown out of proportion by the media, and realise quite how good this line up is for a first time festival. Those with any awareness of popular music at the moment will realise that there are some fairly respectable names on the list. My vote is that CSS will be the highlight of the weekend.
Well, from what I have been reading about Mr Doherty of late, it seems he has been behaving himself and is currently training to run the London Marathon, so I think we all need to chill on that! As for the normal Guern reaction, I’m really disappointed! It’s gonna be a fantastic event and one I will definately be attending! Yes, the line up isn’t AMAZING, but The Futureheads and the Editors are impressive! I think we were all kidding ourselves if we were expecting some top of the charts award winners! I’m more than happy and impressed that these acts will be visiting our tiny rock!!
I agree with Happy Guern. We should count ourselves lucky that this festival is going ahead in
the first place, besides, if you don’t like the line up, don’t go. Nobody making you.
I don’t understand why people are moaning about the ticket prices. £65 for a 2 day event covering
many bands and dj’s isn’t a bad price to pay, how much do people spend on an average Friday & Saturday
night around town? Also don’t forget this is the first ‘proper’ festival we’ve had here so based on
that I think the line up isn’t too bad. I’m sure if this proves a success
next year’s may attract more interest from various acts. We should remember that the weekend is all
about live music and I think anyone who appreciates live music wether its a band or dj is grateful
that we have got a mix of live acts wanting to come here and be part of the first and hopefully not
last Guernsey Live. Many islanders wanted this now we’ve got it, lets make the most of what’s been
offered to us. I’m looking forward to that weekend already!
Pete Doherty is doing the London Marathon!??!!? How? A line or two and a couple of E’s - he’ll top
Radcliffe’s best!
Honestly, not a bad line-up for a first time round. Could of maybe offered a lower ticket rate for
Guerns. But, let’s stop complaining eh…we won’t get it again if we keep being so negative about it.
Roll on Guernsey Live
i cant wait for guernsey live, its gonna b great
why does everyone have to take it out on pete - so what if he uses drugs, most rockstars do in case u hadn’t noticed.
this is the best lineup guernsey has seen for a long time!!
so be thankful, eh.
I can’t believe this. As one of those 15 year-olds who complain that there’s nothing to do in Guernsey, I think that the organisers have wasted a brilliant oppurtunity to get some real talent over here and have a great weekend. As it is I’ll go see the Siam Cup instead, but SERIOUSLY the ONLY good band up there is the futureheads and they’re not even headlining. I couldn’t care less about Pete Doherty’s drug habits I’m more worried about his TOTAL LACK OF TALENT. I know we shouldn’t be negative as it’s the first time this has taken place but i’m still bitterly disappointed.
:’( Even the local bands are better than these
Oh dear me, what a shambles,wave telecom and the organisers of Guernsey Live hang your heads in shame. Surely the states could have dug a little deeper into their pockets to attract someone with genuine talent to the Island, instead of the drug-addled, talentless,law defying Pete Doherty; hope the customs give him a good searching, thats if he turns up at all.Just wondering if any states members influenced this move; give the youth something they can (falsely) identify themselves with and they will give us the vote!
I’m rather dissapointed with the line up to be fair, not too sure if I will go I think I would rather wait til Jersey Live and go over to watch pendulum.
Firstly i would like to say well done to Wave Telecom for a exciting and edgy lineup which surpasses my expectations.
I am though hugely disappointed with the negative press and feedback that the event has received in particular Pete Doherty. Most of you moaning about him obviously don’t really know who he is and are under the impression that he is this ‘Talentless Junkie’ or ‘Waste of Space’. How wrong you are!!! Pete Doherty is one of the cofounders and arguably the genius of The Libertines, one of the most important british bands of the last 8 years. Without the libertines you would have very few or none of the bands in todays music scene which includes such bands as the Arctic Monkeys. The libertines reignited Britains music scene in 2000 at time when Brit-pop had died out and people were looking for something new. As far as the drugs thing goes, he obviously does and has had problems with drugs but so do a lot of people. Its not as if Pete Doherty is walking into a drug free island! There are lots of drug users on the island, why don’t people concentrate on trying to help these people instead of boycotting a genuinely talented and misunderstood person who i think could ignite Guernsey’s live music scene.
And so say all (or should I say the majority) of us Ollie! Very well put!
