Ariana Grande made her live return to the UK last night, performing for the first time since the One Love Manchester concert.
The ‘Sweetener’ singer performed to an intimate crowd at London’s KOKO as part of Capital FM’s Up Close series. It saw her delivering a show that mixed some of her biggest hits with material from her newest album – which was released last month.
The 20-song set saw her opening with ‘raindrops (an angel cried)’, before continuing the run of new material with ‘blazed’ and ‘R.E.M’.
Although she continued to play the majority of her latest record ‘Sweetener‘, social media footage shows the huge reaction to an Acapella rendition of ‘One Last Time’ late on -which prompted mass singalongs.
Check out footage of the show below.
One Last Time in London – @ArianaGrande you’re a dream #CapitalUpClose #SweetenerSessions pic.twitter.com/IE1d9r5dh9
— Howell Davies (@HOWELLDAVIES) September 4, 2018
Ariana Grande has just taken to the stage in London and we can confirm that god really is a woman ? @ArianaGrande pic.twitter.com/OIqbiOrQEW
— Island Records (@islandrecordsuk) September 4, 2018
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Ariana Grande performing Raindrop at Capital FM in London #CapitalUpClose pic.twitter.com/TBCsnYRJWo
— Ariana Grande Update ?? (@ArianatorFallen) September 4, 2018
Ariana Grande’s setlist was:
- raindrops (an angel cried)
- blazed
- R.E.M
- God is a woman (Acoustic)
- better off
- everytime
- goodnight n go
- sweetener
- successful
- pete davidson
- Honeymoon Avenue (Original pre-Yours Truly version)
- You’ll Never Know
- no tears left to cry
- get well soon
- breathin
- borderline
- One Last Time (Acapella)
- Best Mistake
- Why Try
- Right There
Meanwhile, it was recently announced that the BBC will air one-hour special with Grande later this year, featuring an in-depth interview by Davina McCall and live performances of material from her new album ‘Sweetener’.
The as-yet-untitled show is filming on September 7, and will be broadcast on BBC One at an as-yet unspecified date later this year.