The daddy of a fan who tragically fell to their demise on Saturday at an Oasis live performance has spoken out.
Clive Claydon, 75, advised the Guardian that Lee Claydon, was a “hardworking household man” who “cherished to be along with his household.” He added that the 45-year-old had attended the present along with his brother and his brother’s kids. Lee Claydon was a “lifelong” fan of the band and a panorama gardener from Bournemouth, England.
“He had the whole lot going for him. I’m so devastated,” Clive Claydon advised the Guardian.
Lee fell from the higher tier of Wembley Stadium the place the Saturday present befell, officers mentioned. They responded to a report {that a} man had been injured at 10:19 p.m. BST.
Paramedics found “accidents per a fall,” and after making an attempt to revive Lee, pronounced him lifeless on the scene.
In an announcement on Sunday, Oasis advised NME that it was “shocked and saddened” to listen to of his demise.
“Oasis want to lengthen our honest condolences to the household and pals of the particular person concerned,” the band added in its assertion.
Clive was vital of current hypothesis surrounding his son’s demise, together with implications that alcohol could have been concerned within the accident.
“He doesn’t take medication, he could have had a few beers however who hadn’t there?” he mentioned. “Folks have mentioned horrible issues nevertheless it was simply an accident.”
Nonetheless, he echoed issues of different attendees, who mentioned that security precautions taken on the Wembley Stadium venue had not been as much as par.
“All I do know is there was beer in every single place, it’s slippery, he slipped apparently, we have no idea the remainder of it,” he continued. “There’s questions concerning the limitations.”
Representatives of the venue assured the BBC that they “operated to a really excessive well being and security commonplace” and met all authorized necessities.
“We work very carefully and collaboratively with all related occasion supply stakeholders — together with occasion homeowners, native authorities, the Sports activities Grounds Security Authority and the police — to ship occasions to excessive requirements of security, safety and repair for everybody attending or working within the venue.”
Lee’s brother, Aaron, additionally arrange a fundraising web page to help his associate, Amanda, and youngsters, Harry, Matthew and James.
He wrote that Lee was “the person who I at all times seemed as much as,” and any cash raised was to help the household by means of their “worst nightmare.”
“Lee was a loving household man who was a job mannequin to his son Harry and was cherished a lot by all his household,” he added. “Lee would have finished something for any of us and he was taken from us far too quickly and we’ll miss him so very a lot.”
