Pete Doherty has been hospitalized after sustaining an injury from a hedgehog spine while on a dog walk.
"I felt a bit of a prick" pic.twitter.com/Q2dyOfvuzs
— Peter Doherty (@petedoherty) April 30, 2019
Doherty was walking his two dogs when one of the pooches caught a hedgehog in his mouth.
As the musician tried to remove the spikey animal, one of its spines punctured his hand – a wound that has since become infected and landed the rocker in hospital.
The former Libertines frontman was forced to cancel his BBC 5 Live appearance with Nihal Arthanayake, and has praised the NHS in a social media post for their treatment: “Thank you to the wonderful men and women who work within the NHS . What absolute angels and a million times they deserve our respect and thanks.”
Zeus and Narco had the cute wee verminous Shnuffle shuffle Pig of the the Hedge in their gobs and I wrapped my hand in a tshirt and freed the wee bugger and got a tiny cut.. That was Wednesday night/Thursday morning..
— Peter Doherty (@petedoherty) April 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/petedoherty/status/1123286163190628352
Doherty recently claimed that the “incredible backlash” of Brexit will “be the best thing in the world for music”.
The Libertine’s frontman spoke to Channel 4 about his views on Britain’s forthcoming departure from the European Union.
The singer has recently returned with new band The Puta Madres and kicks off a UK tour next month. Check out the full list of dates below.
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3 Friday: Belfast – Limelight
4 Saturday: Dublin – The Academy
5 Sunday: Bristol – O2 Academy
7 Tuesday: Glasgow – Barrowland Ballroom
8 Wednesday: Leeds – Stylus
9 Thursday: Manchester – O2 Ritz
11 Saturday: Nottingham – Rock City
12 Sunday: London – O2 Forum Kentish Town
