Updated: Mon Sep. 08 2008 11:02:58 AM

CTV.ca News Staff

Oasis band member Noel Gallagher was allegedly assaulted while performing on stage at the Virgin Festival on Toronto Island on Sunday night.

Toronto Police Const. Wendy Drummond told CTV.ca a 47-year-old man from Pickering has been charged with assault in connection with the incident.

A fan captured the incident on video and posted the footage on YouTube.

In the clip, a man appears from the side or the rear of the stage as Noel and Liam Gallagher perform their hit "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"

The man runs behind Liam towards Noel, who is playing guitar and singing at the right side of the stage, and appears to push him from behind, knocking him to the floor.

The attacker then appears to try and jump into the crowd, but is caught by security guards who drag him back onto stage and towards the rear.

Liam then tries to jump into the fray, cocking his fist as if in readiness to punch the attacker as he is being dragged away, but doesn't deliver the blow.

The rest of the band immediately put down their instruments and leave the stage as the house lights come on.

After about five minutes passed, Noel returned to the stage and played a song for the 25,000 fans. Liam also later returned to join in a performance of "Wonderwall."

The band then closed the show with a cover of The Beatles' "I Am The Walrus."

Drummond said the accused, whose name has not been released, will appear in Toronto's Old City Hall courthouse, room 111, at 3 p.m. on Oct. 24.