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I think tour promoters might need to start adding a new line of small print on the back of their tickets: "any promises made by artists while on stage are not binding".

Noel Gallagher has hit out at Oasis fans who are asking for their money back in relation to that previously reported technical trauma hit show at Manchester's Heaton Park. As previously reported, the band had to leave the stage twice during the first of their homecoming shows when a key generator failed. The second departure led to a 45 minute break in proceedings. At the end of the show Noel told his audience that they were making the gig a free event because of the technical problems, and that fans would be able to get a ticket refund if they wanted one. Though he almost immediately said he regretting making that offer.

Anyway, it seems that 20,000 of the 70,000 fans at the gig have asked for a refund, sparking Noel to blog thus on the Oasis website: "It seems that around 20,000 of you have asked for a refund from that night at Heaton Park!! 20,000!! So you were genuinely disappointed? I don't recall seeing a 20,000 gap in the crowd. Cheeky cunts! Tsk ..some people".

I'm not sure if the event's organisers plan to make good on Noel's ticket refund offer, some estimate that doing so could cost the band and their promoters £900,000.

Elsewhere in Oasis news, there have been reports that the band's gig at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium last week - you know, the one that led to a nearby school being closed for the afternoon - was nott without incident, though it had nothing to do with technology this time. Rather, rowdy fans started fighting before Oasis had even taken to the stage - alcohol and Edinburgh/Glasgow rivalry seems to have played a part. Police have confirmed eight people were arrested at the gig, that there were two reports of assault, and one man was hospitalised after being beaten by a gang of thugs.

Eye witnesses didn't have much good to say about security at the event. One told the Daily Record: "Stewards were looking on and not doing anything. It was a proper beating this guy was taking. Even when he was out cold, they were attacking him", while another said: "At one point, one of them actually stamped on the guy's face or body. What angered me more was that security stood by".