A year after the attack jihadist, the room will get Sting, who will give a recital for the victims
PARIS.- The Bataclan will open its doors on Saturday 12 November with a concert of Sting, a day before the first anniversary of the attacks jihadist ensangrentaron Paris. The best way, according to their leaders, to celebrate the memory of the 90 victims killed by the terrorists in the famous show room.
From that day, when the commands suicide bombers of the Islamic State (EI) took the lives of 130 people in several coordinated attacks in the French capital, the Bataclan remained closed. Eight months of work were needed to “change everything so that nothing changes”, according to the words of its president, Jerome Langlet.
The famous room was renewed, in effect, exactly the same as the previous, although not retained a single source item.
To delete all traces of that night, abominable, everything changed, in effect, from the ceiling to the floor. Of the paint coatings. They were even replaced the seats, that had been withdrawn that day for the concert of the Eagles of Death Metal.
“But the settings still remain the same. The furniture was manufactured exactly as before. The habitues will be in your house,” he said Langlet. With two exceptions: the entrance hall “that was very dark” has more light, while on the first floor disappeared a few columns of plaster. The works were funded by insurance companies, by the group Lagardère, majority owner of the Bataclan and public grants.
All discover the new room until next Saturday, during the concert of Sting. Responsible for the Bataclan they wanted the press to show “a place full of life, with the public and with artists.”
The sale of tickets will begin next Tuesday and there is no doubt that the demand will be massive. The room can receive 1497 people. As it happened with the concert of Eagles of Death Metal at the Olympia, February 16, are invited to the families of the victims. However, to prevent a “commemoration” and for the Bataclan revive with a real audience, the number of official guests, has been reduced to a minimum.
The collection of the first night will be allocated to the two associations of aid to victims of terrorism. Sting, for his part, will not be charged for his actions. The former leader of the group the Police, a man sensitive and committed to many social causes, said his presence at the Bataclan will have two objectives: “to Remember and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the attack, and celebrate the life and music represented by that historic theater.”
amazing Detail: any worker -about 100 people – and no representative of the companies which worked during the eight months of renovation took or sold photos of the interior of the room. There was not a single leak.
last week, the completion of the work was particularly exciting: they all came dressed in costume.
“we Were supported in an extraordinary way by hundreds of people: craftsmen, architects, construction companies, proposed to help us spontaneously. They did the same thing the teams of the Paris city Hall and the public authorities, which facilitated the administrative procedures. The possibility of doing things well and fast it was absolutely incredible,” he confessed Langlet. “An additional proof that the French do not surrender. We are able to continue to stand together,” he insisted.
on The 13th of November, the day of the anniversary, the Bataclan is closed, while the Mayor of Paris, you will discover a commemorative plaque in front of the theater. The room will reopen its doors permanently as of 16, with a concert performance of Peter Doherty.
More than 20 shows are announced until march. Among them Marianne Faithfull, Youssou Ndour or the group Tinariwen.
“music heals the wounds”, he said recently Faithfull. “That’s why singing in the Bataclan is a good thing.”
90 Dead
there Was at the Bataclan on the night of November 13, 2015
Attacks
That same night, other jihadist groups murdered 40 other people in different parts of Paris
Terrorism
The attacks are attributed to Islamic State and were planned by a cell which operated in Brussels
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