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Matt Roper

Heartbreaking song and musician that forced Pete Doherty to quit drugs for good

Pete Doherty has opened up about the song and musician that helped transform his life as he was battling with his drug addiction - with him having since given up drugs.

The singer, 43, once had a reputation for being a junkie, but has now been clean for two years - crediting collaborator Frederic Lo, 57, as having lifted him out of the darkness.

The Libertines frontman had been desperately fighting the familiar demons of drug addiction as he "white knuckled it" in his new home in rural France in early 2020.

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