Shaun Ryder’s terror attack near miss after he stayed home with his kids instead of going to Ariana Grande gig

I'M A Celebrity star Shaun Ryder revealed he and his family had tickets to Monday night's Ariana Grande gig but decided not to go.

The Happy Mondays singer decided to stay home after planning to take his daughters to see the popstar's sell-out show - which was targeted by a suicide bomber leading to the tragic death of 22 music fans.

Manchester lad Shaun told today's Good Morning Britain: "We should have gone.

"We had tickets to Little Mix and that (Ariana Grande) was the next outing as a family.

"They (his kids) thought they were going to meet Ariana but it was such a beautiful day and a great night that we didn't end up going.

"It was really warm and the kids were playing out on the fields so we never went."

Talking about the horror attack, Shaun - a dad of six - added: "It's terrible.

"It's insane, it's evil."

Earlier in the show, presenters Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid left viewers "heartbroken" as they revealed Olivia Campbell - whose mum appealed for her whereabouts after the pop concert - had been named a victim of the suicide attack.

Mum-of-three Susanna was also hailed a "credit to journalism" for her sensitive coverage on the ITV show.

Meanwhile more innocent child victims and everyday heroes have been confirmed in the attack.

Among the dead – a brave aunt who shielded her 11-year-old niece from nail-bomb blast, two mum pals who were waiting in the foyer of the concert, and an eight-year-old girl whose critically ill mum doesn’t even know her daughter’s fate.

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