Local police have issued a statement after ticketless Oasis fans desperately tried to break into Heaton Park. Tickets to see Liam and Noel Gallagher reunite have been like gold dust, whispered between music fans ever since they went on sale in August last year.

Oasis fans without tickets to the band's latest Manchester gig were armed with a ladder as they tried to scale the barriers

Music lovers on social media have praised a "touch of class" shown by Oasis fans during one of the band's homecoming performances at Heaton Park. Fronted by both Liam and Noel Gallagher, the Manchester outfit gave another raucous performance in front of 80,