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.

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."

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

In an interview with Vice, bandfrontmanJesse Hughes said he wants to be the first band to play at theBataclanwhen it opens again.

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