I maybe wrong Stu, but I didn’t think that this was being funded by the states, and is being bought to us by the Organiser of Guernsey Live themselves, so I don’t believe it has anything to do with the States digging deeper into their pockets! I think the organisers should be applauded for continuing with this event even with the trouble they have been experiencing of late. As some people have already said, if you don’t like the line or, don’t go, it’s as simple as that!
Bring on May 3rd I say!
hahaah what a bunch of moaners you Guernsey lot are! You talk like you’ve earnt the right for a Festival. What did you have before….nowt and think this line up it a pretty good start. People saying things like you should have got the Arctic Monkeys…do you realise how much that would have cost!!! And as for the ticket price £65 for two days full of bands you would normally have to the leave the island to see its a bargin, even if you only liked 1 band in the lineup it would still cost more to go to the uk & watch them
anyone complaining on here is a fool. if you don’t like the lineup dont go. simple. if you do, you’ve lucked out. who cares if you don’t like pete doherty- what do you think will be achieved by having a whinge on here. ollie makes a good point, and another good point is that pete doherty’s solo work is (in my opinion) very good. i doubt the complainers have heard any of it seeing as he has never released any solo songs, baring one live session album. do you own that? and faust also makes a decent point.
however, anoyone claiming gsy bands are better than those on the line-up needs to go away and re-think their life. i’m not sure there’s a single decent guernsey band of the genre that this festival is aiming at. in fact, unless you’re a grindcore kid, i’m not sure you’ll find anything musically interesting on the island…
Stop moaning Guerners, I remember when music was actually banned from the island.
These are top acts, dance and indie and could sell out anywhere in London, plus, 65 quid is
nothing for all that talent.
Perhaps it’d be a good idea to see Doherty live before judging him, Hendrix isn’t remembered for the
drugs he took after all!
PS Robots in Disguise and CSS are fantastic live turns.
Some of you people are culturally so backwards, it’s a wonder you’re not pleading for Morris-dancing and lutes, these bands are great! To all the people who’ve never heard of them, what exactly do you listen to??? They’re about as commercial as you can get without getting Take That over, and if that’s what your after, well, stay at home, basically.
£65 is not steep either. To watch any one of these bands on their own at a gig would cost 10-20 quid, so do the maths.
Some total cretin said ‘Leroy from the Prodigy? Why don’t they just bring The Prodigy?’
-Yeah, it’s that simple.
I’m assuming the internet exists in the Channel Islands, hence this site existing, so what’s the excuse for 90% of the people on this forum not knowing ANYTHING.
You guys are very lucky. I have seen Editors 3 times in the past 10 months, and they have gotten better with each outing. You will see a band that are going to make it very big, very soon. Be happy.
Thank goodness Guernsey has a “nil tolerance” to drugs.Reading some of the above you can see how important the nil tolerance is when some actively praise these so called musicians and their “harmless” drug habits.I have great trust that the appropriate services will know where to look when these people arrive.When you consider how much sorrow and heartbreak drug addicts and peddlers bring,and its all to do with money making,then anyone who condones drugs,for whatever reasons—————–.
And don’t forget at these “musical” festivals there will be those out to hook your kids!Drugs and music,or drugs and anything else do not belong together.I believe 65 pounds will feed a child in certain parts of the world a whole year!!!!
Have no problem with the ticket price as I normally go over to the UK at least twice a year to see a band. But having to pay that money to see a so called muso who is (sorry folks but that is a fact) much more known for his drug taking and hanging out with models then his music. Also going by his track record he’ll probably not turn up or be shi….. on stage - and that is hardly gonna be inticing people (apart from other immature hanger ons who get off on that)) to buy tickets.Full marks for anybody to try and put something on in the island, but hey maybe a bit of target group research before booking the acts would have been helpful?!
donald remfrey, i don’t mean to offend, but perhaps you should stop reading the Daily Mail. i’m not a drug user, but anybody with the tinniest amount of common sense can see that they’re not all bad. as you may or may not be aware, more people will die from drinking this year than smoking cannabis. don’t just bounce the term ‘drugs’ about willy nilly, i’m not sure its appropriate for you to be using a musical disscusion board to air your outdated opinions on the youth. people in guernsey have been wanting good music to arrive for years, and now it has. this can only be a good thing for the island. please remember that a large number of britain’s best loved musicians have all been drug users: the beatles, the rolling stones, black sabbath, happy mondays, etc, etc.
