{"id":259845,"date":"2025-07-12T20:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259845\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:35:18","slug":"video-shows-ticketless-oasis-fans-storm-heaton-park-fences-as-band-takes-to-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259845\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows ticketless Oasis fans storm Heaton Park fences as band takes to stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police intervened as fans rushed the perimeter<\/p>\n<p>20:48, 12 Jul 2025Updated 21:22, 12 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_Fences.jpg\" alt=\"People streamed through metal fences as Oasis took to the stage\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>People streamed through metal fences as Oasis took to the stage(Image: M.E.N.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Video captures the moment scores of ticketless Oasis fans stormed Heaton Park fences as the band took to the stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The clip shows a stream of fans &#8211; on what has been dubbed &#8216;Gallagher Hill&#8217; &#8211; running over a fallen metal fence panel and disappear behind a line of trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Other video seen by the Manchester Evening News shows police intervening as the hundreds of fans realise there is a second line of much taller, wooden fencing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"YoutubeEmbed_image-placeholder__b43V_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752352514_835_maxresdefault.jpg\"   alt=\"People attempt to get into Oasis Heaton Park show on second night\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People attempt to get into Oasis Heaton Park show on second night<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was later confirmed nobody managed to get into the concert area. It is understood the tall fences and a heavy security presence deterred those trying to chance their way inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Huge crowds gathered at the spot after figuring out the massive screens behind the band could be seen and the Oasis classics loud and clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It comes following reports of around 50 fans attempting to jump fences as the band played their first Manchester gig at the park on Friday (July 11).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_image-2.png\" alt=\"One fan was detained outside an entrance\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>One fan was detained outside an entrance(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A dispersal order is currently in place around <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/heaton-park\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Heaton ParkLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Heaton Park<\/a> and the surrounding areas. The order gives constables and police community support officers the power to disperse crowds and prevent nuisance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The force said that while there is no immediate risk, safety is the \u2018main priority\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Reporter Chris Slater, who was outside Heaton Park talking to fans, said: &#8220;An eyewitness has told me that just before Oasis came on stage around 50 people tried to &#8216;rush&#8217; one of the internal entrances to the gig area. They said around 10 appeared to get in but the rest were apprehended and turned away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In images from the scene, one man was seen handcuffed as an officer escorted him away, while another carried a ladder. Another image showed a line of officers outside a number of entrances to stop ticketless fans from entering the gig area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police intervened as fans rushed the perimeter 20:48, 12 Jul 2025Updated 21:22, 12 Jul 2025 People streamed through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,25181,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-259845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-oasis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114842182188026082","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}