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Disgrace Land is a production of Double Elvis.

The story about Ariana Grande is insane.

A terrorist detonated a bomb outside her performance at Manchester Arena.

The blast killed 22 people. It injured over a thousand more.

The event remains one of the deadliest attacks in England's history.

It terrified parents, made young fans scared to enjoy live music.

So Ariana brought them together again, showed them there was nothing to fear.

She gathered 55,000 people and raised over $23 million for victims of the attack in their families.

She raised that money with the power of great music. Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called St. Vitus Dance Joyride, M.K.2.

I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to I'm the

one by DJ Khalid featuring Justin Bieber, Cuavo, Lou Wayne, and Chance the Rapper. And why would I

play you that specific slice of self-congratulatory, We the Best Cheese, could I afford it? Because that was the number one song in America on May 22, 2017.

And that was the day that Ariana Grande's dangerous woman tour became lethal.

On this episode, Terror on Tour, Tragedy in Manchester, the tenacity of one city, and Ariana Grande.

I'm Jake Brennan, and this is Disgraceland. In the beginning, there was only music, a kick drum pounding to the rhythm of heartbeat,

voices in the crowd shouting along with the band, guitar riffs ricocheting off the walls of the club,

total harmony.

But then some new sounds entered the concert.

Loud, rapid ones.

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