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Eagles of Death Metal have thanked "awesome" Bono for helping them in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks.
In November, the singer offered the American rockers use of U2's private plane to exit the city after 89 people were brutally killed at their concert at the Le Bataclan theatre in one of a series of terrorist attacks in the French capital and purchased them new phones after theirs were left inside the music venue.
EODM frontman Jesse Hughes has now opened up about the Irish singer coming to their assistance and admits he can't thank him enough for his support and actions.
Speaking in an interview with Rolling Stone, Hughes said: "Bono knows that I'm a Christian and he also knows I'm a mama's boy. The very next day [after the attack], a courier came with a phone that had a note that said, 'This is from Bono. Make sure you call your mom.' I thought that was awesome. It was the first time that I really got to talk to my mom without being in a police station and that meant the whole world to me at that moment."
Hughes also revealed he and Bono prayed with one another over the phone in the wake of the atrocity.
He added: "Bono called because I needed advice. I felt like the best person to ask for advice on how to deal with this is someone who's rubbed elbows with world leaders. And he just prayed with me on the phone. He kept my head off of things and then U2 visited the memorial site and delivered lyrics of ours that he thought were appropriate. And that particularly was important to me because I really wanted to be out there. I didn't want to be in some safe house. I take personal pride in being really close to my fans. I knew a lot of the people personally that didn't make it and that little detail, just on a personal note, is something that nobody else would ever know that it mattered, but it mattered to me. I didn't know how I was ever going to get back onstage again."
Hughes' EODM collaborator Josh Homme also explained why The 'Miss Alissa' hitmakers - who rescheduled their European live dates since the tragedy - have launched Play It Forward, a project inviting musicians to cover their song 'I Love You All The Time' for charity.
He said: "Roses grow in s**t, and this is a s****y situation. It's funny how things this terrible, when you're close to them, how they stop your life in its tracks ... This is where I realise the importance of the arts and music to be able to move quickly to unite people. It's a rare moment when these elements are conjoined."

Lionel Richie won't have more children like Ronnie Wood because he isn't a "superhuman" like the rocker.
The 'All Night Long' hitmaker thinks that it's no surprise The Rolling Stones guitarist is expecting twins at the age of 68 with wife Sally - who is 31 years his junior - but admitted he doesn't relish the idea of it for himself.
When asked if the rocker should still be adding to his brood, Lionel quipped: "When you can defy the laws of gravity anyway, of course he can have kids - twins, to be exact.
"If you really want to kill me, give me some more kids! I'm fascinated about life, but I think I'm over the fact that I'd want to have any more kids. I don't think it will happen.
"They have defied it all - life and death. Mick and the boys, they are super-human."
The 66-year-old singer - who is father to adopted daughter Nicole Richie, 34, son Miles, 21, and daughter Sofia, 17 - dates younger blogger Lisa Parigi but happily admits his life is a lot less "rock 'n' roll" than Ronnie's.
He told The Sun newspaper: "With Ronnie, we've come to expect something different anyway. He is living a full rock 'n' roll life. I am very happy for him. I don't think anybody's shocked.
"And by the way, don't attempt to copy anything they do, because you're going to die a thousand times."

The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan has become a father for the first time.
The 'Tonight, Tonight' singer and his partner Chloe Mendel - who is 26 years his junior - welcomed a baby boy into the world on November 16, and while the pair have remained out of the public eye since, the tot's name has been revealed as Augustus Juppiter Corgan.
Chloe, 22, is an artist and the daughter of fashion designers Gilles Mendel and Jenny Mui, while the 48-year-old rocker previously dated Jessica Origliasso from pop-duo The Veronicas in 2010 and lived with Hole singer Courtney Love for a time.
Recently, the '1979' hitmaker paid tribute to his fellow musician and pal Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, who died of a drug overdose last month, and said the tragedy reminded of him of what he has.
Billy - who also works as Senior Producer of Creative and Talent Development for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling - shared: "We mourn all that might have been. I find myself reflecting on what I do have. In scarce moments when Scott and I spoke as contemporaries and got to know each other as people... I'd try to make him giggle when I saw that the manic whirl of the dumb parties we were at might be causing undue stress. May I now say he is undoubtedly in the arms of grace and eternal love."

Bastille are choosing from 25 songs for their new album.
The 'Pompeii' hitmakers are busy putting together their follow up record to 2013's 'Bad Blood' and have admitted they're taking their time as what songs they choose will determine what genre the album is.
Frontman Dan Smith said: "We've just been very busy writing and recording a lot of new music.
"We've written a whole album, we've got 25 songs give or take.
"We're kind of just finishing everything off an finessing what tunes are gonna make it cause it could literally be one of three or four very different records, so we're just figuring out which one it is."
The band - which is also made up of Chris 'Woody' Wood, William Farquarson and Kyle Simmons - have experimented with different styles of music this time around.
Dan told Billboard magazine: "When we started the album, this is more than a year ago, it was alternative R&B, a lot more electronic, then we went down a heavier rock route as well, then we almost came full circle back around to what we did the first record, more cinematic, then we did a load of horns. So it could be a lot of different things. But we just want the songs to be good and memorable and we want the album to be fucking interesting and a good progression from the last record, something that we're proud of."
And while they are still putting the finishing touches on their latest creation, they've already decided on a title.
He added: "We have the name of it in our heads, we've got the concept, I think thematically, in the last few months, it really came together and that's nice 'cause a lot of the songs are quite narrative."

