Eagles of Death Metal exorcises trauma with Paris concert attended by survivors

Paris

IN A CONCERT that may go down in rock history, the US 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 Tuesday.

Despite fears that 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, had choked up…