Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 13:41:01 GMT
Four months after a terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena the venue re-opens on Saturday night with a benefit show.
Headlined by former Oasis star Noel Gallagher the show will raise money for a permanent memorial to the victims who died in the atrocity.
Comedian Russell Kane, who is hosting the event, told Sky News: "I like to think this show is typical of the British spirit, the way we hit back.
"When I was little my Great Nan used to tell me, 'During the war we didn't sit around counting our rations. If the Germans bombed us we were down in the tunnel and had a sing-song'... that is the British spirit.
"We pick up our guitars if we're Noel Gallagher, we pick up our microphones and tell jokes if we're Russell Kane, and we have a gig, we have music, and we show how strong we are."
Twenty-two people were killed and 250 were injured when a suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-filled bomb as fans were leaving an Ariana Grande concert at the arena on 22 May.
Among the arena's 14,000-strong crowd tonight will be relatives of those who died, and survivors.
Source: Sky News
