MUSIC NEWS: Pete Doherty’s latest attempts to deal with his addiction issues have ended in failure after he departed a rehab centre in Thailand.

MAYBE it wasn’t too surprising that it took a British pop star and an American rocker to jazz things up in Cork last night.

FIFTY thousand visitors and more than 1,000 musicians from 35 countries performing in 80 venues.

BLUR frontman Damon Albarn is set to open the world-famous Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this October.