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Bataclan concert hall will reopen in 2016, directors vow

The directors of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where two-thirds of the 130 victims of the Paris attacks were killed, have said it will reopen before the end of 2016.

Eagles of Death Metal co-founder wants to be first to play re-opened venue

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Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes is seen performing at Paris' Bataclan concert hall on Nov. 13, before gunmen stormed in and killed dozens. The American musician says he wants the band to be the first to play the Paris venue when it eventually reopens. (Manu Wino/Facebook)

The directors of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where two-thirds of the 130 victims of the Paris attacks were killed, have said it will reopen before the end of 2016.

Jules Frutos, co-manager of Parisian music hall Le Bataclan, speaks at a press conference in Paris in November. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)

Jules Frutos — who has run the venue with Olivier Poubelle since 2004 — told Le Monde in an interview published Wednesday that "it's necessary to see the doors open again."

Poubelle said that "it shouldn't be turned into a mausoleum. Or a pilgrimage site." 

During the Nov. 13 attacks, gunmen killed 89 people at the concert venue during a concert by Los Angeles band Eagles Of Death Metal.

In an interview with Vice, band frontman Jesse Hughes said he wants to be the first band to play at the Bataclan when it opens again.

World leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama, have been visiting the site, each bringing a white rose to honour those who died in the attacks.

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