Pete Doherty surprised a hotel bar full of people yesterday by whipping out his guitar and playing a short set for former World Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson.

The odd couple became friendly after they found that they were both in Manchester and staying in the same hotel.

After striking up an instant friendship with Tyson, must have been the shared experience of jail time that clinched it, Doherty pulled out his acoustic and played several Babyshambles songs.

A source revealed to the Sun: �They were getting on really well so Tyson asked Pete to play some songs for him. Pete always has an acoustic guitar with him so he played two or three Babyshambles numbers.�

�He got a great response. Tyson loved every minute of it and gave Pete a round of applause.