Oasis fans queue up 12 hours early in 33C heatwave as bucket hats fill streets - Daily Star

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Oasis fans have been seen lining the streets of North Manchester 12 hours before the infamous Gallagher brothers take to the stage.

From around 7.30am, the roads around Heaton Park - the venue for tonight's gig and the largest municipal park in Europe - were already busy with music lovers. And by 11am, when the heat was measuring a whopping 30C on the thermometer, hundreds of fans were queuing up to make sure they got into the venue as early as possible.

Although the doors don't actually open until 3pm, the park is an all-standing area, so the mad rush to get to the front for nearly 75,000 people will start as soon as the gates on Bury Old Road are unlocked.

Many schools in the area have shut for the day, or are closing early to combat the chaos, especially as many are on the official walking route from the city centre to the park.

Also on the route is an Oasis merchandise shop, which it looks as though many fans had already been in, given the vast array of bucket hats and ill-fitting T-shirts on show.

One punter told the Daily Star that they had forked out a whopping £80 for a football shirt-like Oasis top - and that his wife was not very happy about it.

It does appear as though many fans heeded the warning given yesterday where lovers of the legendary Britpop band who are travelling to Noel and Liam Gallagher's Heaton Park appearances were warned there will be "no parking in or around the vicinity of Heaton Park for Oasis ticket holders".

Traffic was pretty light, but officials in the area were moving cars on and making sure nobody was eyeball to hang around and gawk at the Oasis fans already there.

The stern advice was issued by Heaton Park & Hall's official Facebook page, and comes ahead of tomorrow's gig (July 11). The other huge reunion shows at Heaton Park are set to take place on July 12, 16, 19 and 20.

Doors open at 3pm at Heaton Park, with support from the Cast kicking off at 6pm, followed by Richard Ashcroft at 7pm, then Oasis taking to the stage at 8.15pm - with the gig set to end at around 10.30pm.