Ariana Grande took to social media on Friday to post a heartfelt message to her fans. In part it reads:

“We will never be able to understand why events like this take place because it is not in our nature, which is why we shouldn’t recoil.”

Ariana also assured fans that there will be more concerts soon:

“I don’t want to go the rest of the year without being able to see hold and uplift my fans, the same way they continue to uplift me.”

She continues:

“Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before.”

Ariana Grande will be having a benefit concert:

“I’ll be returning to the incredibaly brave city of Manchester to spend time with my fans and to have a benifit concert in honor of and to raise money for the victims and their families.”

You can read the full statement below:

Ariana Grande has suspended upcoming tour dates in the wake of the deadly suicide bombing that claimed 22 lives after her concert in Manchester, England, according to her management.

Grande’s management team announced in a statement Wednesday that it had suspended the “Dangerous Woman” tour “until we can further assess the situation and pay our proper respects to those lost.”

Grande’s performances in London that were scheduled for this week, as well as all shows through June 5, have been canceled, the management team said.

“We ask at this time that we all continue to support the city of Manchester and all those families affected by this cowardice and senseless act of violence,” the singer’s management said in its statement. “Our way of life has once again been threatened but we will overcome this together.”

– Source: NBC News