Babyshambles biography
On 4 December 2006, ''The Blinding EP'' was released to critical acclaim. The release was promoted with music videos for "The Blinding" and "Love You But You're Green", and an acoustic performance of the latter on ''The Culture Show''. The single was not eligible for the singles chart because it contained too many tracks; however, the band claimed on its MySpace page that it would have made number four in the Christmas Day 2006 UK chart had it been eligible.
On 18 January 2007, it was announced that the band had signed a long-term record deal with Parlophone.
''Shotter's Nation'' (2007-2010)
On 1 October 2007 Babyshambles released their second album ''Shotter's Nation''. The track listing for the album was revealed on 23 July 2007 in the (p)review posted on Allan Jones' Editor's Diary Uncut.co.uk blog.
The Stephen Street-produced record contains 12 tracks and features a guest appearance from Bert Jansch on the acoustic closer.
Adam Ficek commented that ''Shotter's Nation'' is a "glossy picture" of where the band are at the moment.
The first single from the album, "Delivery", was released on 17 September 2007, reaching number six in the UK Singles Chart after its first week on general sale. A week prior to the release, a 7 inch vinyl containing a demo version of the song and an interview with the band was released with NME magazine.
The album was received much better than previous Babyshambles releases. With an AMG rating of 3.5 stars (Compared with 2.5 for Down in Albion and 3 stars for The Blinding EP)
In November 2007 Babyshambles played their first arena tour, taking in dates at the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, MEN Arena in Manchester, the Nottingham Arena, Bournemouth International Centre, London's Wembley Arena, Brighton's Brighton Centre, and Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.
The second single from ''Shotter's Nation'', "You Talk", was released on 3 December 2007.
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In January and February 2008, Babyshambles played their biggest European tour to date.
Babyshambles are due to play at a lot of festivals this Spring and this Summer, especially in France.
In June they played at Hove Festival in Norway. In August they headlined the RadioOne/NME Stage of the Reading and Leeds Festivals. However, a large amount of their scheduled tours were cancelled due to Doherty's recent imprisonment.
On 8 April, it was announced that Babyshambles was going to release A CD/DVD live untitled "Oh! What A Lovely Tour" on 2 June. The concert was recorded during the winter leg of the UK arena tour at the SECC Glasgow on 2 December. On 22 May 2008 Babyshambles performed at the Saturday Night Fiber, a new music festival in Madrid, Spain with other artists such as Morrissey.
Growing speculation suggested that Babyshambles would be unable to make all tour dates for 2008, but in a recent interview with NME "Doherty added that he will honour all his booked live commitments with Babyshambles, but will not book further gigs until his solo album is finished". The band is heading into studios to record 9 demos for their third upcoming album. On 12 January 2009, along with Roger Daltrey, Babyshambles played a one-off gig at the O2 Academy Bristol in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.
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