no, i never meant the nme broke the story about him leaving, but they had the exclusive (apparently) on him being sent to the priory. initially, when reading this thread and posting my reply, i knew nothing about pete leaving, so i guess, in a way, you could say that i had completely the wrong end of the stick. i apologise for that. it wasn't until i went onto livejournal and read my friends pages that i realised he had left/was leaving. actually, i had heard babyshambles prior to the libertines, so i dunno. maybe i'm wrong. apologies for my lame answer. i really shouldn't try and say anything vaguely intelligent in the future *hides under rock*