A MOTHER and daughter from Bromley Cross who were both left mentally scarred by the arena bombing have told of the importance of Ariana Grande’s next concert.

Alison Manzi and her 12-year-old daughter, Hollyann Mitchell, are hoping to get closure from Ariana Grande’s next concert but fear ticket touts will prevent them from doing so.

Ms Manzi and Holly have tried to go to concerts since but each time touts and resale sites have made the experience even more difficult.

Ms Manzi, aged 54, said: “For many of the children that was their first concert ­— I think [Holly] thought that would happen at every concert for a while. I know she’s terrified but I do want us to get back on with our lives and stand in solidarity with the others as an act of defiance ­— to stand up against terror.

“And hopefully it will start to be the beginning of the end.”

Since the bombing both Ms Manzi and her daughter have been dealing with serious mental health issues as a result.

Ms Manzi said: "My daughter has basically missed 18 months of school, she's self harming, I have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, Holly is totally isolated, she's not at all the same person she was before it."

Ariana Grande revealed the dates for her Sweetener tour but there was not Manchester date. She later confirmed there would be a special stand alone concert put on at the arena to mark her first performance back there.

Ms Manzi is part of a survivors network and says many others feel this concert will be a chance for them to move on and find some closure.

They fear the scourge of touts will stop them from attending, like was almost the case when they went to see Little Mix at the-then Macron.

Ms Manzi explained they had bought tickets from viagogo but when they collected them they turned out to be fake.

She said: "Holly was devastated, her Dad had to buy some from a tout and viagogo refused to refund us."

A spokesman for viagogo said: "All tickets on viagogo are valid. This transaction was not completed by the buyer, and no payment was ever taken."

Their tickets to see Ariana Grande on May 22, 2017, had been bought from a reseller, Ms Manzi said they paid more than four times the face value.

She said: "When we have been on Eventim, the ticket seller, you can't get tickets because they sell out in minutes, you can't get tickets because of the resellers who are stopping the real fans from going to the concerts."

Ms Manzi is desperately hoping her and her daughter will be able to get tickets for the Manchester concert and resellers will not stop them.

She said: “There hasn’t been any closure ­— no trial, no inquests yet.

“It’s finding someway to stand against the trauma and say ‘this is my life and I don’t have to live like this’. I don’t have to be frightened to go to the Christmas Markets.

“Everyone has been saying the same thing, ‘it's the only thing that will get us an our children over this’.”