Posted June 23, 20196 yr I thought this deserved its own thread away from the 'Sweetener / Thank U, Next' tour as it's a pretty big deal in itself! It's a little over 2 months now until Ariana Grande will be performing for Manchester again, this time in the name of Pride as a headliner. Are you planning to go? Do you support this move from her? What do you want her to perform? Here is the full line-up: Saturday 24th August Years & Years Kim Petras Louisa Lady Leshurr Youngr Gok Wan Basement Jaxx [DJ set] HEDKANDI 20th Anniversary Tour Freemasons w/ Katherine Ellis Jodie Harsh K-Klass Live Sink the Pink DJs Rhythm of the 90s Sunday 25th August Ariana Grande Bananarama Pixie Lott Nicky Siano's: Hallelujah Disco Becky Hill Four of Diamonds Chelcee Grimes Faithless [DJ Set] Hercules and Love Affair Bongos Bingo We Love Pop
June 23, 20196 yr Author I'm personally not going (I've been interested in going to some kind of pride event for years as an ally with my LGBTQ+ friends though) but that line-up does look pretty amazing - Ariana, Basement Jaxx, Faithless etc *.* There was some backlash about the announcement but Ari is a well documented LGBTQ+ ally so I think it feels appropriate for her to be headlining, especially considering the location. It would be amazing to see her singing 'no tears left to cry' just because that song is so full of hope. I think 'Break Your Heart Right Back' would also be an inspired setlist inclusion (in the sense that it's a pretty old song in her repertoire) for the 'I'm Coming Out' sample and subject matter. (I do hope that Manchester fans get at least one more event though as previously mentioned in the other tour thread)
June 23, 20196 yr I would go but it's crazy expensive and I'm already seeing Ari in Sheffield & Birmingham :(.
June 24, 20196 yr While Manchester is so much easier for me to get to than Birmingham, I couldn't justify going to this as I wouldn't go usually and I feel it would be wrong and against the spirit of the event to do so just to see her. I remember she did mention of twitter a few months ago that she was going to announce something else during pride. I don't know whether that's still happening or not. She did recently announce new US shows so hopefully she might do one in Manchester. @1100098136264007680
August 23, 20195 yr It seems like she's only doing HALF AN HOUR for Manchester Pride! Really gutted!!
August 23, 20195 yr I don't know if people are trolling or not, but it's what I've seen on Twitter :(.
August 23, 20195 yr i saw a few days ago that she was apparently doing 7 songs but i thought they were trolling!!
August 23, 20195 yr I’d have thought 30/45 minutes seemed quite normal tbh because of how many acts are on the bill. I wasn’t expecting it to be length of the arena shows. So wish I was there though :(
August 23, 20195 yr Author Mural in Manchester ahead of pride :heart: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/wha...hester-16804698
August 26, 20195 yr She was absolutely incredible, she was so overwhelmed it seemed but she put on such a good show! Highlights being 'One Last Time' and '7 Rings'! :wub: Also, Cheryl f***ing KILLED IT and I'm not even a fan! I was so shocked! Bananarama bored the life out of me and Tulisa/Becky Hill were really good too - especially the N-Dubz medley - iconic!
August 26, 20195 yr She was absolutely incredible, she was so overwhelmed it seemed but she put on such a good show! Highlights being 'One Last Time' and '7 Rings'! :wub: Also, Cheryl f***ing KILLED IT and I'm not even a fan! I was so shocked! Bananarama bored the life out of me and Tulisa/Becky Hill were really good too - especially the N-Dubz medley - iconic! How was Pixie? Manchester Pride looked like a mess, the amount of complaints I’m seeing on twitter etc is unreal
August 26, 20195 yr ari was incredible. so glad she did brought one last time back, was such a moment. the whole set just gave me such feeing of togetherness and like we're all in this together which i think is gonna be the case any time she plays in mcr now. no word on if she's coming back for any other mcr dates i thought she was meant to be announcing something @ pride..? She was absolutely incredible, she was so overwhelmed it seemed but she put on such a good show! Highlights being 'One Last Time' and '7 Rings'! :wub: Also, Cheryl f***ing KILLED IT and I'm not even a fan! I was so shocked! Bananarama bored the life out of me and Tulisa/Becky Hill were really good too - especially the N-Dubz medley - iconic! lol it was a running joke all day between my mates that cheryl was playing and then she did the girls aloud medley and we all lost our SHIT
August 26, 20195 yr Author Glad you guys had such a good experience of seeing her <3 to add on to what Lee said above, I saw on Twitter that admission to the area where Ariana was singing at closed at 7pm or something, for security reasons, so some people who paid for tickets didn't even get to see her?! Oh nooo :( The 'One Last Time' clips that are floating around are stunning :heart: Cheryl doing GA songs and Tulisa N-Dubz ones omg what kind of paradise
August 26, 20195 yr The people complaining about the 7pm restriction are doing the MOST. They advertised as clearly as they could everywhere that they wouldn't let anyone in past 7pm, so I don't get why they're moaning?! It was organised really well and it's just the GP moaning for the sake of moaning yet again.
