Rock band unhurt in Paris siege, U2 cancels upcoming sold-out show

California-based rock band Eagles of Death Metal was in the midst of a European tour, promoting its fourth album release, when the musicians found themselves caught up in a terror attack at the Paris concert hall where they had begun to perform on Friday.

The Bataclan music hall was one of several entertainment sites around Paris targeted by gunmen and bombers who killed scores of people in what President Francois Hollande described as an unprecedented terrorist assault.

Early indications were that members of the band were all safe.

Jo Ellen Hughes, the mother of band member Jesse Hughes, said from Los Angeles that she had spoken to her son by telephone and that he was unhurt but “very upset and shaken.”

Meanwhile, rock band U2 canceled their November 14 concert in Paris.

Making the announcement, the band released a statement that read, “As a result of the ongoing state of emergency across France, the U2 Paris concert scheduled for 14th November will not be going ahead as planned. U2 and Live Nation, along with HBO who were due to live broadcast the Saturday concert, are fully resolved to go ahead with this show at an appropriate time.”