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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/doherty-a-no-show-at-cage-recording.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Pete Doherty failed to attend the recording of silence for charity" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-doherty-a-no-show-at-cage-recording.jpg" alt="Pete Doherty failed to attend the recording of silence for charity"/></a></p>
<p>Pete Doherty failed to attend the recording of a silent Christmas charity single aimed for the Christmas number one spot.</p>
<p>Madness frontman Suggs, The Kooks, Orbital and singer Imogen Heap were among those who arrived at the Soho recording studio on Monday to record a cover version of experimental composer John Cage&#8217;s silent work 4&#8217;33&#8221;. But Pete, who organisers had hoped would attend, failed to show up as recording of the four minute, 33 second piece got under way.</p>
<p>A spokesman said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know where he is. Somebody is trying to get hold of him. We can&#8217;t rule anything out.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added Billy Bragg &#8220;recorded&#8221; his contribution via a phone.</p>
<p>The Cage Against the Machine campaign has already attracted a huge amount of support on Facebook, with more than 63,000 people signing up to make the single the festive number one.</p>
<p>Luke Pritchard of The Kooks said: &#8220;It&#8217;s a really cool thing to do, a lot of my friends are involved.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely something close to the heart and also I wanted to do it. To try and be number one for Christmas is quite cool.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s quite interesting, it&#8217;s a piece of art really. It&#8217;s a conceptual piece rather than something musical. It&#8217;s more of a statement really, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221;</p>
<p>Asked if the Cage cover was a conscious attempt by some bands to beat the X Factor&#8217;s hold on the charts, Luke added: &#8220;It is a bit, I think, but I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s why everyone is here. You can make it a big deal if you want, the fact it&#8217;s against X Factor.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s for charity, it&#8217;s for a good cause. People want to do something they think matters. If it beats X Factor, that&#8217;s brilliant.&#8221;</p>
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