The Oasis fan who plunged to his dying throughout the British rock band's London live performance Saturday evening could have slipped on the beer-soaked ground earlier than his tragic fall, in accordance with his devastated household.
Lee Claydon, 45, was pronounced lifeless after he allegedly misplaced his footing on the alcohol-slicked floor and tumbled from the upper-tier balcony throughout the legendary Britpop musicians' live performance at Wembley Stadium.
“Folks have mentioned horrible issues however it was simply an accident,” his grief-stricken father, Clive, 75, told the BBC, questioning the protection measures on the famed stadium, whereas noting his son, whom he known as “a stunning bloke,” could have had a “couple beers” on the live performance.
“All I do know is there was beer in all places. It's slippery, he slipped apparently, we have no idea the remainder of it. There's questions in regards to the obstacles.”
Oasis followers shattered the venue's all-time booze gross sales document every evening of the band's performances.
Roughly 4,500 kegs have been shipped in for gigs at Wembley since Oasis kicked off their first tour in 16 years early final month, drawing an estimated 80,000 followers per present, the Standard reported.
Components of the stadium have additionally been transformed into storage to satisfy gig-goers' boozy calls for, with followers setting a brand new Wembley document of roughly 250,000 pints bought every evening, the outlet reported.
“I've been instructed that it was an accident ready to occur,” Clive told the US Sun, including that his son attended the live performance together with his brother, niece and nephew, who didn't witness the horrific fall.
“I can't perceive the way it occurred. I've by no means been to Wembley, however you'll count on the well being and security to be good however I've been instructed that apparently it was harmful there. I need solutions from Wembley about the way it may have occurred.”
A Wembley spokesperson instructed the outlet that the stadium operates to a “very excessive well being and security normal,” has met all authorized necessities for the sector and employees and is recurrently inspected.
Police who responded to the grim scene confirmed Claydon's accidents had been “according to a fall.”
Anybody who noticed the dying or caught it on video is now being urged to contact authorities as they proceed to analyze.
Claydon, a panorama gardener from Bournemouth, is remembered as a faithful household man and father, who cherished fishing, music, his guitar and Oasis.
“Our household has been turned the other way up and are struggling to cope with this devastation and surprising loss,” his brother, Aaron, mentioned in a GoFundMe launched after the sudden accident.
“Lee was a loving household man who was a job mannequin to his son Harry and was cherished a lot by all his household. Lee would have achieved something for any of us and he was taken from us far too quickly and we'll miss him so very a lot.”
Oasis mentioned they had been “shocked and saddened” by the tragedy, providing ”honest condolences to the household and buddies of the particular person concerned,” in an announcement Sunday.
