Tuesday, June 6, 2017

One Live Manchester Recap

Now then, as you may know that 8 days ago, on May 29, the victims of the Manchester Arena attack are being honored all around the world.


Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus are just a few of the many musicians who paid tribute to those who fell victim to the deadly Manchester attack 2 weeks ago.

It was a deadly attack that shook the world to its core. Not long after a horrific terrorist attack left 22 people dead and many more injured at Manchester Arena, a number of celebrities showed their support for the victims via social media. However, some musicians took it one step further by dedicating songs and shows to the people of Manchester.

And here they are:
1. Miley Cyrus
2. Harry Styles
3. Celine Dion
4. U2
5. Shawn Mendes
6. Katy Perry
7. The 1975

Also, on May 30, Ariana Grande announces Manchester Benefit Concert Lineup including Justin Bieber on June 4. That’s 2 days ago. I didn’t make that article at the time. So luckily I’ll recap right now.


Celebs from all over the world reached out in support of the Manchester victims, and now they’re coming together to spread the love in the best way possible.

The news spread like wildfire the night following Ariana Grande’s show in Manchester when 22 innocent lives were taken due to a horrific terrorist bombing, and now the pop singer has taken matters into her own hands to raise money for the victims and their families, as she announced last week in an emotional post on social media that she would be holding a benefit concert to raise money for the victims who attended her show and their families.

It has just been announced that Ariana’s benefit concert “One Love Manchester” will take place on Sunday, June 4th at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, where Ariana will be performing, along with a full lineup of many artists also in support of the cause, including Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Coldplay, Niall Horan, Take That and Usher.

100% of the show’s net ticket proceeds will benefit the “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”, established by Manchester City Council and the British Red Cross following the attacks, and tickets are set to go on sale this Thursday, June 1st at 10 a.m. British standard time. Ariana is also offering free tickets for fans who attended the Manchester show on May 22nd if they register before this Wednesday at 4 p.m.

It was previously reported that the R&B star would be attending the city “sooner than later”, according to Greater Manchester Police Chief Ian Hopkins, who also revealed QUOTE, “When the idea of the concert came up, the first reaction was we need to speak to the families of the victims and see what they feel. It is fair to say that the majority of them are very much in favour, although there are some that clearly aren’t and that is absolutely understandable.”

She also promised fans she’d continue to spread love via music in her heartfelt statement released four days after the bombing that read QUOTE, “Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy. So that is what it will continue to do for us.”

And on that note, she is also set to continue her Dangerous Woman tour next month, because, as she also bravely stated, “We will not quit or operate in fear. We won’t let this divide us. We won’t let hate win.” We applaud Ariana Grande continuing to push for peace and love through her gift of music, and as always, continue to pray for everyone affected in the attacks, so right now I want to know all your thoughts on the lineup and if you plan on attending, so get to talking right down here in the comments, and after that, be sure to click right over here to check out Erin’s successful road to recovery on It Got Real. However, Demi Lovato explains why she's not performing at Manchester Benefit Concert. Bummer, poor her.

Anyway, Demi Lovato candidly reveals why she’s not on the lineup for Ariana Grande’s Manchester Benefit Concert.

And it’s a pretty simple, yet awkward, explanation.

“One Love Manchester” is taking place Sunday June 4th in Manchester, England to benefit the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. Stars featured in the lineup include Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan, Pharrell, Usher, and more. But a major pop star supporter absent from that list is Demi Lovato.

May 30th when the concert lineup was announced, a fan posted a photo of the lineup on Instagram asking, “@ArianaGrande why will not (@ddlovato) participate? She sent beautiful messages of support.”

Another pop star immediately saw the message and commented with her honest explanation writing briefly QUOTE, “Cause I wasn’t asked”. When Demi Lovato commented, the photo only had 8 likes and 3 comments so it was easy to notice the pop star’s blunt message.

When the terrorist attacks occurred at Ariana Grande’s concert on May 22nd Demi Lovato was quick to write on Twitter, “Tearing up imagining innocent concert goers losing their lives.. praying for everyone and all #arianators.”

And over on Instagram Demi Lovato shared a photo of herself hugging Ariana at an award show and wrote: “I’m so sorry you had to go through this Ari.. This isn’t fair and nobody should have to go through this. My thoughts and prayers are with you and the victims. I love you so so so much.”

It appears that she was one of the first celebrities to pour out her prayers and love online, so being excluded from the benefit concert consideration is a bit awkward.


On the brighter note, Ariana Grande's Manchester Benefit Concert sells out in MINUTES. Holy cow, that’s a whole lot of gosh darn tickets selling out in minutes. Anyway, music’s biggest stars are all coming together for this weekend’s One Love Manchester benefit concert.

In the face of tragedy we’re seeing love prevail as victims and artists alike are joining forces.

Days after a terrorist attack killed 22 people and seriously injured over 100 more at Ariana Grande’s Manchester Arena concert (as I mentioned earlier), Ari has pulled herself together and invited her famous friends to sing at a benefit concert this Sunday, June 4th. The One Love Manchester show went on sale at 10am local time at $52 bucks a pop and by 10:06am it was sold out. Ticketmaster released a statement saying it "was unsurprisingly met with remarkable demand for One Love Manchester tickets… 140,000 fans were on the website and our call center was buzzing. With over 450,000 searches on our site for One Love Manchester over the last 24 hours, demand was always going to be extremely high." Don’t worry though guys. People who were at the original show got free tickets to this one. Or at least that’s the intention, but the company is having a hard time validating third party ticket purchases. So some fans have had to pay twice. What’s worse, some are reselling their tickets for 10x the price. Which just isn’t cool to profit from a show that isn’t meant to profit anyone. The benefit concert is expected to bring in around $2.6 million which will then be donated to the Red Cross' Manchester Emergency Fund and benefit the victims and the families affected by the suicide bombing. The pop/R&B star herself called every pop star in her IPhone and asked them to join the roster for the show which now includes- Justin Bieber, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Katy Perry, Take That, Usher, Robbie Williams and Pharrell Williams, with perhaps a few surprise guests. Now then, off to Sunday’s recap.


OK, let’s talk about Sunday’s recap. So far, Peirs Morgan apologizes to Ariana Grande, saying he “misjudged” her after Manchester attack and praises her One Love Manchester benefit concert. Then, she rocks HUGE ring and sparks Mac Miller engagement rumors. In addition, Miley Cyrus (I hate Miley Cyrus) and Ariana Grande reunite for beautiful “Don’t Dream It’s Over” duet at Manchester Benefit. Later, Katy Perry honors Manchester attack victims in this unique way. Way to go, Katy Perry. Talk about why she paid her respects in more ways than one last night. Also, Justin Bieber tears up during “Cold Water” Manchester Benefit Concert tribute. Boo! Why is Justin Bieber paid tribute at the One Love Manchester benefit concert. You know I don’t like Justin Bieber. He is more annoying than Miley Cyrus. I wish Selena Gomez performs this concert instead of this garbage. At least Selena Gomez did praise the Sunday's concert. Why is Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s tearful One Love Manchester performance emotional? No. Anyway, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber aside, this is be best moments from Ariana Grande’s One Love Manchester Benefit Concert. It’s too bad Demi Lovato couldn’t make it. At least Katy Perry did. So good for her. I hope Ariana Grande will have a bright future.

What do you think of the One Love Manchester Benefit Concert? Sound off below!

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