‘This is what I’ve lived my life to do’: fans savour Oasis homecoming

Fulvio Caccialupi, from Rome, shows off his band tattoo at the head of the queue at Heaton Park. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

In Manchester, on the morning of Oasis’s first homecoming gig, the excitement levels are as high as the temperatures.

With the band set to play a run of six gigs in their home city, Manchester has very much got Oasis fever. Huge pictures of the Gallagher brothers have been splashed on the side of the city’s yellow buses, and Liam Gallagher’s voice will be making announcements on the Metrolink tram network, telling fans “the next stop is … Heaton Parrrk,” before adding: “off you go”.