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Fareed. i appreciate it. it is an extraordinary interview. they don't speak publicly that often. what stood out to you the most? >> i was struck by the passion with which they really wanted to play in paris. what they call an act of joyous defiance. the kind of music they do. the connection they have to this whole problem of terrorism. remember, they come out of the word of the irish terrorism and british response. so you hear and see almost a desire to just get there and make their statement. >> did you think about even playing the next day? was it even possible? >> we first hoped we could pl...

The edge. always gets me. my apologies. >> did you think about even playing the next day? was it even possible? >> we hoped we could play the next day, but then it dawned on us just how serious it was and we gave up on that. >> actually, we didn't have a choice because within a few hours of the problems starting, we were given word by the city that they were shutting down all events. >> it wasn't even our decision. >> no. >> we were very sdermed to get back this as quick as we can. paris is a very romantic city and the essence of romance is defiance and defiant joy, we think, is the mark of ou...

Problems starting, we were given word by the city that they were shutting down all events. >> it wasn't even our decision. >> no. >> we were very determined to get back there as quick as we can. paris is a very romantic city, and you know, the essence of romance is defiancdefiance. defiant joy is the theme of our band and rock 'n' roll. celebrating all the things we love, food, soccer. trying to destroy those things. they don't like women. what else is there? music, women. so we really -- and we sense that defiance in paris. the word from our fans is -- i think it was 300 tickets not taken -- ...