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Eagles of Death Metal played their first gig in Paris last night (07.12.15) since the terrorism attacks in the French capital last month.
The American rock band took to the stage to perform at the end of a U2 concert at the AccorHotels Arena, less than a month after the deadly attacks during their on-stage performance.
According to various Twitter users, Bono invited the band to join them, saying: "They were robbed of their stage three weeks ago, we'd like to offer them ours tonight."
During the widely-anticipated collaboration, the bands performed a cover of Patti Smith's 'People Have The Power', before U2 gave way and allowed Eagles Of Death Metal to close the show with their own track 'I Love You All The Time'.
U2 performed at the same venue the previous night, and used their gig to pay tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks around the world.
Addressing the crowd on Sunday evening (06.12.15), Bono said: "We stand together with the families who lost their loved ones in Paris. We stand together with families in San Bernardino. We stand together with families in Beirut and Istanbul. We stand together before those with false ideologies of the god they serve."

D.I.D have made "a miserable" Christmas song.
The alt-rockers - formerly known as Dog Is Dead - have penned and recorded the track 'TV Christmas' and head Grinch, Rob Milton, revealed it has always been his "personal goal" for many years to create a gloomy festive track.
Vocalist Rob is joined in the group by Joss Van Wilder, Daniel Harvey, Lawrence 'Trev' Cole, Rob 'Paul Roberts' White, and is really "excited" for people's reactions to the track.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "We've done a Christmas song, 'TV Christmas', which is really exciting for us, because it's been my personal goal to write a really miserable Christmas song for the past four years. I always left it too late but now I've done it and I'm really excited it's out."
However, the single comes paired with an even more "melancholy" track called 'Heavy Cloud' and both will feature on the band's debut album due out in 2016.
Speaking about the song, they explained: "'Heavy Cloud' is probably the most introspective and melancholy single we've released. The song is basically about the weight of anxiety, acceptance and moving forward. Collectively it's one of the bands favourite songs from the album and a nod to which direction we are heading in sonically."
Meanwhile, ironically the rockers felt compelled to change their name from morbid Dog Is Dead because they are "big dog lovers".
Rob added: "We wanted a fresh outlook really and wanted to come back and do our own thing differently. The fans will still call us what we want, but we made up that name when we were like 15 years old for a school talent show and we're all big dog lovers so it doesn't bode well."

Sigma "never expected" to be invited to perform on 'The X Factor'.
The British drum and bass duo - which consists of Joe Lenzie and Cameron Edwards - performed their recent hit 'Coming Home' featuring Rita Ora on the talent show last week and admitted they never imagined they would one day be on one of the biggest talent shows in the world.
Asked what their highlight of 2015 was at Capital's Jingle Bell Ball with Cocoa Cola on Sunday (06.12.15), Cameron told BANG Showbiz: "'The X Factor' for me. It was something we never expected to do. Simon (Cowell) was really complimentary."
The pair were thrilled to meet the music mogul - who gave their track his blessing - and joked that while they tried to give Simon a hug, he was actually very "formal" in return.
Cameron continued: "He was a really nice guy. He was like 'Guys, that song is a HIT.'
"He's very sort of square when he speaks to you. He's comes up to you and he's very formal."
The 'Changing' hitmakers are renowned for their upbeat dance anthems and confessed they'd love to collaborate with Adele next.
Quizzed on who they would like to work with out of 'Bad Blood' singer Taylor and the British songstress, Cameron said: "I'd collaborate with Adele over Taylor Swift definitely. Yeah we love her. Taylor's great though."
Meanwhile the duo released their debut album 'Life' on Friday (04.12.15) but Joe confessed it took a "back seat" because he was "so busy" with another exciting milestone last week.
The 28-year-old producer shared: "We're obviously really happy with the end product and the music. We've had quite a few tweets from people. It's all been a bit hectic and I've been moving house, so to be honest it's kind of taken a back seat. I've been so busy!"

