In response to last week’s horrible suicide bombing in Manchester, Ariana Grande penned an emotional letter that partially read as follows:
Music is something that everyone on Earth can share. Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy. So that is what it will continue to do for us.
We will continue in honor of the ones we lost, their loved ones, my fans and all affected by this tragedy.
As it turns out, the singer is not the only person who feels this way.
Within six minutes of tickets going on sale for Grande’s upcoming tribute concert, multiple outlets confirm that the event sold out.
Totally and completely. In just six minutes.
Makes you feel pretty good about humanity, doesn’t it?
That so many people are willing to head back to the scene of this awful crime, in order to prove to the terrorists that they don’t scare us… and also to raise money for all affected by this tragedy?
As previously detailed, this special show will take place June 4 at the Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
Among the act who will join Grande on stage will be Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus Coldplay and Justin Bieber.
Proceeds from the concert will go to the Red Cross’ Manchester Emergency Fund and be used to benefit the victims and the families affected by the suicide bombing at Grande’s Manchester Arena concert on May 22.
In that act of terrorism, 22 people were killed and over 100 were injured.
Those who attended this original concert have been offered free tickets; the remainder went on sale for on Thursday morning for $ 52.
Shortly after the event sold out, Ticketmaster released a statement that assured these original concert goers they would be covered.
It reads as follows:
“We would like to reassure any fans that were at the show that they will receive a free ticket for One Love Manchester, provided we can verify their initial booking. We thank fans for their patience as we continue to process the registrations.
“We want to give all fans who were at the show, regardless of where they bought their tickets, every opportunity to register for One Love Manchester.
“We’ve opened up the registration again today, until 2 p.m.”
It’s unclear where E! News gets its estimate from, but the website approximates that this show will bring in about $ 2.6 million. Pretty amazing, huh?
Niall Horan is one of the artists who will participate, saying this about the event on SiriusXM yesterday:
“I’m good friends with Ariana. She called me up and asked me if I would I be involved, and obviously, it was a no brainer. It was a terrible thing to happen.
“But Ariana can pull some of her friends together and get on stage and raise some needed money for the victims of a terrible attack.
“I guess that’s the least we can do as artists: get up there and sing a few songs and try to put some smiles on some faces.”
Amen to that.
We salute Grande and everyone taking part in this concert.
And we continue to send our condolences to everyone associated with the tragedy of May 22.