'You sing your heart out. Olivia wouldn't want anyone in tears': Manchester victim's mother reveals how she told Ariana Grande to play her biggest hits at One Love benefit concert

'You sing your heart out. Olivia wouldn't want anyone in tears': Manchester victim's mother reveals how she told Ariana Grande to play her biggest hits at One Love benefit concert

The mother of Manchester terror victim Olivia Campbell has revealed she told Ariana Grande to 'sing your heart out' and play her biggest hits when she met the US singer ahead of last night's concert.

Charlotte Campbell said the 23-year-old singer 'wanted to play the non-hits' and 'didn't feel appropriate to dance and to sing' but she told her: 'No you sing your heart out. Make everyone get up.'

Paying an emotional tribute to her 15-year-old daughter, who was killed when terrorist Salman Abedi blew himself up at the Manchester Arena last month, Ms Campbell said she told Grande: 'Don't tell anyone you can't do something. Olivia wouldn’t want anyone in tears. Olivia's a smiley girl. Wouldn't stop smiling.'

Ariana dedicated her song 'Side to Side' to
15-year-old Olivia Campbell-Hardy (right),
who was murdered at the Manchester Arena

She appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain this morning alongside Olivia's stepfather Paul.

Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Pharrell Williams, the Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus, Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams, Little Mix and Niall Horan performed for free last night to raise £2million toward the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.

The 50,000-strong crowd held a minute's silence in memory of those who have lost their lives in the last fortnight before the evening culminated with the stellar line-up on stage, singing a stirring rendition of Grande's hit One Last Time - before the 23-year-old broke down in tears as she sung Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

When asked what Olivia would have thought of the concert at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Ms Campbell said: 'She would be buzzing her head off. Smiling jumping. 

'She would be telling me about it all day. It would have made her world. Olivia was the cheekiest, gobbiest 15-year-old, but also the kindest and most caring. If you met her you wouldn't forget her.'