Australia may screen Ariana Grande’s One Love Manchester benefit, as more superstars join bill

Australia may get to watch the Ariana Grande-headlined One Love Manchester concert to be held this Sunday evening(Monday morning AEST).

No details were confirmed by this morning. But the BBC will be the host broadcaster for international television networks.

The show will also be streamed with a digital partner worldwide, to be announced shortly.

In Britain, the BBC will provide live coverage of the show, which will also be simulcast on Capital Radio Networks.

The grand final of ITV channel’s Britain’s Got Talent has been rescheduled to accommodate.

In the meantime, more and more superstars are coming on board. Little Mix, Robbie Williams and Black Eyed Peas are the latest to be announced.

They join Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Usher, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Take That and Niall Horan.

One rumour is that Oasis will reunite to make an appearance; while the hometown crowd would likely appreciate it, this seems unlikely to pan out.

The show at the 26,000-capacity Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground will raise money for the victims and families affected in the May 22 Manchester Arena bombing.

It is through the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, set up by Manchester City Council with the British Red Cross.

The show is expected toraise £2 million (AU$3.5 million), in addition to the £6 million ($10.4 million) generated.

Not surprisingly, the show sold out in 20 minutes yesterday. Tickets cost £40 each (nearly $70).

Ticketmaster reported that 140,000 customers were trying to secure tickets. Its website had 450,000 searches for the show in the 24 hours before tickets went on sale.

Some of the tickets were given to those who attended Grande’s show where the explosions took place, as well as to families who were affected. Twenty-two died, many of whom were children, along with 116 injured.

British media and fans slammedobvious opportunists, whether fans or touts, applying for the free tickets set aside for the victims, as well as scalpers offering tickets for hundreds of pounds more than face value.

23-year-old Grande said in an open letter on her social media accounts last week: “There is nothing I or anyone can do to take away the pain you [her fans] are feeling or to make this better.

“However, I extend my hand and heart and everything I possibly can give to you and yours, should you want or need my help in any way.”

A number of school children who attended the Manchester Arena show will accompany her on stage for at least one song.

Britain’s third largest city isback to business, although the emotional scars are far from being healed.

The country’s threat level has dropped back from “critical” to “severe”. The army has been stood down, but 14 people remain in custody as suspected accomplices of 22-year-old British born bomber Salman Abedi.

His brother Hashem and father Ramadan were arrested in Libya. Authorities claim the two brothers were Islamic State jihadists.

Salman Abedi was known to British police for charges of theft, receiving stolen goods and assault in 2012 but was never flagged for any radical views.