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Justin Bieber, Katy Perry to join Ariana Grande at Manchester benefit concert this Sunday

Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry will join Ariana Grande at a concert in Manchester, England, on Sunday to raise money to help victims of the May 22 attack that followed a concert by Grande.

Miley Cyrus, Usher, Coldplay and others scheduled to play, with proceeds going to emergency fund

Proceeds for Ariana Grande's One Love Manchester show, to aid victims of the May 22 attack following her performance in the U.K. city, will go to an emergency fund. (Charley Gallay/Tiffany & Co./Getty Images)

Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry will be among the artists joiningAriana Grande fora concert in Manchester, England, on Sunday that will raise money to helpvictims of the deadly attack May 22 that followeda concert by Grande.

Grande said Tuesday the One Love Manchestershow will be at Old Trafford cricket ground.

Other performers will include Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Usher, Niall Horan and Take That.

Tickets go on sale Thursday. Proceeds will go to anemergency fund set up by the City of Manchester and the British Red Cross.

Following Grande'sshow earlier this month,a suicide bombing left22 people dead and dozens wounded.

"We will not quit or operate in fear. We won't let this divide us. We won't let hate win," Grande said in a statement. "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."

The American singer added: "Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy. So that is what it will continue to do for us."