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Noel Gallagher to reopen Manchester Arena post-Ariana Grande bombing

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will headline We Are Manchester, a special benefit concert on Sept. 9 to reopen the Manchester Arena, alongside fellow British acts Rick Astley, Courteeners and Blossoms.

Proceeds from opening show will go towards monument marking May's suicide bombing

Noel Gallagher performs with his band High Flying Birds in Denmark in July 2015. The group will headline a benefit concert at the Manchester Arena when it reopens in September. (Thomas Borberg/Associated Press)

One Oasis brother played the Manchester benefit concert.The other will now perform at aspecial benefit concert to reopenthe Manchester Arena, post-bombing.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will headline We Are Manchester on Sept.9, alongside fellow British acts Rick Astley,Courteenersand Blossoms.

The arena said the show will"welcome back live entertainment fans."

The event comes more than four months after a suicide bomberkilled 22 peopleat the venue following an Ariana Grande concert. The May attack occured in front of the arena,in aso-called softtarget a public space which is tricky to police.That space hasbeen under renovation since July.

Proceeds from the upcoming We Are Manchester concert will go towards building a monument to mark the bombing.

Police forensic officers leave the Manchester Arena as they investigate the scene of the bombing. (Dave Thompson/Getty Images)

Arena officials said security will be increased, with doors to openhours before the show starts, and have urgedconcert-goers to keep personal items at home. A statement said there will be no bag storage and everyone will be screened.

Tickets go on sale Thursday.

Oasis, the Gallagher brothers' former band, isone of Manchester's most famous musical exports.The group's tuneDon't Look Back in Angerbecame a symbolofthe northern English city's resiliencepost-attack and was belted out in many public places.

But an ongoing feud has long kept the brothers from performing together.

Following his surprise performance at June's star-studded benefit concert, Liam Gallagher slammed his brother Noel for not showing up.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, however, subsequently praised both brothers for supporting the charity effort, noting in tweets that "everyone knew [Noel] couldn't be there physically, so thank you for being there in spirit and for lending us those incredible songs."

Noel Gallagher, who was the principal songwriter of Oasis, also donatedroyalties from the group's tuneDon't Look Back in Angerto the Red Cross' We Love Manchester Emergency Fund after the trackresurfaced on music charts after the attack.