Woman who was given a pound by Noel Gallagher when she was young 'buzzing' for Oasis gig
Louise Walsh
A professional make-up artist who recalled being given a pound by Oasis when she was a young girl said she was 'buzzing' after securing last-minute tickets for the concert.
Dawn Finnegan met the brothers when she was six years old and the Gallagher brothers were visiting their aunt in Drogheda, Co Louth at the height of their Wonderwall smash hit.
She was out playing tennis on the green with her friend in the Ballsgrove Estate in Drogheda when a big black car pulled up at one of the houses and two men got out.
"I remember thinking it must be someone important so we ran over and my friend said the men were the ones who sang Wonderwall."
It turns out it was Liam and Noel Gallagher.
"They turned to us and one of them said in a real UK accent, 'alright trouble. what's happening?'
"I said are you the men who sing Wonderwall? And they said 'yeah, why do you like the song?' and we both said yes and that we sang it all the time.
"So Noel told us to put out our hands and they fished in their pockets and pulled out one pound for each of us. Then they walked into the house, which was their aunts.
"I remember one was wearing a denim jacket and one was wearing a black leather jacket but I really remember their hair and the 90s bowl cut. It was about 1996 I'd say."
Dawn said she and her friend ran down to the shop and bought "a truck load" of sweets and then went back home to tell her gran what happened.
At that stage, people had realised who was in the estate and a crowd was starting to form around the house.
Dawn has been a big fan of Oasis ever since but didn't think she would get a ticket for this weekend's concert until she was offered some on Thursday.
"I absolutely love them. I think their songs just remind me of my childhood when everything was just simple and so much fun.
"I am buzzing! I am genuinely the happiest girl in the world right now. I have been manifesting this for the past year and today it all worked out.
"The community of people, I have here on social media, you are all absolute angels of the earth."
The Gallagher brothers aren't the only celebrities who Dawn has come across as in recent months, Love Island's Ekin Su was seen wearing Dawn L.A.'s own brand of Bombshell Eyelashes
"I sent out a PR pack to a fabulous make-up artist in the UK called Zoe James and she was so delighted with the quality of my eyelashes that she said she would use them on the next celebrity she was using make up on.
"A few days later, she tagged me in a post and there was Ekin Su wearing my eyelashes. I couldn't believe it. I was thrilled."