How Much Money Did Ariana Grande’s One Love Manchester Concert Raise For Victims Of Terror Attack?
Pint-sized singer Ariana Grande helped raise million for the victims of the Manchester bombing with her benefit concert at the arena Sunday. While most reports claimed she raised over $3 million, TMZ claimed Monday the diva raised more than $12 million — and that’s just right now. The number could grow by the millions.
All of the people affected by the terror attack will reportedly be compensated with the money from the benefit. “When it's all counted it should be enough to take care of the victims and their families,” an insider told TMZ Monday.
More than 55,000 people went to the concert, even though the British government said another attack was possible.
The show included performances by Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Pharrell Williams, Take That, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Robbie Williams and the Black Eyed Peas sans Fergie.
Grande visited some of the victims from the Manchester attack in the hospital. She posted some of the pictures to her Instagram page. “I love you,” she captioned one picture of herself with a fan. She shared a picture of a heart for the second photo.
When the arena was bombed at her concert May 22, she originally tweeted: “broken. from the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry. I don’t have words.” The tweet garnerd more than 2.7 million likes from her 46.8 million followers.
A few days later, Grande issued a lengthy statement.
“My heart, prayers and deepest condolences are with the victims of the Manchester Attack and their loved ones,” she wrote May 26. “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.”
Grande, 23, urged her fans to be strong. “We will never be able to understand why events like this take place because it is not in our nature, which is why we shouldn't recoil,” she said. “We will not quit or operate in fear. We won't let this divide us. We won't let hate win.”
As a sign of strength, the singer made the decision to return to Manchester to perform. This time, though, it would be all about her fans. Anyone who was at the May 22 concert got free admission.
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“From the day we started putting the Dangerous Woman Tour together, I said that this show, more than anything else, was intended to be a safe space for my fans,” the Florida native penned. “A place for them to escape, to celebrate, to heal, to feel safe and be themselves.”
Islamic State Group, also known as ISIS, took responsibility for the attack. Salman Abedi blew himself up, killing 22 young concertgoers and injuring at least 59 others. The youngest to die in the attack was 8-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos.
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