Ariana Grande ‘okay’ after explosions reported at UK concert

A label rep tells Variety that Ariana Grande is “okay” after two “loud bangs,” reported in some social media accounts as “explosions,” took place at her concert at the Manchester Arena in England on Monday evening.

Video of panicked concertgoers shrieking and running has appeared on Twitter, as have reports of injured fans, but nothing was confirmed at press time.

One concertgoer, 22-year-old Majid Khan, told The Independent: “I and my sister, along with a lot of others were seeing Ariana Grande perform at Manchester Arena, and we were all exiting the venue when around 10.40-10,45pm-ish, a huge bomb-like bang went off that hugely panicked everyone and we were all trying to flee the arena.

“It was one bang and essentially everyone from the other side of the arena where the bang was heard from suddenly came running towards us as they were trying to exit Trinity Way and that was blocked so everyone was just running to any exit they could find as quickly as they could.

“Everyone was in a huge state of panic, calling each other as some had gone to the toilet whilst this had gone off, so it was just extremely disturbing for everyone there.”

Emergency vehicles and personnel are reported to be on the scene; police have warned people to stay away from the arena while investigations take place.