Charles Haddon commits suicide while performing!!

A British pop singer climbed up a satellite mast and plunged to his death after playing in front of a sell-out crowd.

Charles Haddon’s fatal fall took place hours after a girl had been injured by another member of his group diving off the stage.

Haddon, 22, was said to be ‘very down’ after Friday’s gig at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium, which attracted 180,000 people this weekend.
Charles Haddon

Suicide: Charles Haddon, singer for Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, leapt to his death from a telecommunications mast behind the main stage at the Pukkelpop festival shortly after his band performed at the Belgian event.

During the performance by his band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, fellow group member Joe Hutchinson, 22, dived into the crowd, injuring a young woman.

There were chaotic scenes as she was rushed to hospital. The up-and-coming group, who have performed at Glastonbury, finished and left the stage. Hours later Haddon fell to his death.


(The structure he allegedly plunged off from)

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.



(The Call)

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.

FREAKY!