Ariana Grande on BBC: What happened at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester? When was it?
ARIANA Grande will revisit the Manchester Arena terror attack as part of an hour-long BBC special airing tonight - the popular singer won over UK hearts for her brave and unifying response to the suicide bombing in May 2017.
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Ariana Grande At The BBC will see the 25-year-old singer perform tracks from new album, Sweetener, alongside an all-female orchestra in between chats with interviewer Davina McCall.
The US pop princess is expected to talk about her struggles with PTSD and anxiety after a terrorist detonated a bomb killing 22 people at her Manchester concert in 2017.
Ariana will also discuss the One Love Manchester fundraising concert, which she organised two weeks after the terrorist attack to raise funds for those affected.
The show was filmed in front of a live audience in London in September, two days before the death of her former boyfriend Mac Miller.
You can watch it at home at 8pm on BBC One or catch-up on the BBC iPlayer afterwards.
What happened at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester?
On May 22, 2017, an Islamist suicide bomber detonated a homemade, shrapnel-packed explosive device at the end of Ariana Grande’s concert inside Manchester Arena.
The suicide attack, the first on British soil since the July 2005 London bombings, killed 22 people and injured 139.
Video footage captured desperate scenes of parents waiting in the foyer as the mainly young concert-goers fled the venue in the aftermath.
The youngest victim was eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos.
Several hundreds of people continue to suffer psychological trauma from that night, including Ariana who revealed her PTSD diagnosis in June.
The singer, who said she cried for days after the bombing, organised the benefit concert One Love Manchester in response to the attacks.
She arranged a star-studded fundraising concert featuring performances from Take That, Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Marcus Mumford.
The BBC broadcast the entire concert live from Old Trafford, Manchester, on June 4, 2017.
Millions of pounds were raised for the British Red Cross.
Ariana was later named an honorary citizen of Manchester in recognition of her efforts.
What else will be discussed on tonight’s show?
Ariana will also talk about how she has Madonna on direct dial along with a range of other topics in her frank conversation with Davina McCall.
Davina McCall said of her interviewee: “Ariana Grande is such an incredible talent. She’s very funny and incredibly kind and has achieved so much already in her career!!!
“I’m really excited about talking to her and, of course, hearing some of her amazing music.”