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London, Aug 22 (ANI): A British pop singer has apparently killed himself by leaping from a satellite mast.
Charles Haddon, 22, frontman for Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, had just played at the gig in Belgium on Friday.
He was said to be 'very down' after the gig at the Pukkelpop festival, which attracted 180,000 people this weekend.
Haddon's fatal fall took place hours after a girl had been injured by another member of his group diving off the stage.
During the performance by his band, fellow group member Joe Hutchinson, 22, dived into the crowd, injuring a young woman.
"Medics arrived to look after the girl. She seemed to be in bad way," the Daily Mail quoted a crowd member as saying.
"A few hours later Haddon was seen climbing the 60ft mast in a car park backstage.
"Then he jumped. It's pretty clear he'd have died instantly," the source added.
Police said the body was found slumped on the ground.
"We are treating the death as suicide," said district attorney Marc Rubens. (ANI)
‘We are treating the death as suicide,’ said district attorney Marc Rubens.
Backstage: The structure from which it is believed Haddon plunged to his death
A message on the band’s MySpace page last night read: ‘We are all so
deeply saddened to confirm our friend Charlie Haddon passed away
yesterday, Friday 20th August.’
The death came only a day after
another tragedy at the festival in the town of Hasselt. Michael Been,
the 60-year-old singer of US band The Call, died of an apparent heart
attack on Thursday while working as soundman for his son’s band, Black
Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, who supported
electro-pop duo La Roux on tour last year, were due to perform in
Austria at the Frequency Festival tonight and at Bestival in September.
The stage at Pukkelpop music festival yesterday. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool had performed on it just hours before Haddon’s death
Music fans enjoy the Pukkelpop 2010 festival in Kiewit, near Hasselt. The tragedy has left a dark cloud hanging over the event
Among fans’ tributes, one who was at Pukkelpop wrote: ‘I just can’t believe we were the last crowd to see Charles alive. I’m shocked. What a waste of talent.’
From Northamptonshire, Haddon moved to Camden, North London in 2008, where
he met locals Hutchinson and Caan Capan.
Together they formed Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, and the trio’s electro-pop music had won a growing following.
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