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Ariana Grande Heading to Manchester

Feb 26, 2019 | 5:30 AM

Ariana Grande is returning to Manchester, England, to headline the upcoming 2019 Manchester Pride Festival.

Years & Years, Bananarama, Kim Petras, Louisa, Lady Leshurr, Becky Hill, Louisa, Pixie Lott and DJ’s Basement Jaxx and Faithless are also set to perform at the Pride Festival which takes place from August 23-26. Grande will be taking the stage on August 25th. Tickets, which include weekend and VIP passes, are on sale through Ticketmaster.

The festival marks a return to Manchester for Grande who was previously made an honorary member of the city following her involvement in the One Lovebenefit concert. The event was put together to help raise funds for the victims of the Manchester bombing that took place in May 2017 during one of Grande’s concerts. The attack killed 22 people.

Ariana also gave fans an update on her tour security.

“Dear sweetener / thank u next tour audience friends, we’re sending out emails soon encouraging you to order a clear bag to bring your things into the venues as security is going to be very precise and smooth but for sure super strict,” she wrote on Instagram. “They’re super cheap and simple but having them ahead of time will for sure help things go as smooth as possible so if you see this in your emails please don’t ignore it! my team n i appreciate it very much!”

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Meanwhile, Ariana has dethroned Selena Gomez as the most-followed woman on Instagram. Selena previously held the title with 146,267,801 followers, but now Ariana has about 20,000 more followers.

The two are both surpassed by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, who holds the record for most-followed person on Instagram. He took that title from Selena back in October.

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