WINEHOUSE, RYDER TO WORK WITH BABYSHAMBLES?

Babyshambles could be set to collaborate with Amy Winehouse and Shaun Ryder.

The band told XFM: “There’s talk of Shaun Ryder… [and] Amy Winehouse as well maybe doing a little collaboration. She’s a friend of ours.”

But bassist Drew McConnell was philosophical, expressing reservations about the band’s upcoming arena tour: “I thought we’re the kind of band that plays smaller venues and bigger than Brixton Academy, are we punching above our weight? [but then] Adam (Ficek) went ‘Yeah, wouldn’t it be cool to say we’ve played Wembley Arena’.”

Ficek himself added: “We’ve been called an underachiever sort of band. Hopefully after the arena tour we’ll be in the position where we can rightfully say we’re one of the best bands in Britain.”