Eagles of Death Metal Issue Statement Following Paris Attacks Memorial Concert With U2

Eagles of Death Metal has issued a statement following their Paris attacks memorial concert with U2. The concert, held on Dec. 7, was the group's first show back in France's capital following the attacks of Nov. 13, where members of ISIS opened fire on the crowd killing 89 members of the audience at the Parisian venue Le Bataclan.

The concert with U2 included a cover of Patti Smith's "People Have The Power" and the Eagles of Death Metal's original song "I Love You All The Time." Josh Homme was present for the memorial concert although he was not performing on Eagles of Death Metal's European tour at the time of the terrorist attack. Eagles of Death Metal joined U2 for the last song of the concert. Patti Smith even joined them onstage to help them with the tracks "Gloria" and "People Have the Power."

In a statement issued to Billboard, frontman Jesse Hughes wrote, "We want to offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for everything our brothers in U2 did for us in the aftermath of the November 13th attacks. They reminded us that the bad guys never take a day off, and therefore we rock n' rollers cannot either... and we never will."

He further wrote, "We are incredibly grateful to U2 for providing us the opportunity to return to Paris so quickly, and to share in the healing power of rock n' roll with so many beautiful people - nos amis- of this great city."

In the rest of the statement, he also thanks Bono specifically, who just wrote a song commemorating the attacks. The song is reportedly entitled "Streets of Surrender." U2 reportedly felt intimately connected with the tragedy at Le Bataclan, as Bono was rehearsing at the AccorHotels Arena just hours before the Paris Attacks occurred. They had been slated to perform the same evening that the catastrophe occurred.

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