Music to defeat fear and death. One year after the massacre of 13 November, the Club Bataclan reopens, the historic Parisian venue where one of the attacks by jihadist terrorists took place. More than 90 of the 130 victims of that dramatic evening died here. “Honor the dead and start living again”: so the singer Sting from the stage. The artist has agreed to give a concert on the day of the reopening, after the refusal of many French singers.
Two members of the American death metal band Eagles Of, who were playing at the Bataclan on the evening of November 13, 2015 when a jihadist commando broke in killing 90 people, tried to enter the venue but were denied access. “They came and I rejected them,” said the co-director of the Bataclan according to reports in the French press.
This appears to be related to the fact that lead singer of the group, Jesse Hughes, accused some vigilantes in the hall of leaving their post specifically to facilitate the attack. "Out of general respect, and for the victims and Bataclan staff, I will not invite them," Frutos had already said in an interview with France Info.
