Oasis followers of their a whole bunch unsuccessfully tried to storm the fences surrounding Heaton Park to achieve entry to the Britpop legends’ homecoming gigs in Manchester.
Ticketless Oasis followers of their a whole bunch tried to storm into Heaton Park to see the Britpop legends
The Supersonic band kicked off their collection of sold-out Oasis Dwell ’25 live shows on the venue on Friday (11.07.25) and Saturday (13.07.25).
And, in addition to the many individuals attempting to make their approach into the stadium to seize a slice of the motion without cost, Larger Manchester Police needed to cope with instances of drunk and disorderly, with a complete of three of these detained over the weekend arrested on suspicion of assault, together with a member of safety being attacked.
Drones had been additionally illegally utilized in “restricted airspace” to try to movie the present from above.
Greater than 100,000 folks attended the live shows, and Assistant Chief Constable Matt Boyle stated the bulk did so “safely and with out bother”.
He stated: “We’ve been planning for these occasions for a number of months, working with companions and the organisers to ensure everybody can benefit from the live shows safely.
“To that finish, I’m happy to say that the primary two Oasis homecoming occasions have been a hit.
“What has been particularly pleasing is how greater than 100,000 folks have loved these iconic occasions safely and with out bother. We may have a extremely seen presence in and round Heaton Park, and throughout town, to make sure the subsequent three occasions proceed to go safely.
“Plenty of folks with out tickets tried to achieve entry by a fringe gate on Saturday evening however failed to take action.
“We proceed to help the occasion organisers and the native authority with their plans stopping any unauthorised entry to the world web site.
“Whereas arrests have fortunately been minimal, now we have needed to take some suspects to custody, together with one after an alleged assault on a steward on Saturday evening. We won’t tolerate any abuse of anybody doing their job.”
Boyle added: “On Friday evening we additionally handled various breaches of airspace restrictions involving drones the place our officers seized 5 drones and spoke to 2 different pilots.
“We proceed to have airspace restrictions in place on the nights of the live shows and anybody discovered breaching the one-and-a-half-mile restriction zone may face prosecution.”
The following Oasis gig at Heaton Park is on Wednesday (16.07.25).