MUMBAI: A sold-out show that was supposed to be a fun night-out for music lovers watching their favourite rock band- Eagles of Death Metal, ended on a sad note with more than 100 people losing their lives and many others facing severe injury. The sad news broke after gunmen targeted the Bataclan theatre in Paris and started firing arbitrarily.

Initially, there was speculation that the band was held captive. However, later reports suggested that by the time the attack took place, the band was not at the venue. There is no clarification regarding whether or not the crew is fine. The band is said to be safe, but there is no news on their location, stated The Washington Post.

A statement on the band’s official Facebook page read, “We are still currently trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and crew. Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation.”

Thousands had come to the popular nightspot to attend the Eagles of Death Metal’s concert inside the Bataclan theatre in Paris. The American band was on its European tour, after recently releasing an album- ‘Zipper Down’. They were playing at the venue when gunmen started firing indiscriminately at the crowd. The firing was part of a coordinated series of attacks by a group of extremists across the city.

Band members -Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme, who have worked with many other bands, are permanent members of the underground band and have been appreciated in the music community. Apart from Hughes and Homme, Dorio, Dave Catching, Matt McJunkins, and Eden Galindo, were performing in Paris, suggested a report. The band is known for working with the likes of Dave Grohl, Brody Dalle and Jack Black. Hughes is said to have escaped from backstage, and the rest of the band found ways to escape as well.

Keith Murray of We Are Scientists, confirmed through a Twitter post that he was at the Paris venue, and that he is safe. Adding more information to this NME, revealed that Murray and his wife left the venue ten minutes before the tragedy. Deftones, who was also in Paris for a gig, took to Facebook to say that the band is safe.

Eyewitnesses and a European journalist, Julian Peace, revealed that two or three masked men entered the concert venue, and carried out the heinous act which lasted around 10-15 minutes.

Condemning the attack, French president Francois Hollande said that the carnage in the theatre and elsewhere was an assault "of unprecedented proportions." The country is currently under a state of emergency. The president, however, is in no mood to lose the battle against extremists, and has declared a war against them.

The recent Paris attack is the deadliest attack in Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings. In January this year, Paris had fallen prey to an attack from Islamist gunmen, which has come to be known as the Charlie Hebdo incident.