The glitzy brass tiara that Ariana Grande wore to promote her recent Dangerous Women album went up for auction yesterday for $5,000, according to WWD.
The piece will be auctioned off by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, the Los Angeles-based auction company that specializes in rare expensive books, fine art, autographed items and Hollywood memorabilia.
According to a spokesman for Nate D. Sanders Auctions, the proceeds collected from the bejeweled tiara, which was consigned prior to the Manchester attack, will not be donated to charity, and the bidding will start at $5,000.
Ariana Grande’s One Love Manchester concert assembled a pantheon of superstars on short notice to lift the spirits of a city stricken by terror. Katy Perry was one of the first performers announced for the gig and jetted to the UK to honor victims of the May 22 concert bombing—wearing a dress adorned with their faces.
Now Perry has shared behind-the-scenes footage from backstage at the concert. Viewers can watch her chit-chat with Miley Cyrus and greet Justin Bieber with a hug. “It’s awesome that you’re here, doing this,” she told him.
During an early rehearsal, Perry gave Ariana an extended hug—and passed Chris Martin in a hallway. The video culminates with Perry’s performance of “Part of Me” during the main event.
Ariana Grande is to be the first patron of a charity set up for survivors and victims of the Manchester Arena attack.
Twenty-two people died and 116 were injured in a suicide bombing at the US singer's concert on 22 May.
The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund charity has raised over £11.7m, with £3m raised at the One Love Manchester concert staged by the singer at Old Trafford on 4 June.
"Ariana Grande exemplified Mancunian spirit," the chair of the charity said.
Ariana Grande posted a tribute to the youngest victim of the May 22 Manchester suicide bombing in recognition of what would have been Saffie Roussos’ ninth birthday, which was Tuesday.
“Saffie, we’re [thinking] of you baby,” the pop star wrote Wednesday night, alongside an emoji of a birthday cake.
Saffie was one of 22 victims killed after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive as concertgoers were leaving Grande’s packed show. More than 250 were injured, including 23 critically.
Manchester has returned the love for Ariana Grande by naming the singer its first-ever honorary citizen.
“I don’t know what to say. Words don’t suffice,” Grande, 24, captioned a screengrab of the news early Thursday. “I’m moved and honored. My heart is very much still there. I love you. Thank you.”
City council leader Richard Leese proposed the idea to honor the pop star last month after Grande returned to the city for the One Love Manchester concert to benefit the 22 people were killed and more than 250 were injured on May 22 after a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device minutes after her concert ended.
Council officials voted Wednesday to back the proposal, which passed unanimously, according to NBC News.
“It would have been understandable if [Grande] had never wanted to see this place again,” Leese said before the vote. “But she determined she would not to perform again until she had returned to Manchester. In doing so she brought comfort to thousands, she raised millions for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. [That’s why] I propose Ariana Grande is made the first honorary citizen of the city of Manchester.”