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Manchester Arena Announces Reopening, Benefit Concert

A benefit concert headlined by Noel Gallagher is scheduled for early September, just months after the arena was struck by a bomb as an Ariana Grande concert was ending.
The Manchester Arena on May 23, 2017, one day after a bombing just outside its entrance which killed 22 and injured dozens. The arena is scheduled to reopen Sept. 9, 2017. / Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images

The Manchester Arena will reopen next month just three-and-a-half months after a bomb attack in the venue's foyer at the conclusion concert. To mark the reopening, a benefit concert is scheduled for at the arena with headlining. He'll be joined by The Courteeners, Blossoms and Rick Astley, along with others yet to be named.

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