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Post by Robin on Aug 22, 2010 19:32:10 GMT 1
Surprised there is no thread on this, very tragic!
Singer Charles Haddon dies in fall at Belgian festival
The lead singer of the London pop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool has died during a music festival in Belgium, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
Charles Haddon, 22, leapt from a telecommunications mast behind the stage at the Pukkelpop festival in Hasselt on Friday, Belgian police said.
The Camden-based band was participating in the three-day music festival.
A statement from the band said: "We are all so deeply saddened to confirm that our friend Charlie Haddon passed away."
On their MySpace website, the band said: "The singer had just performed with his band, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. He was 22 years old.
"The London three piece were in Europe playing a number of festivals before embarking on a tour of Australia as part of the Parklife festival next month.
"Charles Alexander Haddon R.I.P. Thanks for all your messages of support."
A statement on the festival's website said after performing with his band Mr Haddon "decided to take his own life".
The singer fell to the car park from the mast and was pronounced dead on Friday night.
Police are treating the death as suicide, district attorney Marc Rubens said.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national on August 20 in Hasselt, Belgium. Consular assistance has been offered."
The band was due to perform at the Frequency Festival in Austria on Saturday, followed by their second appearance at Bestival on the Isle of Wight in September.
They were also due to start a UK headline tour in Cambridge in October
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Post by TheThorne on Aug 22, 2010 20:26:56 GMT 1
very sad their current single is great, ok they maybe MGMT derivative but they knew there way around a tune.
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Post by suedehead on Aug 22, 2010 23:16:46 GMT 1
Terribly sad news. Just as it looked they might be on the brink of at least some success.
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 5, 2010 20:51:04 GMT 1
I don't know what their new single is. These New Knights got into my chart and I also have an earlier song by them Dance The Way I Feel which failed to reach my chart.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Sept 5, 2010 23:14:53 GMT 1
The Key is the next single, released the week after the album
Its on the release schedule
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 6, 2010 7:55:52 GMT 1
The current single is 'Jacksons Last Stand' it was only on a couple of download sites
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 6, 2010 20:42:23 GMT 1
I don't get the point of these bands recording music then making it inaccessible.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Sept 6, 2010 21:00:46 GMT 1
The current single is 'Jacksons Last Stand' it was only on a couple of download sites Its on Amazon and iTunes so not too obscure |
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Post by Earl Purple on Oct 13, 2010 21:49:26 GMT 1
The Key is out this week and on my playlist.
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Post by xcarlyx on Oct 13, 2010 22:07:18 GMT 1
Why would he commit suicide though :/
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Oct 15, 2010 21:12:22 GMT 1
very sad, i went to see them live twice and they were very good, the people i went with enjoyed them too and they had never even heard of them before
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