Oasis fans travelling to their hometown show at Heaton Park have been issued a warning over travel just days before the first concert takes place
Oasis fans travelling to their concerts at Heaton Park have been issued a travel warning. Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher will return to their hometown this weekend for the start of five sold-out concerts, playing to 80,000 fans each night. But with such demand comes increased pressure on public transport.
Ticket platform Trainline has seen a 20 per cent increase in passengers travelling to Manchester ahead of Oasis’ historic Heaton Park shows. They say this surge suggests thousands of music fans will travel from all corners of the UK to see the Gallagher’s reunion in their home town. Some towns and cities have sold more than double the usual number of tickets ahead of the Gallagher brothers’ first homecoming concert on Friday.
The band kicked off their historic reunion tour in Cardiff last week. The biggest uplift in bookings to Manchester came from Norwich with a 115 per cent increase, Leeds with 107 per cent and Aberdeen with 98 per cent. Sarah Helppi, UK Country Director at Trainline, said: “Rock’n’ rail is a perfect combination. Thousands of music fans are travelling by train to be part of an iconic summer moment. If you’re joining the tour in the band’s hometown, book as soon as possible to secure a seat.”
One fan travelling from London, Erin Archer, said: “My boyfriend booked our train to Manchester on Trainline as soon as we got the Oasis tickets—it was all done in minutes. It’s made the whole thing feel so easy and stress-free.
“Now we can just look forward to the gig, enjoy the build-up, and soak up every second of Oasis back in their hometown!” But that’s not the only warning fans have been given. Temperatures across Manchester are expected to soar on Friday and Saturday when the legendary band are playing, which will no doubt create a biblical atmosphere.
Experts suggest that thermometers are set to hit almost 30 degrees this weekend. Currently, the chance of rain stands at less than 5 per cent across the entire weekend. The Met Office states that Friday, temperatures could hit as high as 27 degrees at its peak around 4pm, while the lowest, at 4am will be 15 degrees. At 1pm, there will be an orange warning, signifying a level 7 exposure of UV, meaning those in attendance will require sunscreen.
But as the gig comes to an end, the temperature will drop slightly to a more moderate 22 degrees. On Saturday, for the second sold-out show, the weather will continue to pick up and shows signs that it will not be cooling down any time soon.
Instead, the lowest temperature at 4am, will be 18degrees, while the peak, between 4pm and 7pm will be 27 degrees. Despite the staggering temperatures, the highest UV warning will be at 1pm, which is a level 7. The BBC says of the upcoming weather on Friday: “Friday should then be dry with sunshine throughout the day. Becoming very warm or hot.”
Oasis will perform at Heaton Park on July 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20. Marco Petagna, senior meteorologist at the Met Office, explained that the weather will start to turn balmy on Wednesday, with dry conditions returning after several areas were plunged under thunderstorm warnings last night. The expert said: “I think Wednesday is probably going to be the day when we could start to reach the thresholds of 25 to 28 degrees, depending on where you are.”
He added: “We probably won’t actually reach an official heatwave until around Friday, to give the three consecutive days at those temperatures. But temperatures are going to continue to climb as we go toward the end of the week, and certainly, by Friday and Saturday, we could see 30 degrees, perhaps just nudging into the low 30s.
“At the weekend, we could just start to see humidity increasing a little bit as well and nighttime temperatures look like they are going to be, so it will be starting to become more uncomfortable by night. It’s a bit of a question mark going through the weekend early next week as to how long the heat will last and how high the temperatures will get because some models are sort of pushing the heat away a bit more quickly, whereas others keep the heat going.
“At this stage, it looks as though certainly into next weekend, we should hold on to hot weather across the south of the UK, and temperatures could again certainly get into the low 30s in a few spots.”
Source: Mirror
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