British pop singer, Charles Haddon, 22, commits suicide at Belgian music festival

British pop singer Charles Haddon committed suicide at a Belgian music festival late last night.

The front man of the elctro-pop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, jumped to his death from a telecommunications mast that was behind the main stage at the Pukklepop festival according to Belgian police. He fell to the car park below where he was pronounced dead. The band had finished playing at the festival not long before Haddon decided to jump.

A statement on the bands website said the following : “After performing with his band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, singer Charles Haddon decided to take his own life. Our thoughts and sympathies go out to his family and friends.”

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool were due to play at the Frequency festival in Austria tonight and were also due to start a tour in the UK upon their return.

The Pukklepop festival has had its share of tragedy this week as Michael Been, the 60-year-old front-man of American band The Call, died of an apparent heart attack on Thursday while working as a sound man for his son’s band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Haddon’s death brings to light some questions about whether musicians really live a happy life. Some of them, obviously, are distressed as Haddon must have been. It’s sad to think that he had so much life ahead of him and he decided to end it all before he could experience what life had to offer him. Hopefully, this isn’t a growing trend. Will we see more musicians or even fans commit suicide while at concerts? Why is this seemingly such a big draw?

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