5 Stand-Out Moments From The Manchester One Love Benefit Concert

It was all pretty emosh, but here were some of our favourite moments

5 Stand-Out Moments From The Manchester One Love Benefit Concert

by Tara Pilkington |
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Yesterday at the Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground over 50,000 people came to honour the victims at the Manchester terror attack at the One Love Manchester benefit concert.

Ariana Grande hosted the event less than two weeks after her concert at the Manchester Arena where a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including teenagers and children, who were attending the show.

With heart rending performances from Ariana, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Take That and Katie Perry amongst others, it was a pretty emotional moments. Here are some of our best moments from an amazing night...

**1. The amazing response to those were affected by the attack **

There was an overwhelming feeling of strength and unity at the One Love Manchester concert yesterday, and there was one group of people in particular that were shown fantastic support as they arrived at the venue.

The children, parents and guardians of those who were affected by the attack were greeted with crowds of people cheering them as they entered the venue for the concert.

2. Ariana Joined On Stage With The Parrs Wood High School Choir

Ariana was joined on stage by 26 students from the Parrs Wood High School choir to sing an emotional rendition of Grande’s song My Everything and was visibly moved to tears while performing.

The students were invited to sing with Grande after uploading their cover of the song on YouTube to honour those that were affected by the attack.

Soloist Natasha Seth was joined by Grande and held hands with the pop icon as they both comforted each other during the emotional performance.

3. The Black Eyed Peas and Ariana singing Where Is The Love?

Almost 15 years after this song was originally released, the lyrics felt more relevant than ever last night. The singers encouraged fans to raise a finger and create heart shapes with their hands to symbolise ‘One Love’ to show the unity and strength of everyone there.

**4. The dancing policeman **

Another moment which caught the attention of everyone online was a policeman who could be seen in the crowd dancing with children and joining then hands in what seemed to be a playful moment of Ring a Ring o’ Roses whilst Justin Bieber was performing on stage.

5. Ariana singing One Last Time and Over The Rainbow to end the concert

Ever since the attack at her show, many fans have turned to Grande’s song ‘One Last Time’ and used it as a tool to help heal their pain and comfort them during this time of great heartbreak.

Ariana sang the lyrics: *‘So one last time/I need to be the one who takes you home/One more time/I promise after that, I'll let you go’ *as the rest of the line-up stood behind her in solidarity.

Grande was visibly emotional during this song and then went into an incredibly moving rendition of Over The Rainbow to close the show.

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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.

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