Wembley Stadium is claimed to be reviewing its alcohol coverage for reside music live shows following the loss of life of 45-year-old Lee Claydon throughout an Oasis reunion efficiency final weekend.
Wembley Stadium is claimed to be reviewing its alcohol coverage for reside music live shows following the loss of life of 45-year-old Lee Claydon throughout an Oasis reunion efficiency final weekend
Lee Claydon, from Bournemouth, fell from an higher tier on the enviornment in entrance of almost 100,000 followers in the course of the post-show firework show on Saturday (02.08.25) evening.
In accordance with The Solar, Lee’s father has been instructed his son slipped on spilt beer.
“I’ve been instructed that it was an accident ready to occur,” he stated. “All I actually know is there was beer in all places, he slipped, and we don’t know the remainder of it.”
The incident is now stated to have prompted stadium bosses to contemplate making use of the identical alcohol restrictions enforced throughout soccer matches to music occasions.
Beneath Soccer Affiliation guidelines, followers attending matches are prohibited from consuming alcohol within the seated areas – a coverage designed to fight binge consuming and scale back dysfunction.
Concertgoers at Wembley, nonetheless, are presently permitted to hold alcoholic drinks into their seats. That coverage is now stated to be beneath overview following Lee’s loss of life.
A Wembley Stadium supply instructed The Solar: “Security is paramount at Wembley and the measures in place are reviewed repeatedly.
“The Oasis gigs have seen vital alcohol gross sales and in mild of Saturday’s incident, bosses are contemplating bringing in a restrict or restriction to assist keep security.”
The tragedy was apparently not the one incident throughout the weekend on the Oasis reveals in London.
In accordance with The Solar, on Sunday (03.08.25), a second fan reportedly suffered a critical head damage after falling down a staircase in Block 107 at Wembley.
Stewards had been seen spreading sand to soak up spilled drinks on the scene.
A witness was quoted by The Solar saying: “There was beer in all places.”
Wembley officers confirmed the venue is repeatedly assessed.
A spokesperson stated: “We work carefully with occasion homeowners, native authorities, the Sports activities Floor Security Authority and police to ship occasions to excessive requirements of security, safety and repair for everybody attending or working within the venue.”
The incidents occurred throughout Oasis’ extremely anticipated reunion tour, which marked the band’s return to main UK venues after years of hypothesis and estrangement between founding members Liam Gallagher, 52, and Noel Gallagher, 58.
The Wembley live shows fashioned half of a bigger UK and European tour commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the band’s debut album Undoubtedly Perhaps, launched in 1994.
Their tour contains a number of stadium dates in Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff and Dublin, with the Wembley reveals drawing a few of the greatest crowds of the summer season.
The band has not carried out collectively since their break up in 2009, making the 2025 tour one of the vital vital British reside music occasions lately.
Oasis rose to fame within the Nineties in the course of the top of the Britpop motion, with hits reminiscent of Wonderwall, Stay Ceaselessly and Don’t Look Again in Anger.
Their 1996 performances at Knebworth stay a few of the most iconic in UK music historical past, attended by greater than 250,000 followers throughout two nights.