How Oasis defied ‘woke pen pushing' council to honour Gallagher Hill fans after kill-joys blocked view
The pair went to special lengths to honour
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The reunion tour is seeing thousands of fans finally get to see the brothers perform - but not all fans were lucky enough to nab tickets
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Noel and Liam have defied killjoy council bosses
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The two brothers were united as they made a stand for their beloved fans
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Gallagher Hill is where fans have been attempting to view and hear the band in Heaton Park
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A security fence had been erected
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Many revellers who attended were handed free 'Gallagher Hill' t shirts
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There was estimated to be in excess of 10,000, with some even climbing trees to try to get a better view
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A source said: 'Noel and Liam wanted to do something to honour their fans who'd been given a kick in the
teeth
from the council.
'Their fans had gathered on the hill to listen to the show if they didn't have tickets and those in a good position could get a sight of the screens until the council bores tried to stop the fun.
'Noel and Liam wanted to make a point to their fans who couldn't get tickets so had these T-shirts made especially for them.
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'They could only get 1,000 printed in the short space of time they had but their teams pulled it off and their fans were delighted.
'It was a gesture of defiance from them and they wanted to show the fans who came to Gallagher Hill each night that they were just as important as those who were lucky enough to get their hands on a ticket.'
Noel and Liam, who played five huge shows at Heaton Park, also made a point of calling out to their loyal supporters on Gallagher Hill.
During the final two concerts over the weekend, Liam shouted out to those gathered there before playing their fifth track on the set list, 1994's Bring It On Down.
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On Saturday he said into his mic: 'If you lot are listening on the hill... bring it on down.'
Last night, the pair also enlisted a videographer on their team to go to the hill and film the fans on Gallagher Hill.
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They then beamed the live footage onto the record breaking big screens showing the concert to fans in the crowd.
Liam said: 'And I want you fans on the hill to be getting involved as well.
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'Even if you are Man United fans.'
Noel added: 'We're going live to Gallagher Hill.'
Oasis - The Gallagher Feud Timeline
Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have a long history of ongoing fights - both physical and verbal - here's the full history of the band and what they've said to each other.
1991 -
Liam Gallagher forms Oasis with Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll, later asking Noel to join.
1993
- The band sign to Creation Records and start work on their debut album.
August 1994 -
Oasis shoot to fame with their debut album, Definitely Maybe, with tracks including Rock n Roll Star, Live Forever and Supersonic. It's one of the fastest selling debuts ever for a British band.
September 1994
- Noel temporarily leaves the band's tour after Liam smacks him in the face with a tambourine on stage in Los Angeles.
1995 -
The band release their second album, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? which features Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger, and Champagne Supernova.
1996
- Liam is forced to sit out a leg of tour shows due to laryngitis, but causes chaos when he was filmed heckling his brother from a balcony while a taping of MTV Unplugged.
2000
- Noel quits the band temporarily for a second time when, while partying in Barcelona, Liam riles Noel by questioning if his daughter, Anais, is actually his. The pair get into a fist fight.
2005 -
Noel tells Q Magazine that he's 'never forgiven' Liam for his comments about Anais and he's 'never apologised. He tells the mag: "He's my brother. I hope he's reading this and realises that. He's my brother but he's at arm's length until he apologises for what he's done."
2009
- Noel admits in an interview with Q that he 'doesn't like Liam', branding him "rude, arrogant, intimidating, and lazy". "He's the angriest man you'll ever meet," he added. "He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup.'
Liam later retaliates and tells NME: 'It takes more than blood to be my brother. He doesn't like me and I don't like him.'
August 23, 2009
- Oasis pull out of a headline slot at V Festival in the UK due to Liam having laryngitis.
August 28, 2009 -
Ahead of the Rock en Seine festival, Noel and Liam get into another fight, during which time Liam breaks one of Noel's guitars after "waving it like an axe" according to Noel.
August 28, 2009 -
Noel quits the band for the third and final time, saying in a statement: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."
2010 -
Oasis win 'best album of the last 30 years' at the Brit Awards for (What's the Story) Morning Glory. Liam picks up the gong, and thanks everyone except Noel. He later says this was misinterpreted as a dig.
2011 -
Liam tries to sue Noel after he claims in the interview they cancelled their V Festival performance due to Liam being hungover. Liam disputed it said the comment "questioned my professionalism". He later apologised and the lawsuit was dropped.
2011
- Noel admits regrets at quitting before the Paris gig, telling Absolute Radio and admits if he did "we may never have split up."
2011 - 2014 -
Liam and the other bandmates continue under new name, Beady Eye, while Noel forms new band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
2015 -
After years of jabs online, especially through media and Twitter, Liam teases he's buried the hatchet with Noel by sharing an All Areas pass from a High Flying Birds gig. However, the fight would recommence two months later after Noel publicly dismissed suggestion Oasis would reunite for Glastonbury 2016.
2017 -
Liam performs at Manchester's One Love concert after the bombing at Ariana Grande's show, with Don't Look Back In Anger becoming a unifying anthem for the incident. He then slams Noel for not attending. Noel later tells Sunday Times: "Young music fan were slaughtered, and he, twice, takes it somewhere to be about him. He needs to see somebody.'
2018 -
Liam suggests a reunion for the 2018 World Cup on Twitter, writing: 'let's get the big O back together and stop f***ing about the drinks are on me'. When it fell on deaf ears, he added: "I'll take that as a NO then."
2019 -
Noel speaks out after Liam sends 'threatening messages' to Anais after a comment made about then wife Sara McDonald. Liam later apologises publicly to Anais.
2020 -
Liam urges Noel to reunite for a one-off charity gig.
The gestures went down a storm with fans, with one writing on X this morning: 'I'm so happy both Liam and Noel acknowledged those who went to Gallagher hill to hear them.
'I understand why tickets can get as expensive as they are now, but we all need music - rich or poor.
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'I'm glad they know how much Oasis means a lot to so many people from different backgrounds.'
Another lucky fan who got one of the T-shirts said: 'Oasis isn't just a band, it's a culture.'
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They said they wanted to "dissuade people from gathering there,' with councillor John Hacking pushing fans to go to the city centre to see 'a real party atmosphere'.
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Despite the limited view, fans still flocked there to listen to the show, with thousands of people of all different ages sitting there to listen.
Our insider added: 'Oasis make music for their fans and they perform for their fans.
'They won't be dictated to by some woke, pen-pushing drones on Manchester City Council.
'Music is for everyone.'
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The brothers now have a short break before their mammoth 41-show tour continues in London's Wembley Stadium on Friday.
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Around 10,000 fans were thought to be in attendance
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The fans were loving their t shirts
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Thousands of fans looked overjoyed to be at the event
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