Ariana

Chapter Twelve • LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

INTRODUCTION
The sun was shining but events in the closing weeks of spring in 2017 shrouded Britain in darkness. There was no darker moment than the one in which a young man attacked Ariana Grande’s Manchester concert, killing twenty-two people and injuring 250. Within days of the bombing, Ariana announced that she would stage a benefit concert back in Manchester. Preparations began for an event that it was hoped would heal the wounds of a nation