{"id":36622,"date":"2017-06-05T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=36622"},"modified":"2017-06-05T08:34:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T12:34:51","slug":"music-and-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/music-and-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Music and Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a great philosopher (Madonna) once said, “Music makes the people come together<\/a>,” and the truth of that statement was on display at the “One Love Manchester<\/a>” benefit concert yesterday.<\/p>\n

Ariana Grande — accompanied by performers including Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Liam Gallagher, Marcus Mumford, and Pharrell Williams — entertained a crowd of 50,000 <\/a>to raise money for the victims of last month’s terrorist bombing of Grande’s Manchester concert<\/a>. The show went on despite a terrorist attack on London<\/a> less than 24 hours before that left Britain “reeling” (not)<\/a>. The British Red Cross said $3 million<\/a> was raised during the concert alone, with donations<\/a> still coming in. If you missed the livestream, you can watch the whole concert on YouTube.<\/p>\n