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Rocker Pete Doherty has hit hard times after splitting with girlfriend, Kate Moss, and is playing birthday parties for just $200.

Babyshambles frontman Doherty made one young female fan’s dream come true by turning up to her bash recently, and has been inundated with requests ever since.

A source said: “The birthday girl’s dad told him she was a huge fan and that he’d give him $200 to perform at her party. Pete was flattered and happy to oblige. He turned up and played his big hits. Everyone had a great time. Some partygoers asked him when he was going to start making dogs out of balloons. He took it in good humour. It made her day and now she’s a very popular girl with her pals. Her dad told the local paper and Pete has been bombarded with requests to play since.”

Since word started to spread about the cash-poor rocker being available for birthdays, weddings and other social occasions, he has been in huge demand. His agent has had over 500 requests for Pete to play hits such as F*** Forever at private functions.

It’s a far cry from the charges many other pop stars have charged for private gigs. The Sultan of Brunei paid Celine Dion $6
millions in 1997, Kylie Minogue got $2 millions for a 40-minute show for Barcelona businessmen in 2004, and Christina Aguilera got $2.5 millions for two songs at a 2005 wedding.

It’s big, bold and brassy just like Christina Aguilera herself. “Candyman” takes us back to 40’s USO shows featuring the Andrews Sisters and a crowd ready to jitterbug. Primarily due to possessing some of the strongest vocal chops in the music business, Christina Aguilera pulls it all off with no hint of karaoke or parody.

The entire song amounts to a sexual double entendre. As stated elsewhere on the album Back to Basics, she is “still dirty.” The “Candyman” of the title is identified as “a one stop shop who makes my cherry pop!” Fortunately, the energy in the song is so focused on dancing and hooks that the sexual content comes off sounding more like a wink than a wallow.

We will be watching the pop radio response to “Candyman.” Christina Aguilera’s songs are so big in sound and approach that they sometimes are difficult to slot comfortably in with a contemporary pop playlist. Songs like “Hurt” are produced in showstopper mode leaving them difficult to program as radio music meant to be in the background. However, “Candyman” will impact the charts and Christina Aguilera continues to demonstrate she is one of the top female artists in the business.

Tony Bennett and pop star Christina Aguilera, who is btw about six months pregnant, performed “Steppin’ Out (With My Baby)” at the 59th Emmy Awards on September 16th. It’s been a long time i don’t see Christina performing so this is really cool. She looked great