One Love Manchester concert

I'm the same, never heard of her before. She comes across as a really caring person, very impressed by her.

It's been a very moving evening. But it is wonderful to see all those people,mostly young,enjoy themselves after such an atrocity.
They really have shown courage by being there.

I didn't know it was being televised so switched in BBC1 and it was on, a male singer, it made me uncomfortable and. Chose not to watch, think it is too soon, Have all the dead been buried yet?

The organiser made a speech saying that the families had been consulted and Ariane has visited the hospital. One Mum who had lost her daughter said she would have wanted to hear the hits.
I must admit that I have never heard of half of the acts, but am singing along to the older stuff.

It's been a really good/uplifting concert considering it was only thrown together in a week.

Did you see the policeman dancing with the kids?

If you go on twitter, there's a video of it. Brilliant.
Sorry, but I think the people of Manchester need something to feel good about for a night.
Some of them arrived on crutches.
It's being shown in 50 countries. There were messages from lots of acts who couldn't be there.

I am watching this concert and it has had me in tears at times , i hope that this will help all those affected in the Manchester bombing and all those from London some crumb of comfort from their nightmares of the horrors they have all been though. to see so many youngsters together is great , well done to all who have organised the concert, taken part in it and especially all the police and other services who are duty tonight .

She was just so brave doing this. A year younger than my oldest granddaughter. So amazing.

Ariana has gone way up in my estimation. When she first fled back to USA straight after the bombing I thought she was doing the typical celeb OMG is there a camera nearby? act but how wrong could I be?

No wonder her young fans love her.

Lovely concert, Ariana singing and holding the hand of the young girl in the choir made me emotional too.
Chris Martin's fix you was amazing and very touching.

She had a tour lined up and cancelled them because she was so upset.
I can't imagine what it must have felt like to leave that stage tonight, or for all the fans going home.
There will be a lot more tears.
It's good that there are so many others willing to give up their time and money for this cause.

Did you hear about the reselling of tickets? Some of them came up on ebay for a couple of hundred, and were immediately cancelled, so nobody could make money out of it. The tickets cost £40 and the money went to Manchester people affected by it.

what a great mix of acts,suitable for most age groups,she did a fantastic job getting this together and Anniebach to quote the PM if "now is not the time" ,when will be? These incidents get forgotten by everyone except those who were involved very quickly so NOW was very much the time .It was lovely to see all the happy faces and even the tears .She was a very brave young woman coming back so soon...she could easily have walked awy and never returned .Well done to all involved.Music does heal the soul and raise the spirits

I am so impressed by Ariana Grande. And can't she sing?

The concert was very uplifting. Many of those attending had free tickets and they still raised £2m. I'm sure it helped the healing process and gave some of those young people good memories. Hats off to Ariana Grande.

I'm glad the concert happened. Ariana (with her manager Scooter) certainly pulled together an amazing group of performers who are top drawer stars, so the demand for the tickets was going to be huge. Several could have sold out the venue on their own. I don't know what the solution to ticket reselling is in circumstances like this, when time is so short.

TBH I didn't really enjoy the show. I thought Chris Martin and Katy Perry were great, Chris definitely the star of the show for me. A lot of the stars made bad song choices for a show meant to be uplifting, but at least you could hear the words they sang - except for Liam Gallagher, who silenced the crowd with his last song. He was the only one to tout his new single. I thought he was a real buzz kill.

It made me very aware of my age. Even though I knew who most of them were, not knowing a lot of the music really bothered me.

Well done to those who took the time to appear live on the stage.

I'm so pleased everyone had a great time and 2m was raised.
We didn't watch it though, it just didn't appeal.

Distasteful, too soon, unnecessary. Use of funds? Why the Red Cross, although not fake are spurious in many respects!!

Tragedy and grief being exploited as usual!

Thought it was too soon. Some of the victims haven't even been buried / cremated yet.

While I'm sure the artists performed for free, there would still be a massive police presence / security to oversee the concert that would need to be paid (and who's resources could have been employed elsewhere perhaps?).

I didn't regard it as exploitation. I thought it was wonderful and uplfting and enjoyable. And I think it must have helped many of those involved in the tragedy.
I loved most of the acts, especially the marvellous Coldplay.

The families were consulted and gave their blessing; some of the victims got to see their heroes/heroines again; money was raised; spirits were lifted - what's not to like?

Some of these victims will need equipment, aids, adaptations to their home to take account of their disabilities, adapted transport etc. - the money raised will expedite this provision. It may also be that some of the victims might be able to take a holiday or do something to enhance their lives - that is good.

The performers were brave to be there, as were the audience - they sent out a clear message about our determination not to let terrorism destroy our way of life - I salute them all.

We watched the concert last night, and found that the time and energy given to the people of Manchester, made me feel quite emotional.

Artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Beiber, Robbie Williams, Katy Perry, and bands such as Take That to Coldplay, brought people together in a tribute to those who lost their lives and families in a senseless, barbaric attack.

It showed a solidarity amongst us that goodness will always outweigh evil.

It's a tricky one. It may seem too soon, but sadly events have shown we need to grieve quickly these days before the next teagedy comes along. (Impossible for the families affected I know.)
Child psychologists will say the kids need to get back on the horse, so to speak, and face their demons. No better way.

The Manchester Evening News had a sad photo of one of the victims, 14 year old Eilidh McCleoud's body being returned to Barra. A sad little procession headed by a single piper. This picture said more about the reality of the Manchester bombing than any number of "virtue signalling" concerts.