Leeds Festival

After feeling a sharp, throbbing pain in her thigh, one of the teenage girls says she turned around to see a man withdraw a syringe and disappear into the ...

He was taken ill on Saturday night at around 10.15pm and died the next day in hospital. Crimes have been recorded for both reports and enquiries are ongoing." [West Yorkshire Police](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/west-yorkshire-police) confirmed they received reports of spiking and are [investigating](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/crime). [death of a 16-year-old boy](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-teen-dies-leeds-festival-27853720) who is thought to have taken MDMA. [hospital](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/hospitals). [Leeds Festival](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/reading-and-leeds-festivals) over the weekend.

There were chaotic scenes at Leeds Festival last night as tents were set on fire and youngsters leaving early but finding themselves stranded.

The official Twitter account for Reading and Leeds Festival today tweeted: "#RandL22 was MAGICAL. Bring on 2023!" @lovesinging1 wrote: "Just in from a five hour round trip to collect daughter and friends from Leeds for same reason. Gill Anderson said: "It's absolutely unbelievable that our kids are sat terrified witnessing tents burning around them. Debbie commented: "Leeds festival fires causing gridlock in carparks. Teenagers and young adults can be seen throwing rubbish and cans into one of the fires and screaming when it resulted in a "mini explosion". Not good enough." [festival](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/all-about/leeds-festival), which kicked off on Friday, left some feeling so unsafe, they decided to leave early. And Olly shared a video of a huge fire on the campsite, saying: "Loved the scenes at Leeds tonight." Georgia said: "3 hours trying to get out the car park and still waiting, oh and Leeds is on fire." Tori Gill tweeted: "Apparently carnage on the last night at Leeds Festival. Videos posted online show multiple tents on fire with those attending describing the scenes as "carnage" and a "literal war zone".

The family of a teenager who is believed to have died after falling ill after taking drugs at Leeds Festival have paid tribute to the 16-year-old.

[LiveChat facility on the WYP website](https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101LiveChat). Speaking after David's death, Assistant Chief Constable Catherine Hankinson of WYP, said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the boy who has died, and we have officers supporting them at this very difficult time. We are continuing to conduct enquiries on site and are liaising closely with the event organisers.” Officers are supporting David's family as the investigation continues. A statement released on their behalf by West Yorkshire Police (WYP) said: "Our David was a beautiful, fiercely independent and warm character who lived every day at 110% and who loved to spend time enjoying music with his friends. "He had just received fabulous GCSE results, got into college, and had hoped to study computer science at a top university.

David Celino was taken to hospital on Saturday night after falling ill at the festival.

[West Yorkshire Police ](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/all-about/west-yorkshire-police)are investigating David's death and said on Sunday it is suspected to be related to drugs, and in particular, a type of MDMA which was being circulated at the festival. West Yorkshire Police say enquiries into David's death are ongoing and the force is continuing to support his family. At this moment in time this is believed to be an isolated incident as we have not received any similar reports. Anyone who does feel ill after taking any substance should seek urgent medical attention." [Leeds Festival](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/all-about/leeds-festival) was the highlight of his summer; ultimately it was to take his life in the most unfair, cruel and horrible way, and we are broken." The family of a teenager who lost his life at the "highlight of his summer" - Leeds Festival - have paid moving tribute to him.

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“He had just received fabulous GCSE results, got into college, and had hoped to study computer science at a top university. He added: “The safety and wellbeing of all our festival goers is always our absolute priority and we remind all festival goers that there is no safe way to take prohibited drugs and there are no safe prohibited drugs.” Taking the drug in tablet form can also be risky, given you do not know exactly what is in the pill you are taking or how much of the drug is in the pill. “We are working closely with West Yorkshire Police to assist with their investigation and take all reports of incidents where drug use is suspected seriously.” Leeds Festival was the highlight of his summer; ultimately it was to take his life in the most unfair, cruel and horrible way, and we are broken.” [Police](/topic/police) have launched an investigation into the suspected [drugs](/topic/drugs) death of [teenager](/topic/teenager) David Celino, 16, at [Leeds](/topic/leeds) Festival.

Monday, 29 August 2022 The family of a 16-year-old boy who tragically died at the Leeds Festival have today released a tribute to him.

Leeds Festival was the highlight of his summer; ultimately it was to take his life in the most unfair, cruel and horrible way, and we are broken.” He had just received fabulous GCSE results, got into college, and had hoped to study computer science at a top university. The family of a 16-year-old boy who tragically died at the Leeds Festival have today released a tribute to him.

David Celino passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning after being taken to hospital on Saturday night. | ITV News Granada.

The family of a 16-year-old boy from Salford who died at Leeds Festival say he was "beautiful, fiercely independent and warm". In a tribute his family said: “Our David was a beautiful, fiercely independent and warm character who lived every day at 110% and who loved to spend time enjoying music with his friends. Teenager who died at Leeds festival named as David Celino from Salford

Videos showing bonfires with tents and chairs set on fire have been circulating on social media. TikTok users have expressed their frustration with the ...

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David Celino, from Worsley in Greater Manchester, was described as 'beautiful' and 'fiercely independent'.

