Coldplay's Chris Martin serenades Ariana Grande at One Love Manchester

Praise is pouring in for American singer Ariana Grande after she hosted a concert to raise money for the victims and families affected by the Manchester attack on May 22.

10.9 million viewers watched Ariana, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Liam Gallagher, Pharrell Williams, Coldplay and the Black Eyed Peas sing their hearts out at the One Love Manchester concert in the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground on Sunday night, but there was a stand out performance that particularly moved us.

Ariana was serenaded by Coldplay’s Chris Martin as he sang Oasis hit ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, a fitting ode to letting go of hatred and pain.

Ariana also gave a moving speech to the 60,000 strong crowd and tried to restore youngster’s faith in music, after the atrocity which killed 22 people and left more than 50 injured at her concert in the city last month.

The ‘Problem’ singer took a moment to speak to the crowds – which included a number of those who were at her show when the attack took place – to thank them for being the “medicine that the world really needs right now.”

She said: “Before we go any further, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for being here today. I love you so so much. Thank you. I want to thank you so much for coming together and being so loving and strong and unified. I love you guys so much and I think that the kind of love and unity we’re displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now. So I want to thank you for being just that.”

The star – who fought back tears for most of her performance – then spoke about meeting with the mother of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell who was killed in the atrocity, and said she’d changed the whole setlist of the evening in order to comply with the young girl’s wishes.

She continued: “And I want to also say I had the pleasure of meeting Olivia [Campbell]‘s mommy a few days ago. And as soon as I met her I started crying and I gave her a big hug and she said that I should stop crying because Olivia wouldn’t have wanted me to cry. And then she told me that Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits.

“So that means that we had a totally different show planned and we had a rehearsal yesterday where we changed everything and this evening has been so light and so filled with fun and love and bright energy and I want to thank you for that.”

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