{"id":34484,"date":"2025-08-05T20:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/family-pay-tribute-to-oasis-fan-lee-claydon-who-died-at-wembley\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:09:51","slug":"family-pay-tribute-to-oasis-fan-lee-claydon-who-died-at-wembley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/family-pay-tribute-to-oasis-fan-lee-claydon-who-died-at-wembley\/","title":{"rendered":"Family pay tribute to Oasis fan Lee Claydon who died at Wembley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dEGcKf\">\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new\" class=\"sc-801dd632-0 eSlECZ\">\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors\" class=\"sc-801dd632-12 jSIeFi\">\n<div class=\"sc-801dd632-5 kRoBHa\">\n<div><span class=\"sc-801dd632-7 lasLGY\">Emma Saunders &amp; Ian Youngs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Culture reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 kVRMhO\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-d1200759-1 kycbVO\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/4ea3\/live\/0c5c3540-7213-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Facebook Lee Claydon smiling and wearing a black shirt\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/><span class=\"sc-d1200759-2 gwFzuU\">Facebook<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dEGcKf\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Family members of an Oasis fan who died when he fell from a height at the band&#8217;s concert at Wembley Stadium on Saturday have paid tribute to him as &#8220;a loving family man&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Lee Claydon, 45, from Bournemouth, was<b id=\"\" class=\"sc-d16436d-0 jpoiOL\"> <\/b>&#8220;a lovely bloke&#8221; and a &#8220;hard working family man&#8221;, his father Clive said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The 75-year old said his family were devastated and that his son had &#8220;everything going for him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">On Sunday, police said a man in his 40s &#8220;was found with injuries consistent with a fall&#8221; and was pronounced dead at the scene at the stadium in London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dEGcKf\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Mr Claydon, a landscape gardener, reportedly fell from an upper tier of the stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">His father said the father-of-three &#8220;may have had a couple of beers but had not taken any drugs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;People have said horrible things but it was just an accident.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">He said he was concerned about safety measures at the stadium but that none of his family had seen the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;All I know is there was beer everywhere, it&#8217;s slippery, he slipped apparently, we do not know the rest of it. There&#8217;s questions about the barriers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Lee&#8217;s brother Aaron wrote on Facebook: &#8220;Still in shock and cannot believe I am writing this, but sadly over the weekend I lost my best mate the man I looked up to and the man I was lucky enough to call my brother Lee Claydon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">More than \u00a37,000 has been donated to a GoFundMe page he set up for his brother&#8217;s partner and sons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">On Facebook, another family member, Shannon Gabrielle, wrote: &#8220;My cousin Lee tragically passed away this weekend after no doubt having the time of his life at the Oasis concert this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;Most will have seen snippets in the news I&#8217;m sure &amp; as you can imagine it has devastated the whole family and for his closest knit family unit it&#8217;s the toughest time they are going through ever right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">She added: &#8220;You just don&#8217;t fathom you will go out for a night of amazing fun &amp; not come home at the end of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 hoQmHM\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-d1200759-1 kycbVO\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20250728-162205-9b8a2dcb37-web-2.26.0-8\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b8e3\/live\/b383bcc0-720a-11f0-b946-5d6a27e188bd.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images Oasis advertisement on Wembley stadium\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/><span class=\"sc-d1200759-2 gwFzuU\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 FPsqq\">Oasis extended their &#8220;sincere condolences to the family&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dEGcKf\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">On Sunday, Oasis said in a statement they were &#8220;shocked and saddened&#8221; to hear of the death of a fan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">They added: &#8220;Oasis would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the person involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The Metropolitan Police has asked for anyone who witnessed the incident, or who had mobile video footage, to share it with them it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;The stadium was busy, and we believe it is likely a number of people witnessed the incident, or may knowingly or unknowingly have caught it on mobile phone video footage.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The Health and Safety Executive has been informed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">A spokesperson for Wembley Stadium said: &#8220;Wembley Stadium operates to a very high health and safety standard, fully meeting legal requirements for the safety of spectators and staff.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;Despite their efforts, the fan very sadly died. Our thoughts go out to his family, who have been informed and are being supported by specially trained police officers,&#8221; the venue said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The band began the Oasis Live &#8217;25 reunion tour in July. Saturday&#8217;s concert was one of seven sold-out reunion concerts at Wembley, which has a 90,000-person capacity across three tiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The band will next appear at Edinburgh&#8217;s Murrayfield Stadium for three gigs over the next week and then take their tour to Ireland, Canada, the US and Mexico before returning to Wembley on 27 and 28 September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce87gykd4z8o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Saunders &amp; Ian Youngs Culture reporter Facebook Family members of an Oasis fan who died when he fell from a height at the band&#8217;s concert at Wembley Stadium on Saturday have paid tribute to him as &#8220;a loving family man&#8221;. Lee Claydon, 45, from Bournemouth, was &#8220;a lovely bloke&#8221; and a &#8220;hard working family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[11276,71,2999,1912,3956,4784,819,170,5550],"class_list":["post-34484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england","tag-claydon","tag-died","tag-family","tag-fan","tag-lee","tag-oasis","tag-pay","tag-tribute","tag-wembley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34486,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34484\/revisions\/34486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}