Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Rapper AJ Tracey said he 'didn't expect that many people to turn up' after huge crowds flocked to see him at Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers were in attendance - and were monitoring the situation. But the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, confirmed on Twitter afterwards that the 'organisers have been fined'.
No further details have been released by the force or the mayor's office. Organisers of illegal large gatherings can be hit with £10,000 fines under coronavirus legislation.
Video footage and photographs from the scene showed hundreds of people gathered around basketball courts inside the park off
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