{"id":203380,"date":"2025-06-21T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203380\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:25:10","slug":"patrick-walden-dead-babyshambles-guitarist-was-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203380\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Walden Dead: Babyshambles Guitarist Was 46"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPatrick Walden<\/a>, the guitarist for British group Babyshambles<\/a>, has died at the age of 46.<\/p>\n

\n\tBabyshambles, fronted by Pete Doherty, announced Walden\u2019s death on social media in a joint statement. \u201cIt is with deep regret and sadness that we share the news of Patrick Walden\u2019s death,\u201d reads the post. \u201cWe feel very fortunate to have known\/loved and worked with him and we kindly ask for respect and privacy during these difficult times.\u201d No cause of death was given.<\/p>\n

\n\tWalden, a London native, had a short-lived stint with Babyshambles, which Doherty formed in 2004 after he was kicked out of the Libertines for drug abuse. He joined the group as lead guitarist alongside Doherty on vocals, Drew McConnell on bass and Gemma Clarke on drums, and co-wrote six songs on the band\u2019s 2005 debut \u201cDown in Albion\u201d including \u201cFuck Forever,\u201d \u201cPipedown\u201d and \u201cLoyalty Song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDown in Albion\u201d was a moderate success in the U.K., peaking at No. 10 on the charts. \u201cFuck Forever\u201d became the group\u2019s biggest single, reaching No. 4 on the U.K. singles chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tWalden, who had previously played in bands including Fluid and White Sport, left the group in 2005 after dealing with drug abuse and accusations of assaulting his girlfriend, which led to a brief incarceration. The charges were inevitably dropped.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the years, he would pop in for performances with Babyshambles, though he never officially rejoined the band. He was not present for a Babyshambles reunion that took place last year, and it was unclear if he would be joining the group for future performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patrick Walden, the guitarist for British group Babyshambles, has died at the age of 46. Babyshambles, fronted by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[81324,77,269,81323,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-203380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-babyshambles","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-patrick-walden","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114723233840805302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}