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‘This is what I’ve lived my life to do’: Oasis fans head to Manchester


Excitement is as high as the heat as Mancunians and international fans gather in Manchester

Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianOutside Heaton Park, which will host the gigs, a car drives past with its top down, blasting the lyrics to Live Forever. Many are wearing the bucket hats that have become synonymous with the band to shield themselves from the unusually warm Manchester sun. While some fans have come hundreds of miles, 18-year-old friends Neve Leckie-Traynor and Lola Toft only had to travel from Didsbury in south Manchester to secure their spot in the queue.

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