Singer for Eagles of Death Metal escapes Paris attack

Friday, November 13, 2015
PARIS -- The lead singer of a Southern California band escaped a Paris concert hall after gunmen attacked on Friday, a relative told KESQ-TV.

The Eagles of Death Metal were playing a show at the Bataclan, a well-known theater in Paris, when gunmen killed dozens of people and took many hostages.

Jesse Hughes, the front-man for the band, was on stage when the gunmen entered the concert through multiple doors, a relative told KESQ.



The relative said Hughes was able to escape out a backstage door.



KESQ reports Hughes is safe and at a Paris police station, but other members of his band remain missing.

Josh Homme, a drummer for the Eagles of Death Metal and singer of Queens of the Stone Age, was not touring with the Eagles of Death Metal at the time of the attack.
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Eagles of Death Metal was formed in Palm Desert back in 1998 and recently played on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in October.

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