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Festival, Press Release - Sep 1, 2010 16:35 - 0 Comments

The Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival 2010 has been cancelled

The 2010 Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival has been cancelled. Festival organisers have released the following statement:

‘Whilst this past weekend witnessed a state of political confusion, we concur that we’ve certainly had our fair share as well. That said and with such a plethora of festival announcements of late, we’ve decided to go against the grain and as such – after much deliberation (& some procrastination) – we here at Homebake festival HQ have decided to take a break and postpone Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival for this year only, 2010.

As we’ve not been able to have the ‘planets align’ to a standard we feel appropriate to the long standing reputation of Australia’s largest ‘locals only’ event, we’d rather focus on a positive future and are instead planning for a unique return version of Homebake Festival to take place during the first week of December 2011. Read more…

Festival, Press Release - Sep 1, 2010 16:35 - 0 Comments

The Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival 2010 has been cancelled

The 2010 Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival has been cancelled. Festival organisers have released the following statement:

‘Whilst this past weekend witnessed a state of political confusion, we concur that we’ve certainly had our fair share as well. That said and with such a plethora of festival announcements of late, we’ve decided to go against the grain and as such – after much deliberation (& some procrastination) – we here at Homebake festival HQ have decided to take a break and postpone Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival for this year only, 2010.

As we’ve not been able to have the ‘planets align’ to a standard we feel appropriate to the long standing reputation of Australia’s largest ‘locals only’ event, we’d rather focus on a positive future and are instead planning for a unique return version of Homebake Festival to take place during the first week of December 2011. Read more…

General - Aug 22, 2010 0:08 - 0 Comments

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool singer found dead

The lead singer of a British pop band has died during a music festival in Belgium, the Foreign Office confirmed.

Charles Haddon, frontman of electro-pop trio Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, leapt to his death from a telecommunications mast behind the main stage at the Pukkelpop festival, police in Belgium said.

The 22-year-old fell to the car park below and was pronounced dead late on Friday night.

The band, based in Camden, north London, had performed at the three-day festival in Hasselt, eastern Belgium, shortly before Haddon climbed up the mast.

Police are treating the death as suicide, district attorney Marc Rubens said.

Festival organisers said Haddon’s family had been informed. In a statement posted on their website, they said: “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.”

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.”

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool were due to perform at the Frequency Festival in Austria tonight and were to start a UK headline tour in Cambridge in October.

The band had supported La Roux on tour last year, which Haddon described in a blog as being a personal highlight. They also played at Glastonbury and Bestival festivals last year, and were due to make a second appearance at Bestival, on the Isle of Wight, on September 10.

Their third single, Jackson’s Last Stand, was released in July.

On Thursday, Michael Been, the 60-year-old frontman of American band The Call, died of an apparent heart attack at the same festival while working as a soundman for his son’s band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

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