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Hours after his band Babyshambles decided to skip their Friday night appearance at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival, the troubled rocker took the stage alone at midnight, putting to rest reports that Doherty was ready to pack it in in 2008.

The unexpected acoustic solo performance occurred a night after Babyshambles canceled their Thursday show at Norway’s Hove Festival.

The band’s website, however, still offers a list of upcoming concert dates, restarting July 4 at the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium, so it’s unclear whether Doherty’s really as tired of it all as the Norwegian news site VG Nett is reporting.

Taking over Babyshambles’ headlining spot on Glastonbury’s Park Stage were Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, who briefly announced on their website Thursday: “Friday night. Glastonbury. Park Stage. 10pm. x x x x.”

Doherty, meanwhile, played a nine-song set, including two Libertines songs—”What Katy Did” and “Music When the Lights Go Out—before dedicating Babyshambles’ “Albion” to former fellow Libertine Carl Barât, who was playing his first solo show at Glastonbury this year.

The Libertines freed themselves of each other’s company in 2004.

Before the festival kicked off, Barât told Britain’s Daily Star that he didn’t want to make too much of him and Doherty being in the same place at the same time.

“I’d like to check out Pete’s set if it doesn’t clash with mine, but at the same time I don’t feel well enough to deal with all the attention that might come to me,” he said. “If the fans spotted me, they would probably want us to get up on stage.”

The somehow-still-rockin’ Doherty recently served 29 days in jail for probation violation after he used unspecified drugs and missed a meeting with his probation officer when he was supposed to be on his best behavior after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis, ketamine, crack cocaine and heroin in October.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello will release his second solo album on September 30.
The Fabled City” (Epic) is the follow-up to 2007’s “One Man Revolution,” which Morello released under the name The Nightwatchman. He is now billed at Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman.

The 11-song set features guest appearances by country rocker Shooter Jennings and System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian, Morello’s partner in the activist organization Axis of Justice. It was produced by Brendan O’Brien, who previously worked on “One Man Revolution” as well as a few Rage albums.

Beforehand, Morello is playing a handful of festival dates with Rage Against The Machine, including an August 2 slot at Lollapalooza in Chicago.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi will play a free concert in Central Park on July 12, the band announced Monday. The show, billed as an “All-Star Concert in Central Park,” will take place in conjunction with the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which is set for July 15 at Yankee Stadium.
“We’ve gotten the chance to bookend what is the most successful tour in the world this year with a free concert for anyone in New York,” frontman Jon Bon Jovi said at a news conference alongside New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials. “I just traveled the world again, and New York is still the greatest city in the world.”

The concert will take place at 8 p.m. on the park’s Great Lawn and will not be televised. Fans will be allowed to enter the area beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets will be available beginning July 2 at baseball parks as well as at events throughout New York.

No more than 60,000 tickets will be distributed in an attempt to maintain the safety and integrity of the lawn’s grass, Bloomberg said. “Our interest is in keeping the park open and making sure at the same time that we protect the investment the public has made,” he said.

The band’s “Lost Highway” tour wraps July 14-15 with a pair of Madison Square Garden arena shows in New York.

LONDON - The British Broadcasting Corp. will air a long lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership.

The precious film sat forgotten for 44 years in a garage in south London until film fan Richard Jeffs realized a piece of pop history was contained inside.

Experts were surprised to find the audio portion still usable for radio broadcast.

The nine-minute interview was recorded at the Scottish Television studios in April 1964 during the early days of Beatlemania. It will be broadcast for the first time on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday and repeated later this week.

On the tape, Lennon tells how he was playing with a skiffle band outside Liverpool when McCartney introduced himself.

Eleven-time Grammy award winner Alicia Keys is looking to find a new background singer through her MySpace page. The lucky winner will get a chance to tour with her as part of the worldwide Lexus Presents Alicia Keys As I Am tour.

People interested are asked to submit a 30 second or longer video of them singing an original song acapella to Alicia Keys’ Myspace page. Qualifications include being a female between the ages 21-30 with R&B/Soul singing experience. Contestant must also have a valid passport, and must be physically fit and able to dance. Deadline for submissions is May 5. A winner will be selected around May 15.

Ignited by her first two hit singles “No One” and “Like You’ll Never See Me Again,” Keys’ internationally-acclaimed third studio album As I Am (MBK/J Records), has sold over 5 million copies worldwide since its November 2007 release.  The disc has claimed the #1 spot for several non-consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart and the single “No One,” earned Keys two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.   Additionally, Keys received four awards at the NAACP Image Awards and was honored at the first annual BET Honors ceremony.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has dispatched 8,000 toilet maintenance staff, each responsible for a specific public restroom in the city and trained in hygiene standards and techniques, Olympic knowledge and practical English expressions, Xinhua said Friday.

There will be selective inspections every week and the results will be posted on the website of the Municipal Utilities Administration Commission, said the news agency.

The city was also struggling with which style of commode would be best, noting Westerners prefer seated toilets, which are more comfortable and convenient for the elderly or infirm.

The squat toilets widely used in Chinese public facilities are considered more hygienic as there is no direct contact with body, it said.

At more than 30 test events held by the Games organizers, the squat versions drew frequent complaints from foreigners, said Xinhua.

“Not all of the toilets will be changed, but those for journalists, athletes, and VIPs will be,” Xinhua quoted Yao Hui, the deputy director of venue management, as saying.

(Reporting by Kirby Chien; Editing by David Fox)

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