BREAKING: ‘A number of fatalities’ at Ariana Grande concert, UK police say
Several people have died following reports of an explosion Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England, police said. A representative said the singer was not injured.
Video shows chaotic scene outside Manchester Arena amid reports of explosion, deaths after Ariana Grande concert. https://t.co/zEacQKaVwV pic.twitter.com/XoTQ1ufEeC
— ABC News (@ABC) May 22, 2017
There were no immediate details of what happened during the concert by the American singer, but police advised the public to avoid the area around the Manchester Arena.
Joseph Carozza, a representative from Grande’s US record label, said the singer is OK and they are investigating what happened.
EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER ARENA AND EVERYONE RAN OUT SO SCARY pic.twitter.com/pJbUBoELtE
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Video from inside the arena showed concertgoers screaming as they made their way out amid a sea of pink balloons.
The Dangerous Woman Tour is the third concert tour by Grande to support her third studio album, Dangerous Woman. The tour began on February 3, 2017, in Phoenix, Arizona at the Talking Stick Resort Arena.
From Manchester the tour is to move through Europe, including Belgium, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and France, through the summer with stops in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico and on to Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia and more.
