The One Love Manchester benefit concert was so amazing — and even more amazing was the amount of money it raised!
The event was put on by Ariana Grande and friends in honor of victims and families who were tragically affected by the Manchester attack.
The British Red Cross was able to confirm that over �10 million have been raised for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund so far, with �2 million alone in the three hours of the benefit concert through text and online donations.
The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund was set up by the Manchester City Council in partnership with the British Red Cross, in aid of grieving families and victims of the horrific attack.
Get your tissues ready, because Ariana Grande and a children’s choir are about to make you cry.
The 23-year-old singer performed her ballad “My Everything” alongside the children during the One Love Manchester concert on Sunday (June 4) at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, England.
A young girl kicked off the performance by singing lead and then Ari joined the choir and held the little girl’s hand throughout the song.
The girl started to cry and if you don’t shed a tear as well, we need to check your pulse.
The star-studded concert raised over $12 million for the “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” so far – $2.5 million during the three-hour benefit via text and online donations – the British Red Cross confirms.
Oh, and did we mention that Ariana re-released her song “One Last Time ” as a charity single?! Be sure to get it on iTunes now!
All net ticket proceeds go directly to the “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund,” which was set up by the Manchester City Council in partnership with the British Red Cross, in aid of grieving families and victims of the horrific attack.
A highlight of the night was definitely seeing all of Ariana Grande‘s friends come together to show her support while she sang “One Last Time” at the One Love Manchester benefit concert held at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday (June 4) in Manchester, England.
This wasn’t the last song of the show though as Ariana came out on stage alone for an emotional encore of the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz.
One of the most touching and poignant moments of the One Love Manchester benefit concert on Sunday (June 4) was when Ariana Grande took a break from singing to open up about meeting victim Olivia Campbell‘s mother.
“I want to also say I had the pleasure of meeting Olivia [Campbell]‘s mommy a few days ago,” Ari told the crowd. “And as soon as I met her I started crying and I gave her a big hug and she said that I should stop crying because Olivia wouldn’t have wanted me to cry. And then she told me that Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits.”
“So that means that we had a totally different show planned and we had a rehearsal yesterday where we changed everything and this evening has been so light and so filled with fun and love and bright energy and I want to thank you for that,” she concluded.
One of the biggest highlights during the One Love Manchester benefit concert was when Ariana Grande teamed up with Miley Cyrus to reprise their duet of “Don’t Dream It’s Over.”
If you remember, the two stars previously sang the song as part of Miley‘s Happy Hippie Foundation backyard series. Now, they’re singing it for a much larger crowd!
Miley said that she had the lyrics on the side of the stage to help her out!
During the performance, Miley and Ariana took a dance break and showed off some cute dance moves on stage.
Ariana also performed the song “Better Days” with her tourmate Victoria Monet.
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