EAGLES of Death Metal have appeared on stage in Paris on Tuesday to “resume their gig” three months after the attacks there.
The Californian rock band was performing when four Islamist militants stormed the Bataclan concert hall Nov. 13, killing 89 fans there.
The Bataclan has been closed since the attack and the band is playing at the city’s Olympia Theater.
The raid on the concert was one of seven co-ordinated attacks across Paris, killing 130 people.
Band frontman Jesse Hughes said earlier that, despite the massacre, he had not changed his pro-gun views.
In an interview with French TV news channel iTELE on Monday, Hughes spoke of the “overwhelming” support the band had received.
“There’s been just such an outpouring of support for us and love for us. It’s overwhelming,” he told presenter Laurence Ferrari.
“I just don’t want to let anyone down.”
Crowds of mourners left tributes and messages, including poems, flowers and photos of the victims at the Bataclan and various sites that were targeted across the French capital.
Bands, including U2, cancelled their gigs following the attacks as a mark of respect.
Concert-goers were trapped in the venue before police stormed the building, shooting one gunman dead.
Eagles of Death Metal band members were unhurt but a Briton selling merchandise at the gig was among those killed. In total, 130 people died and 350 were wounded in the attacks that took place across Paris.
The band was playing in the French capital as part of a European tour but cut the tour short and returned to the United States.
(SD-Agencies)
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