Ariana Grande and her crew got matching Manchester bee tattoos as a permanent tribute to the city following last month's terror attack at Manchester Arena.

The singer was reportedly inked after performing at Sunday night's One Love Manchester concert, which she organised to raise money for the victims and families of the suicide bombing.

Tattoo artists from Manchester Ink gave the 23-year-old star and members of her Dangerous Woman tour the bee tattoo backstage - which is a symbol of the city's industrial heritage - according to The Sun.

The worker bee analogy was coined after the Industrial Revolution, during which Manchester's textile mills in the 1800s were described as 'hives of activity'.

People across the city have been queueing up to get bee tattoos to show their solidarity with the victims of the atrocity, which happened just after Grande's Dangerous Women concert at Manchester Arena on May 22, killing 22 and injuring 59.

A tattoo artist inks a bee logo, synonymous with Manchester as a symbol of the city's industrial heritage, and rapidly becoming a symbol of resilience following the May 22 Manchester Arena bombing attack, at Tattitude, a tattoo parlour in Manchester, northwest England on May 26, 2017.pinterest
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Ariana was joined at the concert by Take That, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, Coldplay, Justin Bieber and Liam Gallagher.

The popstar gave emotional performances with Parrs Wood High School's harmony choir, and Miley Cyrus with their rendition of Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over.

Grande's brother and former Celebrity Big Brother star Frankie - who supported Grande at the concert - told The Sun: 'She seems calm out there because that's her in her element. That's what she was born to do.

'She is strong, so much stronger than anyone thought. She's strong for her fans.'

Grande will be also reportedly be resuming her world tour later this week in Paris, after suspending it and canceling her London shows in the wake of the attack.

Meanwhile, Grande has raised more than £2 million with her One Love Manchester benefit concert at Old Trafford.

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