Manchester City is being told to put more effort into shielding residents from the impact of massive gigs after a string of huge summer concerts.

In recent weeks the Stone Roses, Coldplay and AC/DC have all drawn enormous crowds to the stadium, but the council believes too little is being done to prevent litter, parking problems and anti-social behaviour.

It now wants stadium owners Manchester City to come up with a similar plan to that used by Parklife in Heaton Park.

At the council’s latest meeting Bradford councillor and former culture boss Coun Rosa Battle said: “This summer the Etihad stadium had eight concerts taking place over three weeks. Undoubtedly this is great for Manchester, both economically and culturally, and continues to show Manchester is the UKs cultural capital.

“However, given the large number of people attending these events, there is often a negative impact on residents in my ward, including an increase in litter, problem parking, noise nuisance and low level anti-social behaviour. Can the leader tell me what action will be taken?”

The M.E.N. understands last month’s Stone Roses gig was not one of the more disruptive events, partly because of the rain. But big events have been an ‘ongoing’ problem for residents.

Club sources insist City has gone to great lengths to engage with the community ahead of gigs, including creating six ‘welfare hubs’ in the community, putting up signs displaying a complaints number, writing to residents and attending residents’ meetings.

But council leader Sir Richard Leese said a new plan was needed.

“I think we have seen elsewhere in the city comparable events where we have really managed to get right the way that those are stewarded and managed,” he said. “I think particularly of Parklife. As somebody who lives nine minutes’ walk from Heaton Park, over the last two years it’s had virtually no impact on most residents at all - and the number of complaints has gone down very, very significantly.

“All of that has been paid for by Parklife organisers and I think we ought to enter into discussions with the Etihad and indeed other organisers of events across the city to ensure we have the right arrangements in place.”

Manchester City declined to comment.