Entertainment 25-02-2005 who: Rock star Pete Doherty what: Wins court`s leave to play one-off gig where: Snaresbrook Crown Court, LONDON when: Tuesday snippet: Mr Justice Radford said the Libertines founder "could stay out two hours past his 2200 GMT curfew for the sold-out Brixton Academy concert with his band Babyshambles," reports the BBC. On Thursday, Tory leader Michael Howard criticised both Doherty and the media`s relentless coverage of his exploits, suggesting that press coverage of Doherty`s drug offences implies some sort of approbation. And in other news of singers in court, the BBC says Michael Jackson`s child abuse trial will begin on Monday morning in Santa Maria, California. [... more]

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