Ariana Grande Headlines Manchester Pride with Criticism

I understand the anger. I think the organisers of Manchester [UK] Pride should rethink this whole thing. Any Pride event should focus on the LGBT community and any artist performing there should do so for free or take a cut or something. I don't like Ariana Grande and feel she's a little full of herself.

Ariana Grande has been forced to step in and defend herself after facing criticism when she was announced as the headliner of an LGBTQ pride festival.

It had been rumoured for weeks that Ariana was set to top the bill at Manchester Pride this year. The performance would mark her first visit to Manchester since the One Love concert two years ago.

But when it was finally announced that she would indeed be performing, both Ariana and Manchester Pride were heavily criticised for a number of things. Many took issue with the price of the tickets, calling the jump in price "exploitation of LGBT people".

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