Doherty plays four New Year gigs

Ex Libertines frontman Pete Doherty played four gigs last night to see in the New Year.

The singer started with an acoustic set in Birmingham at 8pm, moving on to Stoke and Oldham before finishing in Manchester at around 3am.

"They were all different shows," a fan who visisted all four gigs told NME.com today. "Birmingham was mellow, Pete did it sat down. Stoke was around midnight which was more like a proper gig. That was an amazing atmosphere. That was the longest set at around hour and a quarter.

"By the time we reached Oldham it was chaos, there was a stage invasion straight away, everyone was crowding around Pete. There were more people on the stage then there were watching from the crowd.

"And then Manchester was an amazing end. It was the best show of the night in terms of atmosphere. Manchester was special because everyone in the crowd was intoxicated by that time in the morning. It was like Beatlemania. He had to run off from each venue with kids trying to get to get into a car!"