There are fears Oasis’ homecoming gig in Manchester could be overrun by ticketless fans as ‘irresponsible’ TikTokers share advice on how to break in to the venue.
The band are set to play in front of 80,000 people tonight in the first of five sold-out shows in Heaton Park after kicking off their world tour in Cardiff last week.
With demand far outstripping supply for the concerts – their first in Manchester for 16 years – TikTok users have begun sharing tips about how to evade security.
One suggested climbing trees to scale the double fence or attempting to swim across the park’s boating lake.
‘We’ve got to climb over this fence here… and then you’re just in there for Oasis,’ one TikToker told his followers.
Another said: ‘You get in the water, you’ve got to swim and then you’ll get in.’
Manchester City Council has condemned the videos and urged fans without tickets to enjoy the ‘brilliant’ atmosphere in the city centre instead.
Greater Manchester Police has promised a ‘large and highly visible policing operation’ to deter wrongdoers.
TikTok users have been branded ‘irresponsible’ for sharing advice on ways to break into Oasis’s Manchester shows without a ticket
The band are set to play in front of 80,000 people in the first of five sold-out shows in Heaton Park after kicking off their world tour in Cardiff last week
A huge stage has been set up prior to tonight’s concert, which starts at 8.15pm
The Heaton Park dates are the only UK shows held outside a stadium, with the others taking place at the Principality Stadium, Wembley and Murrayfield.
The 600-acre open space hosts the annual Parklife festival and was the venue for Oasis’s last concert in the city on June 7, 2009.
Last year, police imposed a dispersal order on the park to prevent ticketless fans from gathering outside.
SJM Concerts, which is organising the events said that 2,000 stewards and a ‘significant number’ of police officers would be patrolling the event.
‘We have been working for more than a year alongside the various councils and emergency services to ensure these Oasis shows in Heaton Park are safe for all ticket holders. Anyone without a ticket should not travel to Heaton Park,’ Rob Ballantine, the director of SJM Concerts, told the Guardian.
‘We are aware of the TikTok videos but what they don’t show is the 2,000 stewards, plus a significant number of police who will be patrolling the area, and the double fence line around the entire site with mobile security in between the fences.’
Local councillor John Hacking criticised the TikTok videos as ‘irresponsible’.
‘It’s concerning and irresponsible of individuals to be encouraging this kind of reckless behaviour in others, and also encouraging people to put their safety at risk in this way,’ he said.
‘Ticketless fans shouldn’t travel to Heaton Park. They should get themselves to the city centre instead where they’re going to find a brilliant atmosphere and loads of things happening on gig days to get involved in and enjoy.’
Noel Gallagher performing in Cardiff during the first leg of their new world tour
The band enjoyed a rapturous reception from fans at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium
Heaton Park has been surrounded by a double security fence, with stewards patrolling along the middle of it
Event organisers have warned ticketless fans against attempting to break in
The brothers announced the Oasis Live ’25 tour last August, starting with two dates in Cardiff, before heading across the UK and Ireland.
While fans were excited at the reunion, some were left outraged after some standard tickets in the UK and Ireland jumped from £148 to £355.
The controversy prompted the Government and the UK’s competition watchdog to pledge to look at the use of dynamic pricing.
After their Manchester gigs Oasis will visit London’s Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and Dublin’s Croke Park throughout July, August and September.
The group will then head to Japan, South Korea, South America, Australia and North America.
A movie produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is being made in conjunction with the reunion tour.
Formed in Manchester in 1991, the rock band was led by lead guitarist Noel and his brother, lead vocalist Liam, during their 18 years together.
The Heaton Park dates are the only UK shows held outside a stadium, with the others taking place at the Principality Stadium, Wembley and Murrayfield
The 600-acre open space hosts the annual Parklife festival and was the venue for Oasis’s last concert in the city on June 7, 2009
Oasis signed to independent record label Creation Records in 1993, rising to fame with the release of their debut chart-topping album Definitely Maybe on August 29 1994.
They had hits with songs including Don’t Look Back In Anger, Champagne Supernova, Wonderwall and Live Forever.
Dig Out Your Soul, the band’s last studio album, was released in 2008, just months before the Paris row.
