Ariana Grande Benefit Concert Set For Sunday In Manchester

BOCA RATON, FL — One week after a suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device outside her Manchester, England, concert, killing 22 and injuring dozens more, pop singer Ariana Grande confirmed she will return to the "incredibly brave city of Manchester" on Sunday for a benefit concert. She will also be joined by a few friends, including Justin Bieber and the band Coldplay. Organizers hope to raise more than $2.5 million.

"Grandaritour, Inc will donate the net proceeds from the concert to the British Red Cross Society, a registered charity, for its 'Manchester Emergency Fund' supporting the victims of the Manchester bombing," according to a link from Grande's tour website to the concert page.

The singer broke her silence on Friday with a promise to return to Manchester for a benefit, but Grande did not say at that time when the concert would take place. She said she wanted to raise money for the 22 victims who died in the attack and the dozens more who were injured.

"I don't want to go the rest of the year without being able to see and hold and uplift my fans, the same way they continue to uplift me," penned Grande, who returned to Boca Raton, where she grew up, on a private jet with her mother, Joan.

"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," she said. "The only thing we can do now is choose how we let this affect us and how we live our lives from here on out."

Tickets for Sunday's event are expected to go on sale Thursday, but prices had not yet been announced as of Tuesday afternoon. People who attended Grande's Manchester concert on May 22 can register for free tickets. "For speed of entry, we are requesting that concertgoers do not attend with bags," organizers added of the event that will take place in the Old Trafford Cricket Ground, which holds 50,000.

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The BBC, which is planning to air the "One Love Manchester" event, said that other performers include Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell, One Direction's Niall Horan and Usher.

The event will be carried on BBC One and BBC radio along with the Capital Radio networks.

Grande said she had been thinking of her fans ever since the bombing and praised the way the community came together in the aftermath of Britain's most deadly terror attack in more than a decade.

pic.twitter.com/c03xrX3iIv — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 26, 2017

"The way you have handled all of this has been more inspiring and made me more proud than you'll ever know," she said on Friday in a note to fans. "The compassion, kindness, love, strength and oneness that you've shown one another this past week is the exact opposite of the heinous intentions it must take to pull off something as evil as what happened Monday. YOU are the opposite."

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