When the band did entre to the tune of “Paris s’eveille” (Paris wakes up), an old French song by Jaques Dutronc, they were met with deafening applause at the venue Olympia.
Then roll band right into the energetic “I Only Want You”, but stopped halfway.
– Let’s take a moment to remember, we’ll get back to the fun, said today’s drummer, Josh Homme, also known as the frontman of Queens of the Stone Age.
All survivors of terror evening on November 13 at the venue Bataclan was invited, and many were in place.
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Sorrow and joy
Security turnout was large, and armed police guarded the entrance to the Olympia. Everyone that was in, had to go through three security checks with body searches where all of purses, bags and backpacks were searched.
The band recognized what had happened and the tough time afterwards, but turned the concert into something positive. When the concert neared stood crowd and hugged each other with tears in their eyes.
Hughes even jumped down from the stage to embrace one of the survivors in wheelchairs.
the day after the singer told media that he feared he would collapse on stage, smashed his guitar during the concert, to wild applause from the audience.
“Now you’re not rid of me! I am a Parisian now! I needed you like, and you have not disappointed me. I’m so coked at this moment that I did not even manage to get off the stage, can not you see it? “Cried Huges at the end of the concert.
Jesse Hughes Eagles of Death Metal inspects the audience during the concert in the Olympia in Paris. Photo: JOEL SAGET / AFP
Psychologist Offers
despite the security array there, it seemed the audience to be in good spirits even though there was a certain nervous mood tracking. Several survivors so this concert as an opportunity to finish their ordeal, according to news agency AFP.
Several psychologists and voluntary counselors were present inside the Olympia to assist people who felt the need for help.
One of those who had met up, Alexios Lebrun, who survived Bataclan attack.
– I’m really terrified and only enters at Olympia if I feel that security is good enough, said he before the concert began.
– Three quarters of the concert was very tough for me. I sat three meters from the end, but I was seated, and it was a positive experience. The worst thing for me was sharp drum, which sounds like shots from the attack, said one of the other survivors after the concert.
130 people were killed in terrorist attacks in Paris in November, including 89 in Bataclan .
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Before the concert with Eagles of Death Metal in Paris
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