We were greatly saddened to hear on BBC 6Music that Ou Est Le Swimming Pool frontman Charlie Haddon committed suicide at Belgium’s Pukkelpop Festival during the day yesterday. NME.com has reported that the singer jumped from a mast backstage at the festival, and his death has been confirmed by Pukkelpop Festival, with a tribute to him left on their official website.

You might remember Tim featured Ou Est here at about this time last year, and since then the band had gone from strength to strength with a UK headline tour confirmed for the autumn and festival dates throughout the UK and beyond.

We’re very sorry to hear this devastating news about Charlie, and our thoughts go out to his band members and his friends and family at this unthinkably difficult time.