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Some people. In between the harrowing trauma of moving house (no-one died), Famethrowa has been spitting feathers about the state of the world. If I'm not exacerbated then I'm incredulous. The latest bout of fury was originally inspired by the comical news that Avril Lavigne faces a ban from playing Malaysia because government officials deem her "too sexy" for locals to comprehend. This comes after Beyonce, Pussycat Dolls and Christina Aguilera were all, basically, told to perform in black dustbin bags on recent visits to the continent.

Avril's Asian tour is due to kick-off in Kuala Lumpur shortly, but the youth wing of the local Islamic Party are reportedly concerned her show will corrupt the nation's kids. Official Kamarulzaman Mohamed explained: "It's not good for viewers in Malaysia." Well, I can't disagree with that but their people are more likely to be abused by the godawful dirge visited upon them by the Canadian punk-lite apology, who is about as sexy as Pete Doherty the morning after his birthday party.

Speaking of which, it was the latest event in the fable that is Doherty's life which really had me frothing cross-eyed this week. The errant Libertine has been accused of many things over the years - smoking all the crack, drugging a cat, abusing a mouse, robbing his best friend, injecting a teenage fan, misplacing his talent - but inspiring violence is not one of them. Babyshambles have been banned from playing Moonfest in Wiltshire this month after becoming the second act of the week to befall a world gone mad, via hell in a handcart.

Magistrates took evidence from police on Monday, hearing of the masterplan behind Pete's wicked mob. Chief Superintendent Julian Kirby told the court: "We carried out an analysis of what Pete Doherty and his band does. What he does as part of his routine is to gee up the crowd. They speed up and then slow down the music and create a whirlpool effect in the crowd. They all get geed up and then they start fighting". What planet is this man on? What we have here is yet another example of THEM versus US and Moonfest now faces bankruptcy without a headliner. I say send in Gary Glitter. Let's see what the cops make of that.