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Pete Doherty Sorry for 'Nazi' Anthem Gaffe

A red-faced and somewhat contrite Pete Doherty has apologised after singing a snippet of the old German national anthem with links to the country's Nazi past. The Babyshambles singer was forced to leave the stage at the On3 festival in Munich when fans booed him after he sang, "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles".

The phrase, which translates as "Germany, Germany above everything," came from the first verse of the German national anthem and hasn't been used since Germany reunified in 1990. The new version of the anthem now begins with the third verse, "Unity and justice and liberty for the German Fatherland."

A spokeperson for the singer said that Doherty "was unaware of the controversy surrounding the German National anthem and he deeply apologises if he has caused any offence.

"[He] wanted to celebrate his appearance in Munich by assimilating and integrating with the crowd, something he tries do wherever he goes.

"Peter himself is from Jewish descent and has fought against racism and fascism with numerous organisations including Love Music Hate Racism.

"This is a subject he feels very strongly about."

However, as displayed by the clip of the incident below, it may well have been Doherty's tuneless warblings and inept guitar meanderings that set the crowd off.



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Japers

lol what a numpty, who sings "hit the road jack" these days anyway!

December 01 2009 at 7:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alby

On a more serious note, it might be a good marketing idea to use him in an advert for "COKE", as long as they don't let him use the line.."I'd like to teach the world to sing".

December 01 2009 at 6:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Beefy

To Dee Hell judging on your, are you Welsh comment, which you spelt wrong, you are obviously racist and should therefore be treated with the same respect as nazi regime. This site should not have to listen to your racist bullshit.

December 01 2009 at 6:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alby

Yeh Perfect Ron???
Anyway I'd love to meet him on a Glasgow bus, he's the type of person you could punch, even if he'd just given an old lady a seat.

December 01 2009 at 6:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
poppyeileen

I would like to reply to Joe Harrison and my comment is this. The rest of us don't get paid to sing and play the guitar. Pete Doherty does. His performance was pathetic. How can anyone say he is talented? His biggest claim to fame was his affair with Ms Moss, two people with one thing in common COKE.

December 01 2009 at 6:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alby

Sorry Em, but feeling sorry for him won't make him go away.

December 01 2009 at 6:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alby

Yeh Snowryder, but the issue is about national social vocalists

December 01 2009 at 6:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Em

Have you all got off your high horse yet? You'll be criticising someone else tomorrow. I actually feel sorry for him. I honestly think that he didn't realise that he was singing the wrong song/words or whatever everyone is flapping about. Give him a break.

December 01 2009 at 6:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Rosaria

yerrr, i agree with you! i like pete quite a bit. stop complaining and fuck forever!

December 01 2009 at 6:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rosaria

last part was meant for all those moaners btw!

December 01 2009 at 6:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
RonP

I think that perhaps these people were reacting to a tallentless hack rather than the slurred lyrics.
Try singing god save the queen sometime pete, preferably
the verse that says "and with a mighty rush, rebellious
scots to crush"at an SNP meeting or perhaps a glasgow pub on a saturday night. That would solve ALL your problems and give you a rush that coke never could.

December 01 2009 at 6:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris Harvey

FIRST class PRICK!!!
And, seriously, if you think that drug-addled tool has talent or can sing then you're living in cloud cuckoo land. Who'd pay money to listen to THAT tripe?

No wonder the country's in the state it is with role models like this bell-end!...

December 01 2009 at 6:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply