Madness star leads tributes at Primrose Hill vigil for stabbed student Finbar Sullivan

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27 Apr 2026 • 5:04 PM MYT
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Madness star leads tributes at Primrose Hill vigil for stabbed student Finbar Sullivan

  • Madness frontman Suggs performed “It Must Be Love” at a vigil attended by hundreds, including other famous musicians like Paul Weller and Bobby Gillespie, for 21-year-old filmmaking student Finbar Sullivan, who was fatally stabbed in Primrose Hill.
  • During the vigil at Primrose Hill, balloons were released in Finbar's memory, while dozens of candles, flowers, and pictures were placed at the park gates, followed by a minute's silence and the singing of his favourite songs.
  • Finbar, a student at the London Screen Academy, was stabbed during a fight on 7 April in Primrose Hill, where he had gone to test a new camera, aspiring to follow his grandfather, cameraman Michael Seresin.
  • His father, Chris Sullivan, a club promoter, expressed pride in the diverse turnout, hoping Finbar's legacy would be one of unity, love, and peace, describing his son as a 'magnet for people' and a 'really loving person'.
  • Three men, Ernest Boateng, 25, Alexis Bidace, 25, and Oliuwadamilola Ogunyankinnu, 27, have been charged with Finbar's murder, while a fourth man, Khalid Abdulqadir, 18, faces charges related to grievous bodily harm, violent disorder, and knife possession in connection with the same incident.

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