Pete Doherty on his first Glastonbury: Kate Moss, an undercover agent, and a £16,000 cardigan
01.07.2022 - 15:49
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Pete Doherty has shared some of his strongest Glastonbury memories – featuring Kate Moss, an “undercover agent” sent by Vivienne Westwood and a £16,000 cardigan once owned by T Rex legend Marc Bolan. Watch part two of our interview with Doherty above.This week’s Big Read cover story sees the likes of HAIM, Sigrid, Yungblud, Baebadoobee, Fontaines DC and more tell us about Glastonbury and what it means to them. Speaking to NME just after The Libertines stepped off stage from their opening performance on The Other Stage at Glastonbury 2022 last weekend, Doherty told us how Glasto had always had a special place in the band’s hearts.“Carl [Barat] was brought up like a babe in arms at Greenham Common with a real hippie background,” he said.
“He would always tell us stories about how they would dig tunnels under fences to get in. It was always a sacred thing, Glastonbury. It fed on the mythology a bit for him.”Asked what he could recall about his very first time at Glastonbury, Doherty replied: “I think I was with Kate [Moss] at the time.
We were really late and came in a Land Rover through the crowd.“I can’t remember much about my first Glastonbury. I remember meeting my sister and I hadn’t seen her for years. She was arguing with her boyfriend in a field somewhere.
We met at random. I also had a Vivienne Westwood cardigan that apparently belonged to Marc Bolan. I stole it from a fashion shoot.
Vivienne Westwood sent an undercover agent. She basically sent this really fit bird backstage to derobe me of my cardigan.”Does he still have said item of clothing? “No, or course not,” he replied. “It was a £16,000 cardigan!”Recalling some of his other favourite times at Worthy farm, he added: “I have memories of being in that tent
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