LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Singer Pete Doherty has cancelled the rest of a British tour with his band Babyshambles to give himself more time to recover from his drug addiction treatment, his spokesman said on Saturday.
Doherty, 27, known as much for his on-off relationship with model Kate Moss and his well-publicized drug problems as his music, was more than halfway through the 13-date tour.
The concerts were his first since leaving a drug London rehabilitation clinic.
It is now clear that Peter embarked on this arduous and high profile tour too soon after his discharge, the spokesman said.
The band apologizes to fans but hopes that they will understand the importance of Peter being able to best continue his good progress in recovering from addiction, he added.
The band cancelled a concert in Liverpool on Friday night and the remaining four dates in Glasgow, Nottingham, Manchester and Newcastle.
Critics have praised Doherty's performances during the tour, with several newspapers using the headline Pete's no shambles .
Moss joined the band onstage to sing during La Belle and La Bete . One reviewer said she chirped self-consciously and almost inaudibly, then ran off, waving her arms like an excited schoolgirl .
The couple are regular fixtures in Britain's tabloid papers.
On Saturday, the Sun showed pictures of a bare-chested Doherty supposedly storming out of Moss's home at 3:30 a.m.
after a row.
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