Manchester One Love concert live: Ariana Grande leads powerful display of love and unity
50,000-strong audience watched live performances from artists including Take That and Miley Cyrus
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.The One Love Manchester tribute concert has concluded after performances from some of the biggest artists in the world.
Around 50,000 people attended the event at Old Trafford, which took place two weeks after a lone suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured over 100 more after an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena.
Among the performers were: Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Liam Gallagher, Pharrell Williams, Take That, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Robbie Williams and Black Eyed Peas.
The liveblog has now closed - please give it a moment to load:
The whole concert was broadcast live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, alongside radio coverage on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC World Service and BBC Radio Manchester.
Coverage began 6.30pm and ran until just after 10pm, with the BBC presenting team consisting of Scott Mills, Jo Whiley, Phil Williams and Becky Want.
It was confirmed by Greater Manchester Police earlier today [4 June] that the One Love Manchester concert would go ahead despite recent terror attacks in London.
Issuing a statement, GMP said that the event at Old Trafford would continue as scheduled and also paid tribute to those affected in London.
Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan from Greater Manchester Police said: “We're deeply saddened to hear about last night's horrific attacks in London and our thoughts are with everyone affected, including the emergency services responding to the incident.
“There are two large-scale events taking place in Greater Manchester today and we would like to assure people that these will still take place, but with additional security in place to assure the safety of everyone.
“We have dedicated resources at both events, with a significant number of officers from both GMP and colleagues from other forces, some of which will be armed.
“There will be additional security checks taking place and everyone will be searched, including bags. We would ask people not to bring bags if they can, as this will help speed up entry.”
The statement also reminded people that the current threat level in the UK is 'severe', which means an attack is highly likely.
Two weeks ago 22-year-old Salman Abedi detonated a homemade bomb in the foyer area at Manchester Arena, shortly after Ariana Grande's concert had ended, as fans were leaving the venue.
22 people were killed and 116 injured in the blast, including children, making it the deadliest attack on UK soil since the London 7/7 bombings in 2005.
Grande and her team promised to honour the victims of the attack, with her manager Scooter Braun releasing a statement saying they plan to honour them "with courage, bravery, and defiance in the face of fear".
Liam was previously fairly coy about the idea of performing at One Love Manchester, saying "I think we have a gig somewhere"
The camera keeps focusing on Liam's guitarist as though it's hoping he'll morph into Noel
All of the artists from tonight's show have now taken to the stage for a closing performance
... and off again, as Ariana Grande sings 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'
That was some performance, wow. Ariana Grande looks overwhelmed as the crowd breaks out into huge cheers
Liam Gallagher just performed classic Oasis songs for One Love Manchester
And that's a wrap folks. What a show.
Thank you all so much for reading The Independent's liveblog - remember you can donate to We Love Manchester Emergency Fund here
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments