I’ve mentioned on here before, If you watch the documentary ‘stalking Pete Doherty’, you can see how easily the night would’ve turned messy and how Blanco could have ended up over the balcony. it’s online but hard to find.
I don’t know if the doco maker removed it or if Pete’s people ddid but it shows his crew in a terrible light.
People in active addiction often behave very differently to how they would if they weren’t using those substances or mixing in those circles.
I think maybe some of the people involved in these scenarios are wracked with terrible guilt about the people who died within that circle (because it wasn’t just Blanco who died) and I think others really couldn’t care less as long as they’re never left without drugs.
I think definitely the addictive behaviour hasn’t gone away for Pete, and to an extent, his wife possibly enables him somewhat so that he can focus on his music and writing, and I feel she is treading on eggshells a bit with regard to balancing his job and responsibilities at home , possibly awed by his being an artist and terrified of a relapse into his old lifestyle. Clearly he is not clean in the true sense of sobriety.
Very sad if his health really is screwed.
I like him and his music and have a lot of background with addiction and substance issues personally and with loved ones so am maybe more forgiving than some but he and his music and bands are extremely popular just not massively mainstream so the poster upthread doesn’t see how much people have loved and identified with them.
Also a huge nostalgia thing will happen when he goes, music and mood of that era was unique.
So many of their songs are iconic and people know them without necessarily knowing who the artist is.
Paul Ro is still actively selling anything he possibly can linked to Peter and to Peter Wolfe and is writing reams online about his experiences with PD, trying desperately to keep his link to them alive and not lose sight of the money.
Pete and libertines have some really hardcore fans who were really involved with his life, women and drug hangers on, he had no boundaries and places like Paul’s were open house for anyone who wanted to fly a bit close to the flame of drugs and fame.
There was an abundance of beautiful young women too so plenty of opportunity for predatory men a well as dealers etc.
I think Pete did some bad things, had bad friends, wants desperately to have a normal life but has a wild streak which has never gone away.
I also think he’s neurodivergent but that’s another story
Whenever I meet the parents of neurodivergent kids I always try to suss out which one of them passed the genes on… whether they know it themselves or not. Sometimes it’s obviously both! 
