Woman who offered Oasis fans her garden to camp in under one condition shares update as date arrives
An Oasis superfan who offered up her garden as a campsite in exchange for a golden ticket to one of the gigs has revealed that her guests for the weekend have now touched down.
Liv Bridge rolled out the red carpet this morning (19 July) for the two blokes who took up her unique proposition last year, before tickets to see the Gallagher brothers went on sale.
The 30-year-old shared a post on X just days after the Live 25' Tour was announced in August 2024, volunteering the rear of her home as a makeshift campsite... in return for a highly-coveted ticket to one of the shows at Heaton Park.
Explaining she'd do 'anything' to increase her chances of getting her hands on one, Liv wrote: "If you're an Oasis fan and don't want to fork out £100s for a place to kip, you can camp in my garden. For free.
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"The only condition is that you get a ticket for me too. I'll pay for it, and I'll even throw in brews, breakfast and a driveway."
She ended up bagging herself a ticket in the general sale anyway, but still 'committed to the bit' and told social media users that her camping offer still stood.
This news came as music to the ears of best pals David Pallister, 44, and Mark Abernethy, 47, who were struggling to find a place to stay for the night, given that hotel prices went through the roof and available rooms were few and far between.
The lads, who have made the over-100 mile trip to Manchester from Newcastle for the occasion, have now pitched their tents in Liv's back garden in Whitefield ahead of Oasis' fourth gig at Heaton Park tonight.
Speaking to LADbible about David and Mark's arrival, Liv said: "After a whirlwind week, the big day is finally here. David and Mark have touched down in Oasis garden all the way from Newcastle with the vibes, banter and Oasis gear to match. The lads have brought their own tents and a cardboard Noel.
"I’ve brought the beers and bacon butties, and of course the fry up for tomorrow morning."
Talk about a bit of Northern hospitality, eh?
It will be the third time that the hostess with the mostest has seen Liam and Noel take to the stage in their hometown in the space of less than two weeks, thanks to her camping post going viral last year.
After being flooded with offers, the diehard Oasis fan - who even has a 'Live Forever' tattoo - was forced to set up an application process for potential guests, with David and Mark coming up trumps.
Radio legend Chris Moyles also got wind of Liv's camping proposition, which led to him broadcasting his Radio X show live from the kitchen in her Manchester home before they headed into the gig together. Mental.
"I still feel like I’m dreaming," Liv told LADbible ahead of tonight's gig. "All this from one little tweet that started out as a bit of fun...it has completely snowballed!
"I’ve had Radio X and Chris Moyles doing a whole radio show live from my house, which was nothing short of surreal, and I hosted my own show! The response has been phenomenal, which just shows how much everyone is proper mad fer' it and what this band really means to the fans."
Liv told how she 'burst into tears' when she saw the Gallaghers perform last Saturday (12 July), while she described heading to the gig with her dad and Chris Moyles on Wednesday (16 July) as 'nothing short of special'.
"I am the luckiest fan on the planet," she continued. "I even got to go into the VIP area and take in the views from the viewing platform among the rich and famous, who I admit I didn’t even recognise at the time.
"But I left to go back into the pit to my dad and danced, sang, screamed and cried the night away. Now it’s round three with my new Oasis mates!"
Her guests for the next 24 hours - who dub themselves 'Ant and Dec from Wish' - explained they thought the camping plan 'would never happen', but said they thought they'd let Liv know about their interest just to see.
David - who is seeing Oasis for the seventh time in his life tonight - told LADbible: "I saw the tweet, it was the day before I got the tickets and I was thinking, 'I need to be there, what are my options?' I text Mark straight away like, 'Hey, if we get tickets we can stay in Liv’s garden!'
"Mark was like, 'there’ll be a catch', he kept saying 'it’s not gonna happen' and I was adamant. He kept asking me, 'Where we staying in Manchester for the gig?' And I kept saying 'Liv’s house!' I was just determined.
"I’m going out tonight thinking this will be the last time I ever see them. Noel said it’s a lap of honour, so this is it for us."
Mark, who has already seen the Manchester band live in concert 13 times and is seeing Oasis perform at Wembley next week, added: "We were joking about it, like it’s just a bit of craic, but we were serious too cos we get to have this experience with likeminded people and go with this mental story."
Liv's partner Jack Harrop, 28, is also joining the trio at tonight's gig in Heaton Park - and revealed that her viral tweet is actually how they got together.
"It’s my first time, I’m buzzing," he told LADbible. "It’s ridiculous how Liv has got us a ticket this way. Me and my mates tried, like 14 of us all on it, and now I’m the only one who gets to go.
"So I saw this tweet and asked her on her date and now I’ve got the spare ticket," he said, before joking: "I move out tomorrow..."
Olivia Burke