Manchester attack survivors to join Ariana Grande at One Love tribute concert

Two students from the Parrs Wood High School choir were at the Manchester Arena concert targeted by a suicide bomber

Katie Forster
Friday 02 June 2017 09:08 BST
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An Ariana Grande fan next to floral tributes in Manchester's St Ann Square
An Ariana Grande fan next to floral tributes in Manchester's St Ann Square

Ariana Grande will perform alongside teenage survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing at the One Love tribute concert this weekend.

Tickets to Sunday's star-studded event at Old Trafford to raise money for those affected by the tragic attack sold out within 20 minutes.

The 23-year-old pop star will be joined on stage by the choir of a south Manchester secondary school, it has been confirmed.

Two of the students in the choir were at the concert targeted by a suicide bomber last week, said the choir's musical director at Parrs Wood High School, near Stockport.

Dan McDwyer said he was "so so proud" his students had been asked to perform, adding: "Going to be such a beautiful tribute, this for Manchester!"

The school choir's cover of Grande song My Everything was posted to YouTube, linked to a fundraising page to raise money for the families of those affected. More than £4,000 has been donated so far.

Attacker Salman Abedi killed 22 people, including seven children, and injured dozens more when he detonated an explosive device in a foyer linking Manchester Arena with Victoria station as fans left the Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.

Isis claimed responsibility for the atrocity, as investigators probe the possibility of a wider terror network behind the 22-year-old.

Justin Beiber, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Take that, Usher and Pharrell Williams will also perform at Sunday's concert.

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