Eagles of Death Metal is safe, ‘horrified’ by Paris attacks

Eagles of Death Metal have not as yet commented on the campaign.

Fans of the California-based rock band Eagles of Death Metal, whose Paris show was turned into a massacre by gunmen who stormed the concert, have mounted a social media campaign to boost downloads of the band’s newly-recorded track Save a Prayer.

On that tragic day of 13 November 2015, four ISIS terrorists had overtaken the theatre hall while the concert was ongoing, shooting people at random, and taking 100 hostages.

By Andy MaltEagles Of Death Metal have issued a statement on the violent attack that occurred at their show at Bataclan in Paris last Friday – their first update since a brief message in the hours following the incident.

The band released a new album last month.

Organisers said they were aiming to drive the song to the top of the British pop singles charts this week, and that the track already had hit number one on Amazon and iTunes rock charts within 24 hours.

They said that while they are “bonded in grief” with victims, fans, families, citizens of Paris and those affected by terrorism, they are “proud to stand together” in a united common goal of love and compassion. Among those who died were Nick Alexander, a Briton selling merchandise at the venue, and three employees of the band’s record company. One of the members of the band, Josh Homme, founded the charity with an aim of supporting and encouraging musicians, recording technicians and their families during crisis situations.

The band closed its statement by thanking “the French police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the USA and French State Departments, and especially all those at ground zero with us who helped each other as best they could during this unimaginable ordeal, proving once again that love overshadows evil”.