Eagles of Death Metal singer denies trying to enter Sting gig
The frontman of the US group on stage when jihadists massacred 90 people a year ago denied Sunday claims he was barred entry to the show marking the first anniversary of the Paris killings.
The management of the Bataclan venue said they had prevented two members of the Eagles of Death Metal, including lead singer Jesse Hughes, from entering the gig given by Sting on Saturday night.
"They came, I threw them out -- there are things you can't forgive," the venue's co-director Jules Frutos said late Saturday, referring to Hughes' suggestion that Muslim staff at the Bataclan might have cooperated with the attackers.
But Hughes -- in Paris to attend other commemorations for the first anniversary of the attacks -- on Sunday reiterated the band manager's earlier comments that he had not tried to enter the hall at all.
"I didn't want to see the show, I just wanted to see the place (Bataclan) open. But I never actually tried to go into the show. I've never even met the dude (Bataclan co-director Jules Frutos)... I don't know what he's talking about," he said.
The attack on the Bataclan was one of a series of attacks carried out by jihadists across Paris on November 13, 2015 in which 130 people died.