--- title: Ariana Grande: Las Vegas Shooting Is 'Terrorism' description: Ariana Grande, whose Manchester concert was attacked last spring, spoke out on Twitter about the deadly shooting in Las Vegas canonical: https://time.com/4965515/ariana-grande-las-vegas/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-02T19:57:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:28.070Z og:title: Ariana Grande Shares Powerful Message After Las Vegas Shooting og:description: It comes four months after her Manchester concert was attacked og:url: https://time.com/4965515/ariana-grande-las-vegas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c2d3cb9099f462e/6988e030cf40a86a24c49a19/ariana-grande-one-love.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: One Love Manchester Benefit Concert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ariana Grande Shares Powerful Message After Las Vegas Shooting twitter:description: It comes four months after her Manchester concert was attacked twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c2d3cb9099f462e/6988e030cf40a86a24c49a19/ariana-grande-one-love.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Call This What It Is. 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Ariana Grande returned to Manchester with a star-studded benefit concert for the victims of the May 22 attack — just hours after another terrorist attack struck the United Kingdom, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens in London._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 2, 2017 7:57 PM UTC  Ariana Grande wipes away a tear as she performs on stage during the One Love Manchester Benefit Concert at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on June 4, 2017 in Manchester, England. Ariana Grande wipes away a tear as she performs on stage during the One Love Manchester Benefit Concert at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on June 4, 2017 in Manchester, England. Kevin Mazur/One Love Manchester—Getty Images for One Love Manchester  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 2, 2017 7:57 PM UTC Singer Ariana Grande made a heartfelt plea for gun control following Sunday night’s [devastating Las Vegas shooting](http://time.com/money/4964866/las-vegas-shooting-how-to-help-victims/) at a country music concert. “My heart is breaking for Las Vegas. We need love, unity, peace, gun control & for people to look at this & call this what it is = terrorism,” the [_Dangerous Woman_](http://time.com/4308929/ariana-grande-dangerous-woman-time-100/)songstress wrote in a Twitter post shared Monday. > [](https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/914886991459651589) The shooter in Las Vegas has been identified by police as [64-year-old Stephen Paddock](http://time.com/4964803/las-vegas-shooting-suspect-stephen-paddock/). He was found dead in his [Mandalay Bay hotel room](http://time.com/4965095/mandalay-bay-resort-casino-hotel-las-vegas-shooting/) with at least 10 guns, [according to authorities](http://time.com/4964995/las-vegas-shooting-stephen-paddock-eric-brother/?utm%5Fcampaign=time&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ftwitter). Police said he opened fire from his hotel room, which was on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay, killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 515\. It is now considered the [deadliest mass shooting](http://time.com/4964649/las-vegas-shooting-music-festival/?xid=homepage) in modern U.S. history. Grande is no stranger to tragedy at music events. Her spring concert in Manchester, U.K. was [tragically interrupted](http://time.com/4789854/manchester-ariana-grande-concert-blast-tweet/) by a suicide bomber, claiming the lives of 22 concertgoers and injuring 116 people. In response, Grande held a star-studded benefit concert in June, raising over $13 million to support the families of the victims. During that time, she also shared an ongoing message of unity and resilience, urging fans not to “recoil” from continuing to be a part of the music community. “We will never be able to understand why events like this take place because it is not in our nature,” [she wrote in a post](https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande) just days after the attack at her show. “We won’t let hate win.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4965515/ariana-grande-las-vegas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4965515/ariana-grande-las-vegas/"},"headline":"'Call This What It Is. Terrorism.' 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