Ariana Grande shares heartbreaking message on social media after tragic concert

"Broken."
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Keith Wagstaff
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Ariana Grande shares heartbreaking message on social media after tragic concert
Ariana Grande performs at the  Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in 2016. Credit: Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock

The pain was apparent in Ariana Grande's words early Tuesday morning.

Only a few hours after an explosion rocked her concert in Manchester, England, Grande reached out to fans with a heartfelt message on Twitter.

Here's her tweet, sent out just before 4 a.m. local time in Manchester:

The blast killed at least 19 people and injured around 50 others as the show was ending.

Many of her peers tweeted messages of support after news of the explosion spread, and plenty of people used social media to help house and connect people affected by the blast.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.

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