[check our news page](https://metro.co.uk/news/). [Find out more »](https://metro.co.uk/news-updates-newsletter/) [Manchester](https://metro.co.uk/tag/manchester/?ico=auto_link_news_P2_LNK1), was admitted to the festival’s medical tent on Saturday evening, before he was rushed to a nearby hospital as his condition worsened. ‘While the exact cause of his death is yet to be established, one line of enquiry is that he had taken a particular type of ecstasy (MDMA) tablet, which was described as a grey or black oblong shape. [died at Leeds Festival from a suspected drugs overdose](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/28/boy-16-dies-at-leeds-festival-with-police-investigating-if-he-took-ecstasy-17258334/) had just received ‘fabulous’ GSCE results, his heartbroken family said today as they shared a photo. ‘Leeds Festival was the highlight of his summer; ultimately it was to take his life in the most unfair, cruel and horrible way, and we are broken.’

Sixteen-year-old David Celino had just celebrated "fabulous" GCSE results, his family say.

"The safety and wellbeing of all our festival goers is always our absolute priority and we remind all festival goers that there is no safe way to take prohibited drugs and there are no safe prohibited drugs." "Leeds Festival was the highlight of his summer - ultimately it was to take his life in the most unfair, cruel and horrible way, and we are broken." In a tribute, his family said: "Our David was a beautiful, fiercely independent and warm character who lived every day at 110% and who loved to spend time enjoying music with his friends.

David Celino fell ill while at the music event on Saturday and was taken to hospital where he died in the early hours of Sunday, West Yorkshire Police said.

“Leeds Festival was the highlight of his summer; ultimately it was to take his life in the most unfair, cruel and horrible way, and we are broken.” “At this moment in time this is believed to be an isolated incident as we have not received any similar reports.” A 16-year-old boy whose death after falling ill at Leeds Festival police suspect was drug-related has been named, as his family paid tribute to him as “fiercely independent”.

David Celino, described as 'fiercely independent and warm', had possibly taken ecstasy tablet, say police.

It says: “In 2005 each pill contained around 80mg of MDMA. Some recent pills have tested upwards of 250mg MDMA. “Leeds festival was the highlight of his summer; ultimately it was to take his life in the most unfair, cruel and horrible way, and we are broken.”

David Celino, 16, died after the festival described as the "highlight of his summer" having been taken to hospital on Saturday night, with police suspecting ...

At this moment in time this is believed to be an isolated incident as we have not received any similar reports. Anyone who does feel ill after taking any substance should seek urgent medical attention." [West Yorkshire Police](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/west-yorkshire-police) are investigating the teenager's death and said yesterday it may be drug-related.

One 23-year-old claimed people were already burning tents in orange camp and throwing deodorant cans to create mini explosions after the last set.

One social media user said: “Purple was the worst. I’ve been to Leeds Fest twice now, it was always difficult to get on them buses.” “We spoke to a lady that had been looking for two hours by herself and still couldn’t find it. It took us 20 minutes to find the car, we had dropped a pin on Apple Maps so we could find it. She was 15. “It was such a maze, I think we walked for about an hour to actually leave to be picked up.” Another said: “Me and my mates were in purple camp last night and it was terrifying- there needs to be more security about and people fighting and setting tents on fire thrown out.” “The queue was really wide so it wasn’t really a queue. Police assistance was not required." “For a good 45 minutes no one was moving at all, everyone was getting out of their cars and sitting half in out of the windows trying to see what was happening. A 23-year-old attendee told the T&A: “When we were walking out people were already burning tents in orange camp and throwing deodorant cans and stuff on the fires to get them to explode. “We left straight after Artic Monkeys and we were in stand still traffic in the brown camp car park for about an hour and a half.

The band's first UK performances in four years showed the depth of their songwriting skill.

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Thousands are heading home after a weekend of music which saw Arctic Monkeys, Dave and 1975 headline.

[Relive all the weekend action and follow updates](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/leeds-festival-2022-live-updates-24831871) [ as thousands leave Leeds Festival and clean-up begins](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/leeds-festival-2022-live-updates-24831871) Festival staff will now start to dismantle the stages and site as the curtain comes down and litter pickers will be on hand as the mammoth job of clearing the site gets underway. And there were also reports of Sunday night chaos with tents set on fire and people struggling to leave the site. There was lots of fun and frolics over the weekend but there was also tragedy as it was Arctic Monkeys saw out the final night and on Monday thousands of music fans will pack up and head home after a weekend which also saw Dave and 1975s headline. The music has stopped and many heads will be sore as Leeds Festival 2022 comes to a close.

That was the moniker given to the closing day of Leeds Festival 2022 by its boss Melvin Benn. This description previewing Alex Turner's band and Bring Me The ...

If I Wanna Be Yours and I Want It All could have been squeezed in they would have provided the cherry on the cake - but that’s just being greedy. A hint of what to expect came via I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am. - Brianstorm From that very first drop in Do I Wanna Know?, of course met by a sea of camera phones recording, the crowd were treated to something rather special. Arctic Monkeys, who released their generational-defining debut record back in 2006, took their fans on a tour across their six records. This description came previewing Alex Turner’s band and Bring Me The Horizon, both from [Sheffield](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/all-about/sheffield), headlining Bramham Park’s two main stages.