Ariana Grande

[naomi24]

I’d never heard of her until the terrible attack in Manchester happened. However, tonight I switched BBC1 on for the news and caught the end of her benefit concert – and goodness! She’s seriously good!!

Wonderful to see all those young people gathered together and well done her for making it happen.

[Mamyalynne]

As I said on the other thread , it was seriously good and every credit to the lovely young lady.

Talented and beautiful of heart too.

[Jackdaw33]

Me too. I'd never heard of her before. I'm not into pop music these days but well done to her for staging the event.

[naomi24]

Watching the end of that followed by the news with all those personal accounts of last night's dreadful events, I ended up in tears ..... again. What a stupid, crazy world this is. All I can do is resort, as I always do, to the words in the script of West Side Story - these people are 'making this world rotten'.

[Mamyalynne]

Very emotional all round, troubled times indeed.

[agchristie]

Love always wins (supposedly).

[Mamyalynne]

Hope never dies, but gets battered,bruised and sorely tested.

[naomi24]

Murdo, indeed it is.

[Zacs-Master]

She and the other performers and all attendees / staff were very brave tonight. I've never seen such solidarity. Facebook is dominated by messages in the same vein and defiance. A watershed moment approaches, I'm sure.

[tinkerbell23]

I think shes a great role model x

[Garaman]

My OH put it on and I didn't expect to watch it, but I did watch it all and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was very moving too. I agree that Ariana Grande is really good, as are a lot of young singers and musicians today.

[Peter Pedant]

she puts all the primary school kids into the seventh heaven as Ariana is about 19 herself - and looks splendid and preens herself in a suitably girlie fashion

but golly she can sing

the High Five Primary school soloist wasnt up to it
and Ariana came in on key and at full blast on a rescue/salvage mission

the soloist then started crying but you know the song was saved and the show went on !