Yahoo – AFP,
16 Nov 2015
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Gunmen
attacked an Eagles of Death Metal gig at the Bataclan in Paris,
gunning down
fans and blowing themselves up as police stormed the building
(AFP Photo/Marion
Ruszniewski)
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London
(AFP) - British fans of the US rock band Eagles of Death Metal, which was
playing at a Paris concert hall targeted in Friday's attacks, have started a
social media campaign to push one of its songs to number 1.
"Get
Eagles Of Death Metal to the No.1 this week as a statement of support and
peace," read the description of the campaign on Twitter on Monday.
A Facebook
page calling on supporters to download the song "Save a Prayer", a
cover of Duran Duran's hit single of the same name, had more than 6,500
"likes".
Campaign
organisers said that the downloads would be "a nice gesture" and
stressed they were not representing the band, who escaped unharmed, and their
initiative was not being done for profit.
The song is
at number 96 in Britain's charts and climbing, with a new ranking set to be
released later on Monday ahead of the official ranking on Friday.
The
campaign "has started gathering momentum," the Official Charts
Company said in a statement.
The song is
already at number three on the Amazon UK singles chart and number 1 on the
iTunes rock chart.
It was at
number 35 on the main iTunes chart.
Gunmen
attacked an Eagles of Death Metal gig at the Bataclan in Paris on Friday,
gunning down fans and blowing themselves up as police stormed the building.
The attack
claimed 89 lives -- by far the worst loss of life of the night.
The band,
which was formed in 1998 in Palm Desert, California, was celebrating the
October release of their album "Zipper Down" with a European tour.
The band's
previous highest UK single's chart position was number 73 with 2006 record
"I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)".
The video
featured Josh Homme -- frontman of Queens of the Stone Age -- along with former
Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and Hollywood comic actor Jack Black, all of whom
have made live cameos with the band.
Messages
about the campaign were being retweeted on the official account of the British
band Duran Duran.
It was
unclear who would receive the royalties from the increased sales of the single.
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A musical
ensemble from Saung Angklung Udjo will perform in Paris on
Tuesday.
(Photo courtesy of Saung Angklung Udjo)
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