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		</div><p>California rock band Eagles Of Death Metal have performed at a highly charged Paris concert filled with fans who survived an attack at their last Paris show &#8211; and filled with memories of those who did not.</p>
<p>&#8220;Bonsoir Paris, we&#8217;re ready for this!&#8221;, frontman Jesse Hughes told the crowd at the Olympia concert hall before heading straight into their first song.</p>
<p>Later, between two songs, he added: &#8220;Peace, Love and Rock and Roll!&#8221;</p>
<p>The band&#8217;s performance at the Bataclan concert hall on November 13 turned into a bloodbath when Islamic extremist suicide bombers stormed in, as near-simultaneous attacks hit cafes and a stadium around Paris.</p>
<p>Scores of concert-goers at the Bataclan were killed, while others hid or lay motionless for hours until a police raid ended the siege.</p>
<p>Armed police guarded entrances to the Olympia for Tuesday&#8217;s performance, and concert-goers went through three bag and body searches before entering.</p>
<p>Viewers seemed in good spirits ahead of the show, some drinking outside, and little nervousness in the crowd.</p>
<p>One survivor, Alexis Lebrun, described himself as &#8220;very scared&#8221; and said he would go to the Olympia venue but would only attend the concert if he deemed the security adequate.</p>
<p>He and other survivors opened up to a French terrorism commission ahead of the concert, questioning how the French government failed to stop the attacks that claimed 130 lives, most of them at the Bataclan.</p>
<p>The violence came just 10 months after deadly jihadi attacks on a satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket pushed the country into high alert, and forced French MPs to look for ways to further protect citizens.</p>
<p>Mr Lebrun questioned why there was scant security around one of Paris&#8217; biggest music venues given the heightened alert in the city.</p>
<p>&#8220;No security measures were seen. No military or police presence in front of the hall. No particular searches at the hall entrance,&#8221; Mr Lebrun noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;How come the national security alert was at its highest level, yet there were no provisions to mobilise some guards in front of venues welcoming hundreds or thousands of people?&#8221;</p>
<p>Speaking to i-Tele television ahead of the concert, Eagles Of Death Metal singer Hughes broke down in tears, saying: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why God picked us to be the band.&#8221;</p>
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