Image copyright YouTube Image caption Weldens released her first album in February and was in the middle of a concert tour

An up-and-coming French singer, Barbara Weldens, has died on stage, apparently by being electrocuted. The music world will never be the same, following the unexpected death of Barbara Weldens, 35, during her July 19 performance at the Leo Ferre festival. An up-and-coming French singer collapsed and died during a festival concert, likely after being electrocuted

Barbara Weldens, 35, was singing at the Festival Léo Ferré in a church in the village of Goudron in the southwest region of Lot, France, on Wednesday when she collapsed after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest. There are conflicting reports regarding her cause of death with some reporting that she suffered a cardiac arrest and the BBC saying that she may have been electrocuted. According to a biography on her website, Weldens grew up in the circus and took a particular liking to juggling, acrobatics and trapeze. Weldens won the first prize in the Jacques Brel Festival's Young Talents 2016 contest and the Pic D'Or prize and released her debut album, Le grand H de l'homme. Following her passing, the organizers of the Pic D’Or prize (which she won in 2016) released the following statement: “It was with great emotion that we learned this morning of the death of Barbara Weldens, our Pic d’Or 2016 at a concert last night in Gourdon in the Lot, obviously electrocuted. The organizers of the Pic D’Or prize made a statement saying that they were “deeply disturbed” by the “brutal disappearance” of the singer who made an appearance on the stage of the Theater des Noveaux on May 20, the Independent reported.
Singer Barbara Weldens, whose recently released first album had won several awards, collapses and dies on stage while singing in Festival Léo Ferré in Gourdon in southwestern France. The 35-year-old singer and poet apparently was electrocuted.