Nathan Sykes thinks The Wanted's hiatus came at the "right time."
The 'Over And Over Again' hitmaker didn't expect the band to go their separate ways last year but is glad it happened because it allowed him to grow as a solo artist.
He explained: "Everyone was very excited to do their own thing. The time was right to go on a break.
"For me personally, looking back I'm really pleased that we did. Had we continued on making music, I wouldn't be in a place as an artist that I am at now. I definitely wouldn't be as a songwriter. Probably vocally as well - I'd still be singing within about five notes instead of three octaves."
And the 22-year-old singer is thrilled going it alone has allowed people to see his impressive vocal ability.
He told Digital Spy: "Every single performance I do, people are like, 'I didn't realise you could sing like this'. Coming from a band, it's a really refreshing time in my life. I didn't know what I was capable of at all. It was only as I started writing the album and hitting new notes on a new level of songwriting. I was connecting emotionally with the lyrics."
Nathan - who is gearing up to release his debut solo LP in 2016 - is the only member of the band to have chart success as a solo artist, with his debut single 'Kiss Me Quick' reaching number one in the US Dance Club Songs Chart.

Noel Gallagher says the Britpop era was the end of rock music as a dominating part of pop culture.
The songwriter's former group Oasis were the biggest band to emerge from the rock sub genre than came from the UK in the 90s and although it was a very special time for music he knew it was the end era.
He said: "It was an anniversary of something recently and somebody showed me a list of the album chart back them and in one week, it was Oasis, The Verve The Manics, Pulp and Blur, were like at least five of the top ten, and had been for most of that year. And I felt, I remember saying at the time that that era was the end of something, that that would be the last time that something like that would happen. There just isn't that culture any more. I have a 15-year-old daughter who is like, 'Albums? They take too much time just give me the track man.'
"I guess it was the end of pop music as we knew it and then the internet came along and bingo."
Meanwhile, the 48-year-old musician added that he was inspired to write albums with B sides by the soul and rock groups of the '60s, such as The Kinks, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys.
He told Steve Lamaq on BBC Radio Six: "We were all derived from, maybe not so much The Manics, but we certainly were derived from those pop records and The Verve were the same and Blur probably."

Rapper Saint West has retired after Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West gave their newborn son the same name as him.
The Canadian rap artist revealed he is finished with the music industry after the reality TV star and 'Goldigga' singer settled on the name for their little boy, who was born on December 5.
In a video clip posted on TMZ, Saint West - also known as Lindon McIntyre - says of the baby adopting his moniker: "Hi, I'm Lindon, also known as Saint West. I'd like to announce my official retirement from hip-hop.
"Congratulations Kanye and Kim, thank you for choosing such a beautiful name. Saint West, may God smile on you. I'll always be cheering for you. And try to avoid becoming a rapper."
Kim, 34, had a tough birth because of her medical condition, placenta accreta, and revealed at the time that she and Kanye, 38, chose the name to show how much of a "blessing" the three-week-old is.
Meanwhile, the superstar couple's first child, daughter North West, was born in 2013 and discussing possible names for their second baby, the 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star previously said: "I don't like South West... North will always, you know, be better and be more... she has a better direction".

Liam Payne has shared his first post-One Direction track.
The 22-year-old singer co-wrote 'The Night We Met' for Irish boy band HomeTown and he has excitedly taken to social media to share the pop song, which is his first musical offering since his band announced they are taking a break from music.
Posting a video on Twitter on Monday (21.12.15), he teased: "Hey everyone almost Christmas. Check out this song I did with hometown and Jamie Scott ... listen loud and enjoy! (sic)"
HomeTown are managed by former 'The X Factor' judge Louis Walsh and are signed to RCA records.
Made up of Brendan Murray, Cian, Morrin, Dayl Cronin, Dean Gibbons, Josh Gray and Ryan McLoughlin, their sound isn't a far cry from One Direction's own music, much to the delight of many 'Directioners'.
After watching the video for 'The Night We Met' on YouTube, one 1D fan posted: "Here cos of Liam but staying for their songs. (sic)"
Liam and his One Direction bandmates, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Niall Horan, are set to take a two-year break from the band after releasing five albums in four years and touring the world virtually non-stop.

Coldplay will take requests on their 'A Head Full of Dreams Tour' so fans can give them a reason to play "old songs".
While the band have agreed on most of the setlist which will include tracks from their latest album, they have revealed they will include a "request segment" so that fans can hear their favourite oldies from the group's illustrious career.
Frontman Chris Martin explained: "What we will do on this tour is almost like a request segment. We'd ask people to give us a reason why they want us to play that song so there is a purpose behind why we play it.
"I think we want to make it like a passport photobooth, so you go in and say, 'I am Derek, I would like you to play 'The Hardest Part' ... So for example, if we are going to play a song like 'Spies' off of 'Parachutes', it will be lovely to play it and say, 'This is for Helen from Bolton as this reminds her of her dad.' That is a bad example and not a real one."
Unlike some artists who grow tired of playing their old songs, Chris insists he and the rest of the group - Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland - get a lot of fulfilment out of performing their hits.
The 38-year-old singer said: "We're enjoying playing really old songs. This tour will finally have a setlist where we feel good about it from start to finish."
The band will play four dates from June 15-19 at London's Wembley Stadium next summer as part of the UK leg of the tour, which is the band's first in three years and follows the release of their new album, 'A Head Full of Dreams'.
But first they are preparing for their half-time Super
Bowl 50 show on February 7.
Speaking about their slot at the showpiece NFL game, Chris told The Sun newspaper: "It's a huge show so there's a lot of pressure and we've already started planning what we want to do."