Huge steel fences erected to stop ticketless fans from watching Oasis concert

Huge alloy fences person been erected to forestall ticketless fans from watching the Oasis reunion circuit successful Manchester.

Liam and Noel Gallagher volition resume their sold-out tally of shows - their archetypal since 2009 - with a show astatine Heaton Park tonight, and 2 much connected Saturday and Sunday.

While tens of thousands bought tickets for Oasis's first 2 shows past weekend, crowds gathered to glimpse the ample screens supra the signifier successful the region - successful an country dubbed "Gallagher Hill" by immoderate connected societal media.

Manchester City Council has present said much alloy fences person been erected astir parts of the parkland to forestall ticketless fans from watching the gigs, and to support quality successful the park.

"After taking banal of however the archetypal 2 nights went, further measures person present been deemed indispensable and volition beryllium successful spot for the adjacent 3 concerts," it said.

"The erection of the fencing has a dual intent - some to support the situation from further harm and to dissuade radical from gathering there.

"The indispensable measurement means the performance volition nary longer beryllium disposable from this area."

The fences volition screen a ample country of the elevation wrong the park's cattle field, which is being developed arsenic a caller woodland country with astir 300 young trees planted.

The assembly added that determination would beryllium nary facilities for radical without a ticket, and said the lawsuit country is "double-walled with coagulated precocious information fencing each the mode round".

More than 2,000 lawsuit information unit and constabulary officers volition besides beryllium connected work astir the tract "to guarantee some the information and wellbeing of ticket-holders and that lone those who person tickets entree the concert", it said.

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John Hacking, the council's enforcement subordinate for employment, skills and leisure, besides said successful a connection that "unfortunately our manus has been forced successful having to enactment these further measures successful place".

He added: "Our proposal to euphony fans who don't person tickets for the concerts is to caput into the metropolis centre instead.

"The full metropolis is going each retired to observe and assistance everyone person a bully time.

"We've got immoderate fantastic things going connected with a existent enactment ambiance for everyone to enjoy, whether they've got tickets for the Oasis gigs oregon not."