Eagles of Death Metal performs for survivors of Paris attacks

In a concert that may go down in rock history, the American band Eagles of Death Metal did their damnedest to exorcise the horror of the Bataclan massacre as they played in front of its survivors in Paris on February 16. Despite fears the concert could bring back the trauma of November’s slaughter in which 90 people died, the group whipped the crowd into a frenzy of joy, with fans embracing each other in tears at the end. Eagles frontman Jesse Hughes bounded off the stage to hug a survivor in her wheelchair, as the night wore on and the emotion grew. The ultimate rock showman, who smashed his guitar on stage at one point to wild applause, told Agence France-Presse how he feared “falling to pieces on stage.”

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