Dear louderthanabomb,not in the least offended,don’t read the Mail or the Sun,if I’m not “modern” then I’m proud of it.The thought of watching “musicians”financing their addictions with my contribution does not appeal to me,so go ahead and enjoy yourself!
PS.why not tell us who you are?
“musicians”? unfortunately mozart and his motley crew passed on a few years back, so stop trying to knock back other people’s interpretations of what music is. just because your ear may not be toned to modern rock music, this doesn’t make it any less credible to people who enjoy it. if you’re not going to be attending for fear of hurting your ears or being pulled into a heavy drug addiction, then thats fine. but maybe you should consider enjoying yourself a little bit more. i’m also not sure that all these acts are playing just so that they can finance an addiction, perhaps their drug use is just casual…?perhaps they have families to feed…? perhaps they do it for the love of music….?
apologies for the Mail mistake.
isnt amazing how negative people can be?!
personally im really excited about guernseylive. people moaned when we weren’t having it and now people are moaning that we are!!
pete doherty is genuinely very talented, he might have drug issue but so have lots of musicians - John Bonham (Led Zepplin), Sid Vicous, Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple), Steve Clark (Def Leppard), Dee Dee Ramone, John Entwistle (The Who), Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones), Janis Joplin, Keith Moon (The Who), Elvis Presley, need I list more?
Just because you may not have heard of all the bands/artists all the more reason for you to go along and broaden your horizons. A little bit of something new never hurt anyone and you might just find you like it. If youre that narrow minded that you wont come then stop whining, shut up and dont come along and ruin everyone elses fun.
CSS :: EDITORS :: SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - i am a happy man.
OK Doherty is a bit naff (OK he was v.good when I saw him once in The Libertines) but the Editors and CSS are great. Why let one man and the media portail of his private life prevent something decent from happening. He is not going to come here viking style - hey he may even want to stay since in Guernsey the hard stance on drugs means temptation is less!!
The people against it because of Doherty are as lame as the futile attempt to ban the Sex Pistols in 1977. Fair play for getting some recognisable names for Guernsey - I bet people will even come to Guernsey to watch him.
And do people not know how expensive bands are to put on?? It is hard enough to get people to pay £5 for a decent local act - let alone £10 for a visit unknown band/DJ. I am not sure who gets tickets in the uk for £10 - usually nearer £30 for known acts. and can be over £100 for big bands. But that is the nature for the music industry - if you don’t pay for the music because you download it thats what you have to expect - making music costs money & time & talent. So i think £65 is a bargain for two days - BRING IT ON!
Pete Doherty, oxygen thief
go somewhere else you suck.
Editors and Futureheads
there kaaay.
I really cannot believe that Wave and the organisers of Guernsey live have booked Pete Doherty. This is really scraping the barrel, regardless of the “talent” he is supposed to have. What a waste of money that could have been spent on bringing somebody else over to perform. The island takes a hard stance on drugs and to book somebody like Doherty goes beyond the realms of rational thinking. Shame on you organisers!
I really dont like the fact that Pete Doherty is being pegged as a role model for our early teens! Didnt anyone else see the images of him jacking up an unconscious fan not that long ago?? I’m in my late 20s and have a young son and worry about the message that hiring Pete Doherty gives off. It upsets me to think the powers that be see him as someone for our young adults to look up too! You can tell me he’s changed his ways as much as you like, and this might be the case but as with most junkies he will prob relapse and by then he will have our kids as fans thinking its a great lifestyle wanting to follow in his foot steps..
This is a party,its rock and roll.ENJOY X.Alderney
I wouldn’t pay 65p to see Babyshambles. But I love CSS.
Hello chaps,
I have only just found out about this,
Being a predominantly Guernsey, but London based signed indie band, we would really loved to have had the oppertuntiy to play too. We are playing loads of other UK festivals.
Are there any local acts doing it?
Are we too late?
Doherty in Guernsey! Have a listen to our myspace….
http://www.myspace.com/subliminalgirls
Particular the track Mirror.
Personally I love the Vale Earth Fair, but good on the Island for getting some big acts, CSS are AMAZING
Jim (Rhesus)Gervaise Brazier
Sorry just been up and read more of these comments.
Yes Doherty was in the Libertines, yes they were great but they spawned 30000 million really
rubbish bands and a whole generation of style over content mockney morons who think drugs are cool.
