Watch Pete Doherty perform The Pogues’ ‘Dirty Old Town’ in Ukrainian on TV
nme.comPete Doherty performed a section of The Pogues‘ ‘Dirty Old Town’ in Ukrainian on The Last Leg last night (February 24) – see a snippet below.The singer was appearing on the show, hosted by Adam Hills, on the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.To close the show, he performed ‘Dirty Old Town’ solo, incorporating the Ukrainian language into its final chorus.He ended the performance by exclaiming “Slava Ukraini!” which translates as “Glory to Ukraine!”Watch the performance below.A really lovely touch by @petedoherty performing Dirty Old Town in Ukranian.
Also lovely to see he seems to have fought the demons that have haunted him for past 2 decades. Well done Pete.pic.twitter.com/B6cbuc2AN1— Scotty (@arghkid) February 25, 2023Elsewhere during his appearance, Doherty recalled thinking he had been kidnapped by two Russian artists.The Libertines frontman revealed that the two artists locked him inside a flat in Moscow. “When they were in London I put them up so they were supposed to put me up,” he told the audience.
They locked me in their flat and that was part of their installation but they didn’t tell me. It was terrifying.“It was in this big brutalist style flat and there were no windows,” he added. “I couldn’t get out.
They filmed it all and transmitted it to the gallery. That was their installation, me freaking out in the flat. It got really good reviews though.”In April, Doherty will head out on his first solo acoustic tour of the UK and Ireland in a decade, labelled ‘The Battered Songbook Tour’.The tour is set to begin in April and will feature career-spanning setlists incorporating songs from The Libertines, Babyshambles and Doherty’s solo projects.Of what to expect from the shows, a statement read:.
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