Saturday, June 27, 2026
ADVT 
Hollywood

Security Lockdown For Ariana Grande Gigs In Italy

IANS, 14 Jun, 2017 12:34 PM
  • Security Lockdown For Ariana Grande Gigs In Italy
Tight security will be in place at Ariana Grande's concerts in Rome and Turin this week after a nail bomb killed 22 people and injured 119 at the end of the US singer's packed gig in Manchester last month.
 
Backpacks, bags, cans, bottles, umbrellas and all "offensive objects" will be banned from Grande's sell-out concerts at Rome's Palalottomatica on Thursday and Turin's PalaAlpitour on Saturday, Italy's Interior Ministry announced.
 
All fans attending Grande's concerts at the two arenas - Italy's biggest - will be required to pass through metal detectors, according to the ministry. 
 
Palalottomatica has 10,500 seats and the PalaAlpitour 12,300.
 
The security measures will apply to 1,700 major sporting, musical and cultural events taking place in Italy this summer and were announced by the ministry after the Manchester Arena blast on May 22.
 
Grande briefly suspended her Dangerous Woman world tour after the bombing, whose victims included children and their parents, tweeting that she was "broken, from the bottom of my heart".
 
The bombing, carried out by Libyan-descended Briton Salman Ramadan Abedi, was claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group in revenge for attacks on "Muslim lands".

MORE Hollywood ARTICLES

Gaga wants to be sober 'at some point'

Gaga wants to be sober 'at some point'
The 28-year-old says she still struggles with depression and wants to stop drinking alcohol so she can learn how to relax, reports contactmusic.com....

Gaga wants to be sober 'at some point'

Madonna: Drugs give illusion of getting closer to god

Madonna: Drugs give illusion of getting closer to god
"It's about how people take drugs to connect to god or a higher level of consciousness,” contactmusic.com quoted the 56-year-old as saying....

Madonna: Drugs give illusion of getting closer to god

Victoria Beckham calls herself 'pain in the bottom'

Victoria Beckham calls herself 'pain in the bottom'
Fashion designer Victoria Beckham called herself “a pain in the bottom” as she accepted the trophy for Best Brand at the British Fashion Awards....

Victoria Beckham calls herself 'pain in the bottom'

Snooki's husband pleads guilty to drunk-driving charge

Snooki's husband pleads guilty to drunk-driving charge
Reality TV star Nicole Polizzi aka Snooki's husband Jionni LaValle has pleaded guilty to Driving Under Influence (DUI)...

Snooki's husband pleads guilty to drunk-driving charge

Kim 'honoured' to meet US marines

Kim 'honoured' to meet US marines
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian says she was "honoured" when she got a chance to meet US Marines last month....

Kim 'honoured' to meet US marines

Open to the idea of having nanny: Eva Mendes

Open to the idea of having nanny: Eva Mendes
Actress Eva Mendes has shared the "struggle" of being a new mother and considers hiring a nanny in the future....

Open to the idea of having nanny: Eva Mendes