Three weeks after they watched helplessly as dozens of the their fans died in a hail of bullets, the Californian rock band that played at the Bataclan will return to Paris for an emotional performance.
Eagles of Death Metal are to join U2 for their last song in front of a crowd of more than 16,000 at the AccorHotels Arena in eastern Paris tonight.
It promises to be a moving finale to one of the French capital's biggest concerts since the Nov 13 massacre of 130 people and a highly symbolic act of defiance by the American band.
Paris is scarred by the coordinated assaults on several targets, claimed by Isil. The worst attack brutally cut short the band's performance at the Bataclan, where 90 people were killed.
The members of Eagles of Death Metal escaped injury and halted their European tour to return to the US. They have said they want to be the first to perform at the Bataclan when it reopens after refurbishment at the end of next year, and are expected to resume their tour in February.