One Love Manchester
One Love Manchester was a benefit concert and British television special on 4 June 2017, organised by American singer Ariana Grande, Simon Moran, Melvin Benn and Scooter Braun in response to the bombing after the singer's concert at Manchester Arena two weeks earlier.[6][7][8] It took place at Old Trafford Cricket Ground,[9] and was attended by 55,000 people. Guest stars included Justin Bieber, the Black Eyed Peas,[10] Coldplay,[9] Miley Cyrus, Mac Miller, Marcus Mumford, Niall Horan, Little Mix,[6] Katy Perry, Take That, Imogen Heap, Victoria Monét, Pharrell Williams, Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher.[6][7][11]
One Love Manchester
Ariana Grande
Simon Moran
Melvin Benn
Scooter Braun[1]
Main hosts
Sara Cox
Ore Oduba
Backstage hosts
Nick Grimshaw
Anita Rani
BBC Radio hosts
Scott Mills
Jo Whiley
Phil Williams
Becky Want
Global Radio
Margherita Taylor
Kat Shoob
Marvin Humes
Roman Kemp
United Kingdom
English
Guy Freeman[2]
Scooter Braun[3]
Melvin Benn[4]
18:55 until 22:10[5]
4 June 2017
Proceeds from the event went to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund established by Manchester City Council and the British Red Cross to help the victims and their families.[11][12] The British Red Cross received more than £10 million in donations in the 12 hours following the concert.[13] Networks from at least 50 countries broadcast the concert live,[14] which was simultaneously streamed live on various platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.[15]
New York's Vulture.com ranked the event as the No. 1 concert of 2017.[16]
Developments and planning[edit]
Event tickets were made available on 1 June 2017 for £40, and sold with no booking fees. These tickets sold out within 6 minutes of going on sale.[22] Fans who were at the concert of 22 May could apply to attend at no cost. The application ended on 31 May at 17:00, but was extended till 22:00 to allow as many people at the concert on the 22nd to apply to be there as possible.[8][23] Metrolink offered free travel for concertgoers to and from the Old Trafford tram stop.[24] Uber also said that fares of passengers travelling to and from the concert will be donated to charity.[25]
Following the London Bridge attack that occurred the day before the show, Greater Manchester Police announced that security would be tighter than planned. They also advised attendees not to bring bags into the venue for security reasons.[26]
Tickets for the concert were found to be listed for sale on the online auction site eBay, at prices above the original sales price. However, eBay responded by removing these listings from their site.[27]
Attendance and ratings[edit]
The 50,000-capacity venue sold out within 20 minutes.[81] Approximately 14,000 people who attended the original Ariana Grande concert were eligible for free tickets for the One Love Manchester concert. However, approximately 10,000 additional applications, from people ineligible for free tickets, caused delays in ticket processing.[82]
The concert averaged 10.9 million viewers on BBC One, peaking at 14.5 million viewers.[81][83] 22.6 million people watched at least three minutes of the programme on BBC One, making it the UK's most-watched television event of 2017.[83] The concert reached an audience share of 49.3 percent in overall viewers, 69 percent of adults 16–24 and 61 percent in the demographic of 25–34 year-olds.[83] Consolidated 7-day figures put the average UK viewership at 11.63 million.[84] BBC iPlayer registered more than one million live-stream requests, making One Love Manchester the biggest non-sports programme in iPlayer's history, surpassing the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[85]