Taylor Swift and The Weeknd will battle for Album of The Year at the Grammy Awards 2016.
Both artists received seven nods each and will both be vying for the gong with '1989' and 'Beauty Behind the Madness' respectively alongside Kendrick Lamar for 'To Pimp a Butterfly', Alabama Shakes with 'Sound and Color' and Chris Stapleton's 'Traveller'.
However, it is Kendrick who leads the nominations board with 11 nods in total.
The 28-year-old singer will be hoping February 15 is his lucky night when he contests for prizes including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for the same record and the coveted Song of the Year with 'Alright'.
Elsewhere, Ed Sheeran will battle his pal Taylor for Song of the Year and Record of the Year, with 'Blank Space' earning both her nominations and 'Thinking Out Loud' earning Ed his.
Also up for Song of the Year is Little Big Town's 'Girl Crush' and 'See You Again' by Whiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, while Record of the Year also sees nominations for The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel my Face', D'Angelo and the Vanguard's 'Really Love' and 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars.
The Best New Artist category will see Meghan Trainor, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly, James Bay and Courtney Barnett.
Alicia Keys announced the nominations for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist on 'This Morning' earlier today (07.12.15), with the other categories revealed on Grammy.com.
The 2016 Grammy Awards will take place on February 15 2016 at Los Angeles' Staples Centre.

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards selected list of nominations:

Album of the Year:
Alabama Shakes, 'Sound and Color'
Kendrick Lamar, 'To Pimp a Butterfly'
Chris Stapleton, 'Traveller'
Taylor Swift, '1989'
The Weeknd, 'Beauty Behind the Madness'

Song of the Year:
Kendrick Lamar, 'Alright'
Taylor Swift, 'Blank Space'
Little Big Town, 'Girl Crush'
Wiz Kahifa feat. Charlie Puth, 'See You Again'
Ed Sheeran, 'Thinking Out Loud'


Record of the Year:
D'Angelo and the Vanguard, 'Really Love'
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 'Uptown Funk'
Ed Sheeran, 'Thinking Out Loud'
Taylor Swift, 'Blank Space'
The Weeknd, 'Can't Feel my Face'

Best New Artist:
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance@
Florence + The Machine, 'Ship to Wreck'
Maroon 5, 'Sugar'
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 'Uptown Funk'
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, 'Bad Blood'
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, 'See You Again'

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, 'The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern'
Bob Dylan, 'Shadows in the Night'
Josh Groban, 'Stages'
Seth MacFarlane, 'No One Ever Tells You'
Barry Manilow (& Various Artists), 'My Dream Duets'

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Kelly Clarkson, 'Piece by Piece'
Florence + The Machine, 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'
Mark Ronson, 'Uptown Special'
Taylor Swift, '1989'
James Taylor, 'Before This World'

Best Dance Recording:
Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston, 'We're All We Need'
The Chemical Brothers, 'Go'
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, 'Never Catch Me'
Galantis, 'Runaway (U & I)'
Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, 'Where Are Ü Now'

Best Rock Performance:
Alabama Shakes, 'Don't Wanna Fight'
Florence + The Machine, 'What Kind Of Man'
Foo Fighters, 'Something From Nothing'
Elle King, 'Ex's & Oh's'
Wolf Alice, 'Moaning Lisa Smile'

Best Alternative Music Album:
Alabama Shakes, 'Sound & Color'
Björk, Vulnicura'
My Morning Jacket, 'The Waterfall'
Tame Impala, 'Currents'
Wilco, 'Star Wars'

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
The Internet, 'Ego Death'
Kehlani, 'You Should Be Here'
Lianne La Havas, 'Blood'
Miguel, 'Wildheart'
The Weeknd, 'Beauty Behind the Madness'

Best Rap Album:
J. Cole, '2014 Forest Hills Drive'
Dr. Dre, 'Compton'
Drake, 'If Youre Reading This Its Too Late'
Kendrick Lamar, 'To Pimp a Butterfly'
Nicki Minaj, 'The Pinkprint'

Best Country Album:
Sam Hunt, 'Montevallo'
Little Big Town, 'Pain Killer'
Ashley Monroe, 'The Blade'
Kacey Musgraves, 'Pageant Material'
Chris Stapleton, 'Traveller'

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Caribou, 'Our Love'
The Chemical Brothers, 'Born in the Echoes'
Disclosure, 'Caracal'
Jamie XX, 'In Colour'
Skrillex and Diplo, 'Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü'