The whole drug thing, most of it is exagerated or totally made up. Anyone who things drugs are cool
is a complete idiot. Anyone who thinks being a junkie is cool is an idiot.
Although it pains me to admit it the new babyshambles album is very good, but is this not Doherty solo?
Don’t worry he isn’t coming for your children, he is just a bit of a plum who wrote a few good songs
and featured in lots of pretty photos.
However, I think this event is brilliant for the Island, don’t let controversy about some plum ruin
it for you. Music festivals are the best thing ever. If you go to this, get a taster then
go to the Earth Fair, and may be a few other UK/ European Festivals.
Well this certainly brought out the comment.Lucky we have free speech,lucky we can respect the views of each other!One could argue here forever,so will close wishing those going to PDs sessions an enjoyable time and value for money!
Agreed, music is all a matter of opinion, but great that you are getting a festival!
Anyone who thinks that is a bad lineup should have been shot at birth…
I was expecting s club 7 tribute bands!
I think the line up is fantastic.
CSS, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, THE FUTUREHEADS, ROBOTS IN DISGUISE AND PETE DOHERTY- I’d go and see these musicians live anywhere at any festival.
it doesnt matter if not many people would have heard of these bands. I think its great to get the Guerns introduced to the range of un signed musical talent out there!
Its going to be £65 well spent!
i dont no how 2 get tickets will someone tell me!!!
I’d like to think my musical taste is fairly broad but I’m not impressed with the line up - Editors… excellent, apart from them there isn’t anything I’d get my wallet out and pay for.
Pete D…. what the heck is going on there?
You Guerns are a funny lot
A weekend lineup can never really please all the people all the time, but I think the phrase ‘value for money’does spring to mind here! I’m coming to Guernsey specially for this, even with flights it still makes a reasonable cost and in a lovely place - what more could you ask for??
Look at how Bestival has grown, give Guernsey Live
the support it deserves and it will just get bigger and better. And isn’t that what your island needs?
FROM AFAR HAS GOT THE RIGHT IDEA - SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL IS EXACTLY WHAT GUERNSEY NEEDS FOR THE ISLANDERS TO LIGHTEN UP A BIT. QUIT MOANING AND JUST ENJOY THE FESTIVAL - IF YOU KNOW HOW TO?!!! IT ISNT ROCKET SCIENCE - IF YOU DONT LIKE THE LINEUP - DONT EVEN BOTHER SHOWING YOUR MISERABLE FACE!!
I think that unless you have REALLY heard his music or read some of his AMAZING lyrics and poems well you should keep your mouth shut.. Yes he has and maybe still is a drug user but its not like we or any1 else is gonna use them or start just because he has or is!?!?
I mean come on, you cant condem someone for anything unless it effects you, like you as a person, family or anything else.. The only way this is gonna be a problem is if WE make it one, why the hell don’t we just all see how it goes..
O an also, there are some AMAZINGLY talented people, well, artists coming over an if you knew or know anything about music you would realize that. If people dont like some of the acts, DONT GO!!!!! Also, i like the fact that the genre’s of band and music selection is so diverse so well done 4 that..
But if i am honest i think its unlikely he will get tru customs.. Fingers crossed though..xx
Yeah so what i am trin to say is, SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.. Cos thats what it is about at the end of the day, just music.. Nothin else should matter..
HENSE it being a MUSIC event!!! So i’ll shut up now to, just wanted to say my piece..
well what a surprise poor old pete cant come over .you could see him at glastonberry oh forgot he wont be there either now we might get somebody good who can replace this waste of space
right the money is goin to charity i live in jersey and the ammount of people who bough/buyin tickets mainly going to watch dochety play is unreal pete kicks butt
The bands are not that well known in Guernsey they maybe else where but not here. All the people i have spoken to have not got a clue who these people are and think its a waste of money to. The Summer Wave had more well known acts and it was A LOT CHEAPER it didnt matter if the acts were rubbish because it was worth what they charged. Why spend all that money on people you have never even heard of. I only know who Pete Doherty is because of who his now ex is Kate Moss not for his music or talent. What a great example lets have smackheads on stage really something for the teenegers to look up to they really did well on that one didnt they and now hes not coming anyway. Cant we get good acts that everyone will know we get charged enough for it. Ask the public what they want in Guernsey for a change.