Eagles
of Death Metal make powerful return to Paris after
attacks
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[December 08, 2015]
By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) - Eagles of
Death Metal, the band which was performing when the
deadliest of the Islamic State attacks took place in
Paris on Nov. 13, made an emotional, powerful appearance
at a U2 concert in the city on Monday.
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Led by frontman Jesse Hughes dressed in a white suit at a
packed AccorHotels Arena, the Californian rock band gave a
rendition of Patti Smith's "People have the Power" before
performing their own "I Love You All The Time."
"Nothing left except to introduce you to some people whose lives
will be forever part of Paris. These are our brothers, they were
robbed of their stage three weeks ago," U2 frontman Bono said at
the end of the last gig of their Innocence and Experience tour
after the American band's remaining European shows were canceled
in the wake of the attacks.
The coordinated attacks in the French capital killed 130 people,
most of them at the Bataclan concert hall where Eagles of Death
Metal, also known as EODM, were performing.
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Some fans were draped in French flags at Monday's concert, where
security was beefed up as France is under a state of emergency.
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A helicopter hovered for two hours above the arena before the
show and spectators were told to access the building, which
seats up to 20,000 people, through a back entrance. No incidents
were reported.
Eagles of Death Metal, whose co-founder and Queens of the Stone
Age frontman Josh Homme rarely tours with them and who was not at
the Bataclan concert, said after the shootings they wanted to be the
first to perform there when it reopens.
U2, which provided the band with logistical help after the attacks,
had denied it would appear on Sunday, when Patti Smith came onto the
stage to close the first of two shows.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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