Ariana Grande Suspends World Tour in Wake of Terrorist Bombing

[Disabled Account 392]

I have a feeling this event is gonna change her music in some way... positively, of course.

My prayers to all. <3 

[StrawberryBlond 14,900]

I really see no reason to halt the other shows. An attack like this is so rare that I don't see it happening at any other arena in the country (who will now be on extreme alert anyway). You'll notice with terrorist attacks that they rarely happen from one day to the next, there's gaps in between. They never seem to operate on such a grand scale to the point where there's an attack happening every day for a week or thereabouts. Right now, the major areas in Europe on which to be on alert are the UK and France. Outside these areas, I don't think there's much to worry about. The major cities are the ones being targeted, countries with small populations tend to get by fine. I can 100% understand why she might want to cancel the remaining UK dates as there's only 2 London ones left to go and that is a city that's the most common for terror attacks but I don't think there's any need to cancel the remainder of the tour. She just has a tiny bit of Europe to go and then it's Asia and Australia, in areas were terror attacks are rare/nonexistant. Her fans shouldn't have to suffer because of this even when they don't live anywhere near the UK and have to lose money on travel and accomodation fees even if they get their tickets refunded.

But if the London ones are indeed cancelled, that really is a shame. When your fave is only doing 4 arena dates in your 60 million+ populated country, it must suck to have your one chance to see them on tour taken away from you. I'm booked for Birmingham to see Gaga. I'd be so annoyed if it got cancelled and I wouldn't be able to see the tour at all.

[isMusic 629]

35 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I really see no reason to halt the other shows. An attack like this is so rare that I don't see it happening at any other arena in the country (who will now be on extreme alert anyway). You'll notice with terrorist attacks that they rarely happen from one day to the next, there's gaps in between. They never seem to operate on such a grand scale to the point where there's an attack happening every day for a week or thereabouts. Right now, the major areas in Europe on which to be on alert are the UK and France. Outside these areas, I don't think there's much to worry about. The major cities are the ones being targeted, countries with small populations tend to get by fine. I can 100% understand why she might want to cancel the remaining UK dates as there's only 2 London ones left to go and that is a city that's the most common for terror attacks but I don't think there's any need to cancel the remainder of the tour. She just has a tiny bit of Europe to go and then it's Asia and Australia, in areas were terror attacks are rare/nonexistant. Her fans shouldn't have to suffer because of this even when they don't live anywhere near the UK and have to lose money on travel and accomodation fees even if they get their tickets refunded.

But if the London ones are indeed cancelled, that really is a shame. When your fave is only doing 4 arena dates in your 60 million+ populated country, it must suck to have your one chance to see them on tour taken away from you. I'm booked for Birmingham to see Gaga. I'd be so annoyed if it got cancelled and I wouldn't be able to see the tour at all.

She's in shock and probably does not want to talk to anyone, mind you perform in front of tens of thousands of people. It is also culturally sensitive and humane for her to take that action, as many people from that region and others would probably not want to attend anymore.

The performer's and the audience's wellbeing and mental health > your insensitive eagerness to watch her perform for an hour. 

[Andrew 375]

I have tickets for the Melbourne show and would honestly 100% understand if the show is cancelled. Out of respect for the victims + loved ones.  I also doubt Ariana would be fit to perform. Her mental health and wellbeing must come before her tour.

[StrawberryBlond 14,900]

19 minutes ago, isMusic said:

She's in shock and probably does not want to talk to anyone, mind you perform in front of tens of thousands of people. It is also culturally sensitive and humane for her to take that action, as many people from that region and others would probably not want to attend anymore.

The performer's and the audience's wellbeing and mental health > your insensitive eagerness to watch her perform for an hour. 

How is it insensitive to want life to go back to normal as soon as possible? How about we get on with our lives and not let the terrorists win? I understand that some people may be too scared to go but to suggest we should just cancel everything from here on out because of something that might happen is a bit much. Once she's left the country it happened in, why should the entire world be treated as if it happened there too? The chances of it happening at another one of her gigs is practically zero. The band who was performing in France when that attack happened in the theatre? That never happened to them again. If this is the way we work things, when can Ariana perform on tour again? If she's got another album coming out soon, when she can start doing a new tour? Can a mere couple of months really make all the difference in safety levels? There isn't really a lot of logic in the idea of cancelling, is all I'm saying. We say cancelling's the best option automatically without pausing to think of why it isn't really necessary.

[Irrelevant 20,282]

2 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

How is it insensitive to want life to go back to normal as soon as possible? How about we get on with our lives and not let the terrorists win? I understand that some people may be too scared to go but to suggest we should just cancel everything from here on out because of something that might happen is a bit much. Once she's left the country it happened in, why should the entire world be treated as if it happened there too? The chances of it happening at another one of her gigs is practically zero. The band who was performing in France when that attack happened in the theatre? That never happened to them again. If this is the way we work things, when can Ariana perform on tour again? If she's got another album coming out soon, when she can start doing a new tour? Can a mere couple of months really make all the difference in safety levels? There isn't really a lot of logic in the idea of cancelling, is all I'm saying. We say cancelling's the best option automatically without pausing to think of why it isn't really necessary.

 

5 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Her mental health and wellbeing must come before her tour.

