A man fell to his death during Oasis’ show at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday night (August 2).
The Metropolitan Police confirmed the news on Sunday, saying that officers and medics at the stadium and the London Ambulance Service responded to reports that a person had sustained injuries at 10:19pm, towards the end of the band’s set.
“A man – aged in his 40s – was found with injuries consistent with a fall,” a police statement said. “He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. The stadium was busy, and we believe it is likely a number of people witnessed the incident, or may knowingly or unknowingly have caught it on mobile phone video footage.”
“If you have any information that could help us to confirm what happened, please call 101.”
Reports have suggested that the man fell from the stadium’s upper tier of the 90,000-capacity venue.
Oasis said in a statement they were “shocked and saddened” to hear of the news, adding: “Oasis would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the person involved.”
Saturday night’s gig was the fourth in a run of five sell-out shows at Wembley for the Britpop band, with the final taking place tonight (August 3). From there, they will play three shows in Edinburgh and two in Dublin before heading across the Atlantic for the North American leg of the ‘Oasis Live ‘25’ tour.
They will then head back to the UK for two final Wembley shows in September, and negotiations are underway to bring the tour to Italy.
Liam and Noel Gallagher kicked off their long-awaited ‘Live ‘25’ tour dates with two nights at Principality Stadium in Cardiff last month, before heading over to their hometown of Manchester for five shows at Heaton Park.
At the first of the 41 comeback shows, NME gave the historic night in Cardiff the full five stars, and shared: “After a ‘90s heyday and an often maligned post-millennium era, this is Oasis redesigned for the 21st Century.
“Playing before a pop-art-meets-psychedelia visual spectacular that never distracts but will look sick on a phone, they seem the quintessential stadium band playing the greatest hits of greatest hits.”
