ABC will air Ariana Grande's return to the stage in Manchester, England, on Sunday, the network announced on Friday.
The concert will air live on Freeform and will follow the NBA Finals on many ABC stations (check local listings).
Nearly two weeks after a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured dozens at the singer's "Dangerous Woman Tour" concert in Manchester, Grande will be joined by Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Take That, and Niall Horan for her "One Love Manchester" benefit concert.
The star-studded event will be held at the Old Trafford cricket ground, minutes from the Manchester Arena, where the blast took place near the end of Grande's concert on May 22.
Net ticket proceeds will benefit the Manchester City Council and British Red Cross' joint "We Love Manchester Emergency Fund" to help victims and families impacted by the attack. Concertgoers at the May 22 event were offered free tickets to Sunday's benefit, and additional tickets sold out within minutes on Thursday, according to organizers.
Ahead of the concert on Sunday, Grande returned to the U.K. on Friday, touching down at the London Stansted Airport with her parents and boyfriend Mac Miller, PEOPLE reports.
Grande announced the new concert on Tuesday, days after postponing her tour. "I don't want to go the rest of the year without being able to see and hold and uplift my fans, the same way they continue to uplift me," she wrote in an emotional letter she shared on Twitter. "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."
She continued: "I'll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend some time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honor of and to raise money for the victims and their families. I want to thank my fellow musicians and friends for reaching out to be part of our expression of love for Manchester."
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