10,000 people get bee tattoo to raise money for the We Love Manchester fund
Tattoo artist Sam Barber kicked off a campaign to raise money for the We Love Manchester fund following the horrific terror attack at Ariana Grande’s concert that killed 22 people and injured dozens of others.
The 28-year-old Manchester local said that though it is impossible to know the exact number of people who took part, the amount of money raised and the fact that studios across the world had taken sent in money indicated that at least 10,000 people have now been inked with the symbolic bumble bee.
“It’s amazing to think in years to come someone might walk into a bar, see someone with the bee on them and instantly, even all those years on, know what it’s about,” she said.
The worker bee has been a symbol of Manchester since the Industrial Revolution and gained popularity again after the attack.
It’s thought that Ariana and her Dangerous Woman tour crew got the tattoos as well as Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh and the mother of blogger Martyn Hett, who died in the tragedy at MEN Arena on May 22.
Sam added to the Manchester Evening News: “They’re a lasting reminder as well … And the response is just the perfect example of the love and defiance the city has shown.”
Tattoo artists have been doing the tattoos for free in exchange for a £50 donation to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund and the total raised by the campaign has now topped a whopping £520,000; a figure that is still rising every day.
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