The band was due to perform across Europe until December 10, but had to put on hold all further concerts. PHOTO: AFP
NEW YORK: California rockers Eagles of Death Metal want to be the first band to play at the Bataclan theatre when the Paris venue reopens after the November attacks targeted their gig.
In an interview, band vocalist Jesse Hughes said he does not want to spend his life trying to appease idiots. “I want to spend my life smiling with my friends and entertaining them,” he said. “I cannot wait to come back to Paris. I cannot wait to play. I want to come back. I want to be the first band to play in the Bataclan when it opens up,” he said. “I was there when it went silent for a minute. Our friends went there and died. I’m gonna go back there and live.”
Gunmen attacked targets across Paris on November 13, killing 130 people, 89 of them at the Bataclan. The band sat down for an interview in Los Angeles after returning to the US following the carnage. The members detailed instant decisions they took to save their lives, and the horrors they saw as the gunmen emptied round after round indiscriminately on the crowd.
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The band was due to perform across Europe until December 10, but had to put on hold all further concerts. A number of French fans appealed on them to return to play. “We don’t really have a chance. We have to finish the tour,” said Josh Homme, Death Metal co-founder. “We have a song called ‘I Love You All The Time’. If you’re a country artist, if you’re a death metal musician, if you’re a DJ, it doesn’t matter. Cover that song and we’ll donate the publishing [royalties],” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2015.
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