Overview

• On July 14, TikTok influencer Alexis Nido-Russo posted a video denouncing the first two nights of Oasis’s Heaton Park reunion as “the filthiest concert” and branding fans “riff raff” and “wild animals.”
• She criticized the scarcity of waste bins for 80,000 attendees, pervasive drunken behavior and dismissed Manchester as lacking cultural attractions.
• The video quickly went viral and prompted thousands of fans to defend Manchester’s vibrant concert culture under comments questioning the influencer’s expectations.
• Oasis is set to complete its five-show residency at Heaton Park with three more performances before moving on to Wembley, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield and Dublin’s Croke Park.
• The Competition and Markets Authority continues its review of dynamic ticket-pricing on the band’s reunion tour.