The Oasis fan who died in a fall on the band’s Wembley Stadium live performance on Saturday (Aug. 2) has been named by his household, and a crowdfunding attraction has been arrange in his honor.
Lee Claydon, 45, from Bournemouth, England fell from a peak in direction of the tip of the live performance and was pronounced lifeless on the scene. Oasis shared an announcement saying they had been “shocked and saddened” by the information.
On Sunday, London’s Metropolitan Police mentioned a person in his 40s “was discovered with accidents per a fall” the earlier night. Claydon reportedly fell from an higher tier of the stadium. Emergency companies attended to him on the scene however had been unable to revive Claydon, who’d been attending the live performance with brother, niece and nephew.
A GoFundMe web page has been established by his brother, Adam, within the identify of Claydon’s spouse and three youngsters. “Our household has been turned the wrong way up and are struggling to cope with this devastation and surprising loss,” the web page reads. As of the time of writing, Oasis followers have raised over £15,057 ($20,015) to help the household.
Chatting with the BBC, Claydon’s father mentioned that his son “might have had a few beers however had not taken any medicine.” He additionally raised questions concerning the security of the venue, which hosted 81,000 followers over 5 sold-out nights over the previous fortnight. “All I do know is there was beer in every single place, it’s slippery, he slipped apparently, we have no idea the remainder of it. There’s questions concerning the boundaries.”
On Sunday, Oasis mentioned that they “want to lengthen our honest condolences to the household and buddies of the particular person concerned.” The Metropolitan Police has referred to as for witnesses or these with cell footage from the occasion to contact them which they imagine came about at 10:19 p.m., ten minutes earlier than the conclusion of the live performance. “The stadium was busy, and we imagine it’s seemingly quite a lot of folks witnessed the incident, or might knowingly or unknowingly have caught it on cell phone video footage.”
A spokesperson for Wembley Stadium mentioned: “Wembley Stadium operates to a really excessive well being and security commonplace, absolutely assembly authorized necessities for the protection of spectators and workers. Regardless of their efforts, the fan very sadly died. Our ideas exit to his household, who’ve been knowledgeable and are being supported by specifically educated law enforcement officials,” the venue mentioned.
Oasis’ reunion tour kicked off on the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on July 4. Following a run of reveals at Manchester’s Heaton Park (July 11-20) and London’s Wembley Stadium (July 25-Aug. 3), the tour continues in Edinburgh, Scotland at Murrayfield this Friday (Aug. 8) earlier than heading to Dublin’s Croke Park. The band’s North American leg will start on Aug. 24 in Toronto, Canada.
