One Love Manchester: The Moving Benefit Concert
- Ryan Paschal
- Jun 4, 2017
- 4 min read
One Love Manchester, the benefit concert in honor of the lives lost in last months bombing at the Manchester Arena, organized by Ariana Grande was a beautifully moving show.
The show featured performances by Take That, Pharrell Williams, Robbie Williams, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Niall Horan, Miley Cyrus, Little Mix, The Black Eyed Peas, Ariana Grande, and more. The setlist from the show is below.
The benefit was aired in over 38 countries worldwide, in the United States Freeform and ABC aired the concert, MTV, iHeartRadio, BBC Radio, and Apple Music also all streamed the show.
The show opened with a surprise performance by Marcus Mumford. Followed by Manchester natives Take That. Take That's performance of Rule The World was moving. Robbie Williams opened with Strong, changing the lyrics and making into
tribute song to Manchester. Pharrell Williams performed the first upbeat song of the day, performing Daft Punk's "Get Lucky".
Miley Cyrus put on a great performance, with a new song entitled "Inspired", that was truly beautiful. Niall Horan performed hit single "Slow Hands" and
"This Town", both were beautifully done, and Niall put on a great set, as he typically does. Scotter Braun, the manager of Grande and Bieber, gave a moving speech following Horan's performance, introducing Ariana Grande, who opened her moving set with "Be Alright". She followed that with "Break Free" changing lyrics to "we're stronger than we've been before". Following Grande's extremely short set, Little Mix performed "Wings", with a stripped intro.
Ariana Grande returned to the stage with tour mate Victoria Monet to perform "Better Days", followed by The Black Eyed Peas and Grande performing that groups smash love anthem "Where Is The Love?". The moving performance gave me chills, this also marked the groups first performance since Fergie's departure. Grande then introduced surprised performer Imogen Heap, who performed "Hide and Seek".
The Parrs High School Choir performed a stunning, slightly altered version, of Ariana Grande's "My Everything", then being joined on stage by the artist. Grande then performed her debut single "The Way" with Mac Miller. Grande, later, performed alongside Miley Cyrus, " Don't Dream It's Over", which the two performed during the Happy Hippie Backyard Sessions.
Grande delivered yet another emotional and moving speech before performing "Side To Side". Katy Perry followed that with one of the most moving speeches of the night and then performed her smash hit "Part of Me" acoustically, and gave a chilling performance. Justin Bieber performed his hit "Love Yourself" acoustic, and Major Lazer's "Cold Water", once again, acoustic.
A video interlude including pretty much everyone in modern music sharing their thoughts, sending their love, and prayers to Manchester.
Coldplay kicked off their beautiful set with Oasis' "Don't Look Back In Anger" alongside Ariana Grande. The group followed with a "Fix You" and "Sit Down". "Viva La Vida" was a standout performance of the night and gave me chills. A surprise performance from Manchester's own Liam Gallagher of Oasis performed "Rock N Roll Star".
The final performance of the night was Ariana Grande, alongside all of the other artist who performed singing Grande's "One Last Time", which has became an anthem in remembrance of the Manchester Bombing. The truly beautiful final number brought many to tears. Grande closed the show with a heartbreaking performance of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and brought those who weren't already in tears to tears.
Setlist:
1. Marcus Mumford - Timshel
2. Take That - Shine
3. Take That - Giants
4. Take That - Rule the World
5. Robbie Williams - Strong
6. Robbie Williams - Angels
7. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky (with Marcus Mumford)
8. Pharrell Williams - Happy (with Miley Cyrus)
9. Miley Cyrus - Inspired (Live Debut)
10. Niall Horan - Slow Hands
11. Niall Horan - This Town
12. Ariana Grande - Be Alright
13. Ariana Grande - Break Free
14. Little Mix - Wings
15. Victoria Monet & Ariana Grande - Better Days
16. The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? (with Ariana Grande)
17. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
18. Parrs High School Choir & Ariana Grande - My Everything
19. Ariana Grande & Mac Miller - The Way
20. Mac Miller & Ariana Grande - Dang!
21. Ariana Grande & Miley Cyrus - Don't Dream It's Over
22. Ariana Grande - Side To Side
23. Katy Perry - Part of Me
24. Katy Perry - Roar
25. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
26. Justin Bieber - Cold Water
27. Ariana Grande - Love Me Harder
28. Chris Martin - Don't Look Back in Anger (with Ariana Grande)
29. Coldplay - Fix You / Sit Down
30. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
31. Coldplay - Something Just Like This
32. Liam Gallagher - Rock 'n' Roll Stae
33. Liam Gallagher - Wall of Glass
34. Liam Gallagher - Live Forever (with Chris Martin)
35. Ariana Grande and Friends - One Last Time
36. Ariana Grande - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Music is meant to be a place where people come together, and spread love. A tragedy like this will never be forgotten. To all the artist, and all involved with this beautiful tribute I applaud your courage and your never ending support love. We Stand With Manchester.
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