Babyshambles are to play London’s Love Music Hate Racism festival in Trafalgar Square next month.

Pete Doherty’s band will join Estelle, MC Lady Sovereign and Terri Walker on the bill

Doherty said: “I don’t think you have to be a particularly developed human being intellectually or spiritually to despise racism.

“It may be easy to be complacent, but we need to encourage people to fight racism whether with words or actions. Count me in.”

The event is being organised by the Unite Against Fascism and Love Music Hate Racism organisations to bring attention to their Stop The BNP campaign.

The event will take place on Sunday, May 1 and also includes speeches from campaigners, including Tony Benn and Ken Livingstone.