The Jazz will re-open on November 12, 2016 – by PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP

It’s official since a few hours, the Jazz will reopen on the 12th of November for a concert of Sting, almost a year to the day after the attack jihadist who was 90 died in the room in paris. Inside, everything has been renovated to the same after eight months of work, without any chair or object of origin has not been preserved.

” We decided to change everything to change nothing “, summed up Friday in front of several media, including franceinfo, Jérôme Langlet, head of the branch of Lagardere Unlimited Live Entertainment and president of the room.


” The Bataclan revit, the Bataclan in advance “, promises the director of the room

” Do not keep anything of this night abominable “

This is only Thursday afternoon that the hall of the 11th Arrondissement of Paris has received the favourable opinion of the authorities for its reopening.

The management wanted to ” change everything, because we decided not to keep anything of this night is abominable “. “From roof to floor, paint up the tiles. We even decided to change the seats, so that there were no seats the night of the concert on 13 November (Eagles of Death Metal), since it was a concert standing up. We wanted to be certain that there would be nothing this evening, ” pointed out Jérôme Langlet.

” And nothing to change, because we decided to redo the room exactly as it was before the dramatic events “, he added.

A room almost identical

” We haven’t decided to reopen it in a second. It was necessary first of all we meet, then there are a lot of discussions with the associations of victims and the public authorities. There was a lot of questioning, but very quickly, it was decided that it was necessary to raise the head, move on, nothing to let them determine and re-open the hall, ” he detailed, very moved.

the layout of The place remains the same. The furniture has been redone on the same. The regulars at the Bataclan will not be strange. Two exceptions, however : the entrance hall, “which was very dark,” has been made brighter, while the balcony of the posts in the plaster are unnecessary have been removed.

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the discovery of The site will only occur the night of the concert of Sting, because no visit will be possible prior to the press : “Because I want people to see the Bataclan live, with the public, artists. I don’t want the first pictures show it empty, ” according to the president of the room.

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