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 Grande had been scheduled to perform two shows at London's O2
arena this week as part of her "Dangerous Woman" tour. Both
shows have been canceled, as well as performances through June
5, her record label said in a statement.
"Due to the tragic events in Manchester the Dangerous Woman tour
with Ariana Grande has been suspended until we can further
assess the situation and pay our proper respects to those lost,"
the statement said. "Our way of life has once again been
threatened but we will overcome this together."
British-born Salman Abedi, 22, blew himself up on Monday night
at the packed Manchester Arena at the end of Grande's concert,
attended by thousands of children and teenagers, killing 22
people and injuring 64.
His victims included an 8-year-old girl, several teenage girls,
a 28-year-old man and a Polish couple who had come to collect
their daughters.
Grande, 23, was unharmed, but tweeted in the aftermath that she
was "broken." She was reported to be back in the United States
on Tuesday, seen walking down the steps of a private plane at an
airport in Florida in photographs posted on the Daily Mail
website.
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Grande, a former Nickelodeon cable TV star who made the transition
into a successful solo music career, is known for upbeat pop tracks
such as "Problem" and "Break Free," and was touring in support of
her third album, "Dangerous Woman."
After performing in London in this week, she was scheduled to move
on to Belgium on Saturday and then Poland, Germany and Switzerland
next week. All of those concerts have been canceled. Concert
promoter Live Nation said in a statement that ticket holders will
get refunds.
Annalise Gandy, 22, paid 36 pounds ($47) for front-row seats at
Grande's Friday concert at London's O2 arena, and said that, while
the attack was "absolutely terrifying," she still wanted to attend
the singer's performances.
"If she decided in a few hours that she was going to go ahead with
the tour, I would go," Gandy, who lives in London, said in a
telephone interview.
"I would go not only because I paid for those tickets, but because a
concert is where people let themselves go and have fun," she said.
"I’m not going to live in fear."
(Additional reporting by Melissa Fares; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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