Babyshambles bassist injured

Recording on troubled rocker Pete Doherty's new Babyshambles album has been delayed after his bassist fractured a bone.

Strummer Drew McConnell fractured a bone at the base of his spine during a recording session at a west London studio as he attempted to catching a falling double bass.

McConnell laments, "I have a hairline fracture at the base of my spine.

"I'm not allowed to sit down for two weeks. Joy."