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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Reigning pop princess Ariana Grande took home the first Grammy of her career for Best Pop Vocal Album on Sunday for her fourth studio album “Sweetener,” topping a tough field including perennial favorite Taylor Swift. Grande’s Grammy comes after six career nominations but the star was notably absent from this year’s gala. Just days before the event, she slammed the ceremony’s producer for “lying” about her decision not to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Too bad pop star Ariana Grande is vegan — she just tattooed an accidental homage to a Japanese barbeque grill on her palm. The American singer’s attempt to ink an ode to her hit single “7 Rings” backfired Wednesday, after social media quickly chimed in to tell her the characters actually translated to “shichirin” — a small charcoal grill. Grande, 25, had posted a now-deleted photo of the new […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande urged US leaders Monday to act to tighten gun laws following the carnage in Las Vegas, as artists voiced shock at the deadliest shooting in modern US history. While most artists left their comments to general messages of sympathy after the assault on a country music festival, Gaga used her social media power to press politicians. “This is terrorism plain and simple. Terror bares […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) – Security was high at a Buenos Aires Arena on Wednesday (July 07) as thousands of young fans of Ariana Grande arrived for a concert for the superstar. The added security measures in Argentina comes after an explosion in May at a Manchester concert for Grande killed 22 people and injured 50 more. The incident was denounced by authorities as an act of terror. At the Buenos Aires concert, barricades were […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Fans turned out Wednesday evening for the resumption of United States singer Ariana Grande’s world tour in Paris, more than two weeks after it was interrupted by the Manchester suicide bomb attack. Security was extra tight in the French capital, a day after police shot and injured a man who attacked an officer outside the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral. “Merci, Paris. Je t’aime,” the Dangerous Woman singer wrote on her Twitter […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A second French citizen has been confirmed killed in the London attack, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday. “It is with great sadness that I have learned that one of the French citizens, who was previously given as unaccounted for, has been identified among those who have died,” Le Drian said in a statement, adding that a third French citizen remained unaccounted for.
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police on Wednesday said a 30-year-old man had been arrested following the London Bridge terror attack which killed seven people and injured 48. Officers arrested him in the eastern London suburb of Ilford, near Barking, where two of the assailants lived. The Saturday attack was claimed by the Islamic State and follows the May 22 suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena by Salman Abedi, killing 22 people. There are […]
by Jacques Klopp Agence France Presse MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Cheers drowned out tears in Manchester on Sunday as Ariana Grande was joined by fellow music stars for a charity concert where fans vowed to face down fears of terrorism after two deadly attacks in Britain. “Let the world hear your resilience,” Pharrell Williams told a sell-out crowd of 50,000 who had gathered to remember victims of a May 22 suicide bomb attack on […]
by Alice Tidey with Alice Ritchie in London Agence France Presse MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — United States pop star Ariana Grande announced Tuesday she would return to Manchester to headline a star-studded benefit concert for the victims of the deadly attack on her show last week. Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Usher and Take That will join her for Sunday’s concert in memory of the 22 people who died, seven […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) –British police said they arrested two more people during raids Saturday in connection with the suicide bombing at a Manchester concert, with a “large part” of the network behind the attack now being held. The two men, aged 20 and 22, were arrested in north Manchester early Saturday after police gained entry to an address using a controlled explosion. The arrests bring to 11 the number of suspects held in Britain […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pop star Ariana Grande on Wednesday suspended her tour until early June at the earliest after a deadly attack on her show in Manchester that left 22 people dead. “Due to the tragic events in Manchester, the ‘Dangerous Woman’ tour with Ariana Grande has been suspended until we can further assess the situation and pay our proper respects to those lost,” a statement from her management at Universal Music […]
