Manchester Arena bombing survivor makes emotional return to city for first time for Oasis homecoming gig
Joanne McSorley said listening to them had helped her during dark times.
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Manchester Arena survivor Joanne McSorley, with Radio 2's Vernon Kay, has spoken about her return to Manchester to see the Oasis homecoming gig
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Joanne, 51, of Runcorn, Cheshire, was with her mum to collect her two daughters when she was caught in the suicide blast
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The band's hit Don't Look Back in Anger became an anthem of hope for Joanne and the city after the 2017 terror attack
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And she told how the band's 1996 No1 Don't Look Back in Anger became an anthem for her and the city after the terrorist atrocity which killed 22 people at an
Joanne, 51, of Runcorn, Cheshire, was with her mum to collect her two daughters when she was caught in the suicide blast.
She still battles chronic pain and depression as a result of the injuries she suffered.
Yesterday she travelled to the city centre for the first time since that night to join DJ
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Joanne, who was at the band's Heaton Park gig last night, told him: 'Today is special.
'Oasis are, and always have been, huge and they'd always meant something to us anyway as a family.
"And then those songs,
'Being involved in something like that and the way it affects you, the domino effect it has on your family, it takes you to a very dark place.'
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During her lowest moments Joanne said her brother would send her Oasis lyrics or videos to
cheer
her up.
And she revealed how overwhelming her return to Manchester had been.
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But Joanne said: 'I put myself in the moment, be here now.'
Vernon quipped: 'Be here now, don't look back in anger and enjoy the sunshiiiine.'
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And Joanne reckoned: 'Don't look back in anger, I'm not doing that, I'm looking forward and they're on this journey with me, they're taking me forward, they're right there beside me.'
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