Pete Doherty no-show at Gatecrasher

Fuming fans say they feel "conned"

29 May 2007

Pete Doherty was back to his old tricks over the weekend when he failed to show up for a gig at the Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem in Leeds.

The troubled rocker disappointed fans when he failed to turn up for his scheduled slot as a guest DJ at the one-day dance festival on Sunday.

The Babyshambles frontman had to be replaced at the last minute by Preston of The Ordinary Boys.

Fans had paid £40 each to attend the festival and some reportedly felt "conned" out of their money. Doherty has a history of no-shows, most notably with his current band Babyshambles.

Apart from Doherty skipping his slot and spells of bad weather, the festival was otherwise a success with DJs such as Judge Jules and Dave Pearce performing.