Eagles of Death Metal, the US band whose audience was massacred in the Paris attacks, on Wednesday calls for “love and compassion” and put its shows on hold.
The California rock band, in its first full statement since Friday’s bloodbath, says it is “horrified” and “still trying to come to terms with what happened.”
“Although bonded in grief with the victims, the fans, the families, the citizens of Paris, and all those affected by terrorism, we are proud to stand together, with our new family, now united by a common goal of love and compassion,” the band says in a statement.
“Vive la musique, vive la liberte, vive la France and vive EODM,” the band writes, playing with France’s slogan of “liberty, fraternity and equality.”
The band, which confirmed it had returned home, says it is suspending shows until further notice.
— AFP
Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal. Hughes was scheduled to perform, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, with the band at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP, File)
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