Though Ariana Grande has hit pause on her Dangerous Woman tour while she recovers from the terrorist attack at her Manchester concert last Monday, she will be holding a benefit concert for the victims and their families – and perhaps sooner than we realized. The event is planned for Sunday, June 4, according to TMZ.
Ariana's reportedly recruiting other famous artists, including some of her friends, to perform. She won't be back at Manchester Arena for the Live Nation-produced show, but she'll be populating one of the other three biggest venues in the city.
Eleven suspects have been arrested in relation to the attack, which killed 22 people, USA Today reports. The U.K.'s terror alert reached "critical" following the bombing, but as of Saturday, it's down to "severe," where it had been since 2014.
"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," Ariana wrote in the Instagram message that announced the benefit concert. "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. I'll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honor of and to raise money for the victims and their families. I want to thank my fellow musicians and friends for reaching out to be a part of our expression of love for Manchester. I will have details to share with you as soon as everything is confirmed."
Ariana hasn't announced the date of the concert herself yet, so we'll have to wait to see if the reports are correct.
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