Oasis had a very special guest in attendance at their first Manchester concert in 16 years
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola watched from the grandstand at Heaton Park as Oasis made their long-awaited return to their home city on Friday night.
More than 70,000 fans filled Heaton Park attended Noel and Liam Gallagher’s hotly anticipated first gig in Manchester for nearly 16 years on Friday night.
Liam’s two sons Lennon, 25, and Gene, 24, and Noel’s three children Anais, 25, Donovan, 17 and Sonny, 14, were with Guardiola at the first of five sold-out shows.
Those in attendance to see Oasis returning to Manchester must be feeling the same high that the disciples felt when Jesus returned from the dead
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Gene, whose mum is Liam’s ex-wife Nicole Appleton, shared the image to Instagram, with the caption: “Pic of the century alright now everyone els f*** off.”
The 24-year-old has previously spoken of his friendship with his cousin Anais, and said: “We’re a big happy family.”
His uncle Noel told crowds at the homecoming concert that he was aware that “the boss”, referring to Guardiola, the manager of City, the football team he supports, was in attendance.
More than an hour before Oasis took to the stage, fans were filmed singing their own rendition of Live Forever.
In video footage posted on social media by the band Cast, one of the support acts, crowds belted the hit out as they awaited the Gallaghers’ arrival.
“Manchester you know what this next song means to us all” said Noel… Just look what Don’t Look Back in Anger means to the crowd @oasis Heaton Park pic.twitter.com/hbcmgaNz8h
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At about 8.20pm, the brothers walked onto the stage together to deafening cheers from crowds.
Liam held his older brother’s hand and raised it, while he had his trademark maracas in his other fist.
Greater Manchester Police said the event passed “without incident”, although six men were arrested and in custody for a range of reasons including being drunk and disorderly and on suspicion of drug and fraud offences.
Five drones were also seized after breaches of air space restrictions.
Assistant Chief Constable Matt Boyle said: “We are really pleased to say that fans attending the concert tonight have been able to do so safely and without incident.
“We have had an extensive, highly visible presence at the venue and across the city today to ensure everyone’s safety, and a dispersal notice covering Heaton Park remains in place until 2am tomorrow morning to allow us to deal with any anti-social behaviour robustly.”
The five sold-out shows there follow the band’s first comeback gigs in Cardiff last week.
After Manchester, Oasis will visit London’s Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and Dublin’s Croke Park throughout July, August and September.
With PA