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May 30, 2017

Ariana Grande at the 2016 American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 20, 2106. (Photo courtesy of Image Group LA/ABC)

Katy Perry at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 12, 2017. (Photo by Phil McCarten/CBS)

Pharrell Williams at a New York City screening of “Hidden Figures” at SVA Theater on December 10, 2016. (Photo by Marion Curtis/Starpix)

Ariana Grande will be among the star performers at her One Love Manchester concert, set to take place June 4 2017 at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, England. Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Phatrell Williams, Niall Horan of One Direction , Miley Cyrus and Take That. Proceeds from the show will go to the Red Cross’ Manchester fund, to benefit victims and their families of the suicide bombing that killed 22 people and injured about 59 people after Grande’s Manchester Arena concert on May 22, 2017. Tickets go on sale on June 1, 2017 via Ticketmaster. Those who were at Grande’s May 22 concert will be given free admission. TV viewers in the U.S. can watch the show on Freeform at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. ABC will show highlights of the concert at midnight Eastern Time. BBC will have a live telecast of the concert in the U.K.

Grande posted this statement on her official Internet accounts: “My heart, prayers and condolences are with the victims of the Manchester attack and their loved ones. There is nothing I or anyone can do to take away the pain you are feeling or to make this better. However, I extend my hand and heart and everything I possibly can give to you and yours, should you want or need my help in any way.

“We will not quit or operate in fear. We won’t let this divide us. We won’t let hate win … Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more, to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before.”

Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old resident of Manchester, is reported to have been the suicide bomber. Several of his associates have been arrested in relation to the mass murder.

The remaining dates of Grande’s tour have been postponed or cancelled until further notice.

May 31, 2017 UPDATE: Black Eyed Peas have been added to the concert lineup. In order to accommodate the One Love Manchester concert, British TV network ITV has moved two TV shows on its schedule: the season finale of “Britain’s Got Talent” will now be held June 3, 2017, while the British Soap Opera Awards has moved from June 3 to on June 6, 2017.

May 22, 2017

Ariana Grande at An Evening of Music, Art, Mischief and Performance to benefit Raising Malawi at Faena Forum in Miami Beach on December 2, 2016. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Bulgari)

A concert by pop singer Ariana Grande ended in tragedy in Manchester, England, on May 22, 2017, when at least 20 people were pronounced dead and dozens more injured after an apparent explosion outside the Manchester Arena, where the concert took place.

According to an Associated Press report: “Police advised the public to avoid the area around the Manchester Arena, and the train station near the arena, Victoria Station, was evacuated and all trains canceled. Joseph Carozza, a representative from Grande’s U.S. record label, said the singer is OK and they are investigating what happened.”

There is no word if any of Grande’s upcoming tour dates have been cancelled as a result of this tragedy.

May 23, 2017 UPDATE: One of the people killed in the bombing was the suicide bomber, who has been identified as 22-year-old Salman Abedi. He was of Libyan descent and had a British passport, according to reports. Authorities are calling the crime a terrorist attack. Grande has cancelled the remaining dates on her 2017 tour.

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