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Oasis fans raise more than €17,000 for family of man who died at show

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Following the death of an Oasis fan who fell from one of the upper stands during the band’s Wembley Stadium show last weekend, a page has been set up to raise money for his family.

The fan has been named as 45-year-old Lee Claydon, a landscape gardener from Bournemouth. He died on Saturday night (2 August), during the fourth of five shows Oasis were holding at the London venue.

The GoFundMe page, which was organised by his brother Aaron, was set up to raise money for his partner Amanda and his son Harry in order to “take one worry off Amanda and family right now as they are going through any family’s worst nightmare”.

“Our family has been turned upside down and are struggling to deal with this devastation and unexpected loss,” he wrote on the page. 

“Lee was a loving family man who was a role model to his son Harry and was loved so much by all his family. Lee would have done anything for any of us and he was taken from us far too soon and we will miss him so very much.” 

As of writing, the page has raised more than £15,000 (€17,000).

The tragedy took place on Saturday night and reports have suggested that the fan fell from the stadium’s upper tier of the 90,000-capacity venue. 

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.

Oasis said in a statement on Sunday: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of a fan at the show. Oasis would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the person involved.” 

Fans who were at the show have said that conditions in the stands “seemed unsafe”, sharing concerns with the Guardian over the allegedly “lax” security and the level of alcohol consumption. 

The amount of beer being drunk and thrown made the floors slippery, according to those who spoke to the publication. 

The Metropolitan Police urged anyone who “may knowingly or unknowingly have caught it on mobile phone video footage” to come forward. 

Oasis will next 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 – with negotiations reportedly underway to bring the reunion tour to Italy.

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