Bono and U2 Members Visits Bataclan Theater, Pays Their Respect

Irish rock band U2, who has been in the city for most of the week, visited the site where the most number of deaths were recorded. The band went and paid their respects at the Bataclan concert hall, where at least 80 people have died during the Friday attacks in Paris.

The band has announced the cancellation of their Saturday and Sunday concerts last week after the bloody terrorist attacks happened in different sites in the city.

According to official statements, "the concert hall was the bloodiest single site during Friday's orchestrated wave of attacks. At least 129 total are dead and 352 injured."

A new post to Instagram showed a white sheet with the band's autographs written on it in black ink. The sheet also contained messages of hope and despair like, "How can a man with so many friends feel so alone?" and "Love is bigger than anything in its way." 

In a report published in ET Online, members of the group - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. - have placed flowers on the pavement near the Paris venue.

"If you think about it, the majority of victims last night are music fans. This is the first direct hit on music that we've had in this so-called War on Terror or whatever it's called," Bono said.

"It's very upsetting. These are our people. This could be me at a show. You at a show. In that venue. It's a very recognizable situation for you and for me and the coldblooded aspect of this slaughter is deeply disturbing and that's what I can't get out of my head," he continued.

Other bands and musicians, including Eagles of Death Metal and the Foo Fighters have also been reported to have canceled their European shows in the wake of the attacks.

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