After taking the drug the teenager fell ill and was taken to hospital where he unfortunately died. The teenager’s parents called for a ban on under 18s attending future festivals. As part of an ongoing inquest into festival safety Festival republic managing director Melvin Benn said that it would be “very unlikely“ that an under 18 ban would be implemented, instead he proposed that “the festival will operate a drugs operation aimed at weeding out dealers and having them removed from site“.

New additional measures of high security have also been implemented in response to the teenagers death, these new measures include on site support hubs, beefed up security staff, sniffer search dogs on every entrance, all of which of course aim to reduce the risk of death to attendees who intend to imbibe illicit substances. Benn elaborated further explaining that “the intention is that no camper is 200m from a support hub“.

In recent years, despite its illegality, the reality of recreational drug uses relationship with music festivals has been reluctantly acknowledged but ultimately accepted by festival organisers, the official Reading and Leeds website even states that: “We do not recommend you take drugs, but if you do please bear the following in mind” on its drug policy page.

Practical precautions started to appear in the mid 2010s with the introduction of drug check kits distributed by British non-profit organisation The Loop in an attempt to reduce harm to drug takers. However despite the existence of progressive benevolent precaution providers like The Loop, according to The Guardian at least 14 younger people aged 18 or under have died as result of taking illicit drugs at a music festival, a statistic that points further towards the need for honest and open drug education and awareness instead of inspiring endless debates that subject those that willingly choose to use drugs to supplementary stigmatisation.

On a lighter note last month Reading and Leeds festival confirmed that The 1975 would be the events final headliners after Lewis Capaldi dropped out. This years other headliners include Billie Eilish, The Killers, Foals, Imagine Dragons and Sam Fender. Other acts also included in this years line up are Wet Leg, Steve Lacy, Bicep, Becky Hill, Central Cee and many many more. Reading and Leeds Festival takes place on 25th-27th of August 2023.

“I did have to check into hospital once. Imagine having the psychosis and having to have to go to hospital. They don’t understand a word you’re saying because of your accent and you’re like ‘I think I am on my way out’”, Gallagher recalls. “I had a few brutal panic attacks, which is why I quit.” He ended up quitting cocaine by going to Thailand in 1998 to take a month-long break with his then-wife Meg Matthews. He managed to stay off the drug after his trip.

The confession comes after he told the Irish Independent during an interview last year that “you know that when coke comes out the night is going to take a shit turn.” He told the newspaper that he finds people taking cocaine boring: “It’s always like fun and games and once someone gets the coke out then all of a sudden it’s ‘well, it’s time for me to go anyway, because this is now boring’ ”.

The new revelations come up after he just recently surprised Oasis fans by releasing the unheard demo “Don’t Stop” which he re-discovered in a box of CDs at home. Gallagher also admitted that he’s been “panic buying booze” during the lockdown to cope with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Now that the pubs are shut the only thing to do now is to drink your way through it.”

We’re curious to see what Noel Gallagher is going to reveal next during these strange times.

The documentary discovers the history of psychedelics, the pros and cons and its cultural impact, as well as the possibilities of treating addiction and depression. “I don’t think psychedelics are the answers to the world’s problems”, Sting says in the opening, “but they could be a start.” Actor Nick Offerman appears as a mad professor, standing in front of a chalkboard in a lab, asking the camera “what is going on in your brain when you’re tripping?” The scenarios displayed on the screen seem indeed trippy, loads of bright, colourful animations are shown in between scenes of musicians, actors and comedians talking about their own experiences with hallucinogens. “No lie, a rainbow shout out of my dick”, A$AP Rocky says whilst trying to keep a straight face.

The trailer already promises a lot of funny scenes and anecdotes: We get to see a cartoon version of Sting talking to grass as the real life Sting explains that he once thought the grass was talking to him whilst he was tripping, Sarah Silverman wondering “it’s always when you say ‘I don’t feel anything’, that’s usually the tipping point, ‘do I feel anything? What is feeling?” and Rosie Perez thinking that her body became one with her bed.

Ben Stiller admits he’s only taken acid once: “Maybe didn’t even need to,” he says. “Probably could have just watched this documentary.” If you don’t want to take psychedelic drugs to find out how you’d react to it, like Ben Stiller did, head over to Netflix on May 11th to watch as celebrities are taking a trip down memory lane.

When speaking to The Daily Star in an interview published today, Doherty explained that he has “caused so much crap” because of his drug taking. “I would like to get rid of the damn drugs,” he stated. “It’s no longer fun. On the contrary, it’s just shit and kills all my creativity. But it’s difficult to stop. My past life is a fucking mess, a real mess.”

Whilst admitting remorse for his life decisions, Doherty claimed that he doesn’t “believe in regrets – ’cause that offers nothing – but clearly some things I would like to change. I wish I had better contact with my family. I have caused so much crap.”

The Libertines will perform live at Hyde Park on July 5th as part of British Summer Time, grab your tickets here.

The singer, who recently came back into the public eye through his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, was arrested by police in Ealing, West London at about 5.30am on Friday morning for a driving offence. Whilst in custody, police further charged him with possession of Class A drugs along with criminal damage.

Ryan has since been released on bail despite being additionally charged with a failure to provide a specimen. Though he may have recently returned to the limelight in much happier circumstances, Ryan has appeared to be full of regret for his recent actions and has already spoken to the Daily Star of how he knows that he has “let people down” and that “being arrested and ending up in a cell was the biggest wake-up call”.

The singer has stressed that his plans to check-in to rehab is not a “cop-out” and he sees this next step as finally being his admittance that he needs help. Ryan is due to appear before Magistrates on May 2 to face sentencing.