So was the concert Eagles of Death Metal in Paris – ElEspectador.com

Eagles of Death Metal, the band playing at the Bataclan Paris room the night of the attacks of November 13, returned Tuesday to the Paris stage with a concert full of excitement to attended by several survivors of the slaughter.

the lead singer Jesse Hughes, visibly moved, did not speak to go on stage, but made a brief interruption during the performance of the song “I only want you” and he invited the public to “take a moment to remember” the dead.

“take a moment to remember, and then continue playing,” said Joss Homme, co-founder of the group, behind his drums. After less than a minute retook the song. “Let’s have a good time tonight, no one can stop us,” Hugues, who wore their usual glasses pink glasses, a black shirt and red suspenders group said.

“damn I love you! They do not know how! “shouted several times before the crowd. “You and I are now linked. I am now in Paris. He needed them and did not disappoint,” said Hugues who in a previous interview said that for him this concert was a “therapy”.

Eagles of Death metal (also known by its acronym EODM) was presented at the mythical Olympia in Paris in the presence of survivors of the massacre of Bataclan and friends of the victims, who were invited by the production.

the concert which lasted about two hours, it began with a standing ovation and music of the song “Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille” (These are the five o’clock, Paris awakens, editor’s note.), Jacques Dutronc a hymn to resistance. Some survivors of the slaughter took crutches and could not help but shed some tears.

The authorities set up a security perimeter around the Olympia. A “sacred perimeter” that could not access vehicles or pedestrians, except for whom I had tickets for the show.

Closing a chapter

“I got fun “tonight, told AFP on leaving the concert Wechta Emmanuel, 42, survivor Bataclan. “I did not come as part of a therapy, I came to have fun and that’s what I did,” To Alexis, 26, another survivor who booked a seat, “he beamed.

three meters from an exit emergency “,” the concert was difficult. it has the sound of the drums reminded the shooting at the Bataclan.

still, claims to be happy to have managed to stay until the end of the concert and hopes to assist others soon. a Julien Baratian, 27, the show “helped.” “it’s a way to close a chapter,” he says.

a team of about thirty people, including psychologists, was present throughout the evening to assist those in need. the Californian group in Stockholm on Saturday resumed his international tour that was brutally interrupted by the attacks in Paris three months ago.

in all, 90 of the 130 people killed in the attacks died during EODM concert at the Bataclan, still remains closed. Renamed “Nos Amis Tour” (Our Friends Tour), in French, the tour will continue until March 7 in Europe, before crossing the Atlantic to Bogota, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago.

the group said it expects to be the first to give a concert at the Bataclan when the room re-opened, possibly by the end of 2016.