The crooner who released 13 studio albums during a career spanning six decades is described fondly as a ‘sweet bwoy’ loved by ‘all the ladies’. Nadine White speaks to the friends and fans who knew him best

Concluding our series of first-hand accounts of life in tents, Patrick Smith recalls the way that festivals such as End of the Road and Primavera have helped him through bad times, from heartbreak to grief to crushing depression