 

[ryhanna 3,507]

2 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

How is it insensitive to want life to go back to normal as soon as possible? How about we get on with our lives and not let the terrorists win? I understand that some people may be too scared to go but to suggest we should just cancel everything from here on out because of something that might happen is a bit much. Once she's left the country it happened in, why should the entire world be treated as if it happened there too? The chances of it happening at another one of her gigs is practically zero. The band who was performing in France when that attack happened in the theatre? That never happened to them again. If this is the way we work things, when can Ariana perform on tour again? If she's got another album coming out soon, when she can start doing a new tour? Can a mere couple of months really make all the difference in safety levels? There isn't really a lot of logic in the idea of cancelling, is all I'm saying. We say cancelling's the best option automatically without pausing to think of why it isn't really necessary.

I'd say a lot of it has to do with Ariana herself, probably. Maybe the likelihood of it happening again is very slim, but really, she must be very shaken by this and is probably very scared herself. I doubt she wants to go back on stage very soon. 

[Whispering 18,865]

9 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

 There isn't really a lot of logic in the idea of cancelling, is all I'm saying. We say cancelling's the best option automatically without pausing to think of why it isn't really necessary.

"We" shouldn't be deciding anything. This isn't a black and white, one size fits all situation. The right time is when Ariana is ready to come back, no one can make that decision for her. 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

1 hour ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I really see no reason to halt the other shows. An attack like this is so rare that I don't see it happening at any other arena in the country (who will now be on extreme alert anyway). You'll notice with terrorist attacks that they rarely happen from one day to the next, there's gaps in between. They never seem to operate on such a grand scale to the point where there's an attack happening every day for a week or thereabouts. Right now, the major areas in Europe on which to be on alert are the UK and France. Outside these areas, I don't think there's much to worry about. The major cities are the ones being targeted, countries with small populations tend to get by fine. I can 100% understand why she might want to cancel the remaining UK dates as there's only 2 London ones left to go and that is a city that's the most common for terror attacks but I don't think there's any need to cancel the remainder of the tour. She just has a tiny bit of Europe to go and then it's Asia and Australia, in areas were terror attacks are rare/nonexistant. Her fans shouldn't have to suffer because of this even when they don't live anywhere near the UK and have to lose money on travel and accomodation fees even if they get their tickets refunded.

But if the London ones are indeed cancelled, that really is a shame. When your fave is only doing 4 arena dates in your 60 million+ populated country, it must suck to have your one chance to see them on tour taken away from you. I'm booked for Birmingham to see Gaga. I'd be so annoyed if it got cancelled and I wouldn't be able to see the tour at all.

I agree with everything you said. Unless she's mentally unable to perform (which could happen), the tour should go on.

[StrawberryBlond 14,900]

10 minutes ago, Whispering said:

"We" shouldn't be deciding anything. This isn't a black and white, one size fits all situation. The right time is when Ariana is ready to come back, no one can make that decision for her. 

Well, pretty much. We don't know if this is her label deciding this for her or herself. I understand if she just wants to get out of Britain right now but how do we know that she wants to cancel the rest of the dates? And I notice that once again, you're getting on my back and liking negative comments about me. Lay off.

11 minutes ago, Born To Slay said:

I agree with everything you said. Unless she's mentally unable to perform (which could happen), the tour should go on.

Agreed. If she does want to cancel from here on out, I'd rather it was made clear that this was her decision, not her management's.

[Whispering 18,865]

6 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Well, pretty much. We don't know if this is her label deciding this for her or herself. I understand if she just wants to get out of Britain right now but how do we know that she wants to cancel the rest of the dates? And I notice that once again, you're getting on my back and liking negative comments about me. Lay off.

 

I doubt very seriously that her label is telling her what to do in this situation. We don't know. It's all completely up to her and when she feels ready. 

I was agreeing with opinions that agreed with mine on this matter. Most people here do give likes to comments that match up with the way of they are thinking or that they agree with. 

[Benji 20,113]

@StrawberryBlond

She's literally devestated. Can you imagine hearing stories of the children that came to see your show not going home that night or having shrapnel pulled out of their faces by families who were missing members unsure of whether they were dead or led somewhere injured? We don't need to know who called to put an end to the show, this is a stupid thing to pick at during a time like this.

[Michelle 2,056]

25 minutes ago, Benji said:

@StrawberryBlond

She's literally devestated. Can you imagine hearing stories of the children that came to see your show not going home that night or having shrapnel pulled out of their faces by families who were missing members unsure of whether they were dead or led somewhere injured? We don't need to know who called to put an end to the show, this is a stupid thing to pick at during a time like this.

All of this. I don't post much but @StrawberryBlond its absolutely BESIDE the point right now who called a stop that to it. It doesn't need to be made clear. I can't imagine how she's feeling right now.  I can't imagine how anyone is feeling. This is horrible. 

[Morphine Prince 106,385]

Some of you seem to lack empathy. 

[Dorothy Gale 7,575]

38 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Well, pretty much. We don't know if this is her label deciding this for her or herself. I understand if she just wants to get out of Britain right now but how do we know that she wants to cancel the rest of the dates? And I notice that once again, you're getting on my back and liking negative comments about me. Lay off.

Agreed. If she does want to cancel from here on out, I'd rather it was made clear that this was her decision, not her management's.

I don't think the tour would've been a huge draw, and a lot of people might try to scalp tickets due to fear. It might be irrational, and the chance of another attack happening might be next to zero, but I think rescheduling it or just cancelling it altogether might be the best decision for Ariana.