U2 paid tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks around the world, at their concert in on Sunday (06.12.15).
The Irish rockers performed at AccorHotels Arena in the French capital - which was devastated by the deaths of 129 people killed during a series of shootings last month - and displayed the victims' names in blue, white and red on a large screen on the stage.
Addressing the crowd, Bono said: "We stand together with the families who lost their loved ones in Paris. We stand together with families in San Bernardino. We stand together with families in Beirut and Istanbul. We stand together before those with false ideologies of the god they serve."
U2 were due to play two shows in the city on November 14 and November 15 but had to cancel them when terrorists opened fire at an Eagles of Death Metal concert in the Bataclan theatre, killing 89 concert goers.
Afterwards, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. offered the US rockers use of their plane to exit the city, and bought them new phones after their devices were left inside the concert hall.
Back in Paris yesterday, it was rumoured that Eagles of Death Metal would make a surprise appearance on stage.
However, prior to Sunday's concert the 'Beautiful Day' rockers wrote on their website that this "is not the case" but they had another surprise guest in store.
U2 brought Patti Smith on stage and the 'Because The Night' singer duetted with them on hits 'Gloria', 'Bad' and 'People Have the Power'.
Meanwhile, Monday's concert 'U2: Innocence + Experience Live' will be aired on HBO in Paris at 9pm ET and more surprise guests appearing in the show have not been ruled out.

Noel Gallagher reunited with his former Oasis bandmate Gem Archer for a gig on the weekend. The 48-year-old rocker was joined by the guitarist for the first time since 2010 at his acoustic gig in Lincoln, central England, to perform Oasis tracks 'Won...

Ed Sheeran will battle Ellie Goulding and Hozier for the Song of the Year prize at the BBC Music Awards 2015.
The trio of artists are all in the running for the accolade, with Ed up for 'Bloodstream', Ellie for 'Love Me Like You Do' and Hozier's 'Take Me To Church'.
They are also up against Jason Derulo who is nominated for his track 'Want To Want Me', Jess Glynne's 'Hold My Hand', Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk', OMI who is up for 'Cheerleader', The Weeknd's single 'Can't Feel My Face', Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's hit 'See You Again' and Major Lazer and DJ Snake's 'Lean On'.
The Song of the Year accolade is the only award that is voted for by the public and voting - which can conducted via SMS or online at bbc.co.uk/musicawards - opens on Wednesday (09.12.15) at 7am and closes at 8pm.
The ceremony takes place on Thursday (10.12.15) at Birmingham's The Genting Arena and will be hosted by BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans and former Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton.
Performances at the event will come from some of the biggest names in music and hot new talent, including Ellie, Jess, One Direction, Little Mix, Faithless, James Bay, and Rod Stewart among others.

BBC Music Awards 2015 Song of the Year shortlist:

Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Hozier - Take Me To Church
Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me
Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ - Lean On
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth - See You Again

Liam Payne and Nathan Sykes are keen to work together.
The One Direction hunk, 22, and the Wanted singer may have been locked in a bitter feud in the past but they've decided to bury the hatchet and head for the studio.
Nathan, 22, explained: "I spoke to Liam about writing together, which is going to be cool. I'm looking forward to that when we can get it in our schedules."
News that the pair are planning to write some music together will no doubt come as a surprise to fans as the boybands have been embroiled in a long-running feud.
Liam's band mate Louis Tomlinson kicked off a war of words with the five-piece when he referred to Tom Parker as a "little girl" via social media, while Tom poked fun at his voice.
But it seems the spat has now been brushed under the carpet and Nathan is pleased they can all get along.
He told The Sun newspaper: "That was a few years ago, everyone has grown up.
"I hate confrontation so it was nice to see them on a friendly level. I sat down with a few of them and we kind of laughed about it. It was nice to see them and be like, 'Oh my god, we can be friendly with each other!' "
Meanwhile, The Wanted announced last year they would be taking an extended hiatus but are keen to join forces again in the near future, while One Direction have also decided to go their separate ways for a bit to focus on solo projects.

Ringo Starr's personal copy of the Beatles' 'The White Album' has been sold at auction for a record $790,000.
The legendary rock star's copy, numbered No.0000001, carried a pre-auction estimate of $40,000 to $60,000, but that figure was easily surpassed as the bidding reached record-breaking proportions.
Ringo, 75, previously admitted that he and the other members of the Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison - never gave any thought to the value of their records when they were making music together.
He said: "We used to play the vinyl in those days.
"We didn't think, 'We'll keep it for 50 years and it will be in pristine condition.' Whoever gets it, it will have my fingerprints on it."
Because the copies of the album were numbered in sequence, the buyer of Ringo's edition can claim they own the first ever printed copy of the iconic album, which is considered by some critics to be among the best records ever made.
What's more, it reached number one on both sides of the Atlantic and was released just two years before the chart-topping group split up.