One Love Manchester: Cathartic Concert
Ariana Grande held her concert tonight to remember the victims of the suicide bombing at her Manchester concert last month and it turned into a night of unity, healing and joy for the 50,000 fans who attended. It was beamed around the world too.
Wonderfully despite its desperately sad circumstances, a celebratory atmosphere prevailed. Grande told the crowd: "I want to thank you for coming together and being so loving and strong and unified. I love you guys so much, and I think that the kind of love and unity that you're displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now."
Now that is one hell of a quote.... "I think that the kind of love and unity that you're displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now."
Now I am an ancient fossil decades older than my actual years and whilst I know the names Miley Cyrus, Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber I could not name one of their songs or recognise one if I heard it. I'd never heard of Ariana Grande whatsoever until the bombing at her concert. I have heard of Coldplay but again couldn't name any of their stuff but do actually recognise one of theirs as it's a bit iconic. Gallagher I know from Oasis and actually owned one of their albums once but couldn't tell you what else he's been doing. I do know that "Don't Look Back In Anger" was sung impromptu by the crowd after the minutes silence for the bombing of Manchester. I also know Robbie Williams but not since his Angels album was out which I also owned.
Jamal Iddi, 23, from Tameside, interviewed said the attack on 22 May "hit everyone in the city". He said: "Anyone who lives in Manchester feels the pain. And this was a very, very good way to remember and keep on remembering the people who have passed away.""
Beautifully "it wasn't just the fans who got into the spirit of the show. Police officers danced, medics sang along and one lively steward encouraged the crowd to clap and dance. Grande made appearances throughout the show. She sang My Everything with students from Parr's Wood High school in Manchester, comforting 12-year-old soloist Natasha Seth when she was overcome with emotion.
She also told the crowd how she changed the set list at the last minute after meeting the mother of Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15, who was among the 22 people who died in the attack. Grande said: "She told me Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits. We had a totally different show planned and we had a rehearsal yesterday and we changed everything."" ☺
One Love Manchester concert write up ☺
Wonderfully despite its desperately sad circumstances, a celebratory atmosphere prevailed. Grande told the crowd: "I want to thank you for coming together and being so loving and strong and unified. I love you guys so much, and I think that the kind of love and unity that you're displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now."
Now that is one hell of a quote.... "I think that the kind of love and unity that you're displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now."
Now I am an ancient fossil decades older than my actual years and whilst I know the names Miley Cyrus, Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber I could not name one of their songs or recognise one if I heard it. I'd never heard of Ariana Grande whatsoever until the bombing at her concert. I have heard of Coldplay but again couldn't name any of their stuff but do actually recognise one of theirs as it's a bit iconic. Gallagher I know from Oasis and actually owned one of their albums once but couldn't tell you what else he's been doing. I do know that "Don't Look Back In Anger" was sung impromptu by the crowd after the minutes silence for the bombing of Manchester. I also know Robbie Williams but not since his Angels album was out which I also owned.
Jamal Iddi, 23, from Tameside, interviewed said the attack on 22 May "hit everyone in the city". He said: "Anyone who lives in Manchester feels the pain. And this was a very, very good way to remember and keep on remembering the people who have passed away.""
Beautifully "it wasn't just the fans who got into the spirit of the show. Police officers danced, medics sang along and one lively steward encouraged the crowd to clap and dance. Grande made appearances throughout the show. She sang My Everything with students from Parr's Wood High school in Manchester, comforting 12-year-old soloist Natasha Seth when she was overcome with emotion.
She also told the crowd how she changed the set list at the last minute after meeting the mother of Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15, who was among the 22 people who died in the attack. Grande said: "She told me Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits. We had a totally different show planned and we had a rehearsal yesterday and we changed everything."" ☺
One Love Manchester concert write up ☺