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Fan flies from half the world away to see Oasis gig
An Oasis superfan has flown more than 9,000 miles (14,484km) from Australia to the UK to watch one of the band's reunion Hixon has travelled from Perth to her home town of Belper, in Derbyshire, ahead of the band playing on 39-year-old self-confessed Oasis obsessive said her journey had taken 37 hours with a stop-off in Hong Kong."Totally worth it," she told BBC Radio Derby.
"I'd probably fly twice as far to see Oasis. I've been a fan forever."
Mrs Hixon, who has seen Oasis perform three times before, said she was "super excited" ahead of the concert at Heaton Park in Manchester on Friday. She said: "I've been in Australia for about ten years, and I try to get home to Belper to see friends and family as often as possible."I wasn't actually going to come back over this year because it's really expensive, but then the chance to see Oasis came up, and some might say it was destiny that I come from half the world away."Mrs Hixon said she also had tickets to see Oasis's gig in Melbourne in Australia in November, which she will go to with her husband Tommy."He's not come over with me this time - I'm going with brothers, sisters and family."
The couple memorably celebrated their wedding day by recreating the cover of Oasis's breakthrough album Some Might Say at Cromford Railway and Liam Gallagher used the picturesque station in the Derwent Valley to create a cover instantly recognisable to millions of the band's Hixon, in her wedding dress and pushing a barrow, restaged the platform scene with her bridesmaids in July 2024."I think that probably shows how mad I am about Oasis," she added."I just love them and I'm really excited."
