On November 12, 2016, a year after the Islamist attack on the Bataclan on November 13, 2015, Sting was the first to return to the stage of the Parisian concert hall.
In a tone both measured and full of emotion, the English star agreed on Friday to return to the microphone of Europe 1 on what he considers one of "
the strongest moments of his career
".
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Aware of the weight that rested on his shoulders by agreeing to become the symbol of the rebirth of the concert hall, the one who was for a long time the charismatic leader of the Police group wanted to fulfill two missions: “
I wanted to honor the dead and celebrate the reopening. of a historic concert hall.
"
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Four years have passed since that concert, but Sting's memories are intact.
He began by asking the public to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the attack.
Despite the presence in the room of relatives of the survivors and the dead, the singer will note that "the
more the evening progressed, the more the concert became a celebration
".
A singer long committed to freedom and to the defense of the environment, Sting recalled that it was not the first time that he had taken on this role of a symbol of return to life: “
This kind of experience is no stranger to me, I have known moving moments, in serious moments: I have played in Chile, Argentina, in memory of the disappeared, in the presence of their families in the very places where they were executed.
"
And Sting to recall again that his song
Fragile
, written in the 1980s, will have been inspired by another human drama, emphasizing “
the fragility of men, their sadness, but also their strength
”.
Words that he will resume on November 12, 2016 in an attempt to “
exorcise the ghosts of the Bataclan
” as he repeats today.
And better than speech, they express both the duty of memory to the victims and an ode to life which resumes: “
If blood flows when flesh and steel become one, drying in the color of twilight, tomorrow's rain will remove all the stains.
But one thing will always stay with us.
"
Fragile
by Sting
Sting: "
We must exorcise the ghosts of the Bataclan
"
