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 Grande, 23, said in a message on her Instagram account that a
date for the concert had not yet been worked out.
Monday's suicide bombing, which killed 22 people and injured
more than 100, many of them young people, took place just after
Grande had finished performing. She later cancelled several
concerts scheduled in London and Europe through June 5.
"I'll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to
spend time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honor
of and to raise money for the victims and their families. ... I
will have details to share with you as soon as everything is
confirmed," Grande wrote.
She also tweeted a link to a fundraising site for the victims
organized by the Manchester Evening News, which has so far
brought in some 1.7 million pounds ($2.1 million)
Grande tweeted after the bombing she was "broken" by the attack
by British-born Salman Abedi that was claimed by Islamic State.
She returned to her Florida home on Tuesday.
In her Instagram posting, she said that her "Dangerous Woman"
concert tour was intended to be a "space for my fans, a place
for them to escape, to celebrate, to heal, to feel safe and to
be themselves."
She said the victims would be "on my mind and in my heart
everyday ... for the rest of my life."
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But she added defiantly: "We will not quit or operate in fear. We
won't let this divide us. We won't let hate win."
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, a Manchester native, said on
Friday he would donate the proceeds of his show next Tuesday in the
city to a fund supporting victims and their families.
Gallagher tweeted that he was "in total shock and absolutely
devastated" by the attack.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Cynthai
Osterman)
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