Oasis fan Lee Claydon sadly died following a fall at the band’s gig on Saturday night and now a photo shows him partying at the Wembley event before the tragedy
A heartbreaking photo shows an Oasis fan partying at the gig with his family before he fell to his death.
Lee Claydon was pronounced dead at Wembley Stadium on Saturday having suffered “injuries consistent with a fall”. He is understood to have fallen from the upper tier balcony at the London concert while the crowd was enjoying fireworks and cheering the show. He had gone to the event with his brother Aaron, niece and nephew. And his niece Lilly Claydon posted a photo on Facebook along with a tribute. Lee, wearing a hat can be seen smiling alongside Lilly with an arm in the air.
She wrote: “What a night we all had lee. The best uncle, I have no words I’ll never forget you uncle lee lee.” Lee’s father Clive Claydon, 75, revealed that his son was a “lifelong” fan of the band, and had been excited to see them live. ,
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Clive said: “He was a lifelong Oasis fan and he was so looking forward to going. Out of all the thousands of people there why’s it got to be my son?”
And Lee’s dad now believes the tragedy happened after he slipped on beer with the floor wet. “There was beer all over the floor, it was really slippery, and Lee just slipped and fell,” he told The Sun. “I’ve been told that it was an accident waiting to happen. It was a horrible, horrible accident.”
Paying tribute to Lee on Facebook, his cousin Shannon Gabrielle said: “Honestly don’t even know what words to write right now. My cousin Lee tragically passed away this weekend after no doubt having the time of his life at the Oasis concert this weekend, most will have seen snippets in the news I’m sure & as you can imagine it has devastated the whole family and for his closest knit family unit it’s the toughest time they are going through ever right now.
“Sharing his go fund me page, in the hope that any donations, big or small, will go a long way towards helping his partner Amanda & the boys throughout this awful period and costs of things. You just don’t fathom you will go out for a night of amazing fun & not come home at the end of it.”
After the news emerged, Oasis said they were “shocked and saddened” to hear of the death during their sell-out Wembley show last weekend. The band said in a statement: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of a fan at the show last night. Oasis would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the person involved.”
Before the gig Lee’s brother Aaron wrote on Facebook “today is gonna be the day”, a reference to the Oasis smash-hit ‘Wonderwall’. And possibly one of the last times Lee posted on social media was a comment in response to his brother’s post, writing: “Cheers our kid”.