Sophie Ellis-Bextor has paid tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris terrorist assaults, earlier than singing Murder On The Dancefloor on the Bataclan live performance corridor the place 90 individuals had been killed.
One-hundred and thirty individuals died and a whole lot extra had been injured in coordinated assaults throughout the capital on the evening of 13 November 2015.
By far the deadliest factor of the IS-backed plot was the assault on the Bataclan when terrorists opened fireplace on the group who had been watching the American band Eagles of Death Metal play.
Performing on the 1,500-capacity venue on Tuesday evening as a part of her European tour, Ellis-Bextor acknowledged the sensitivity across the lyrics of the track with previous occasions in thoughts.
She advised the group: “It did not really feel proper to me to simply waltz right into a track referred to as Murder On The Dancefloor with out noting and paying tribute to the historical past.
“All I wish to say is that ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ shouldn’t be a track with any evil in its coronary heart.
“The complete intention of that track, like this venue, is to deliver pleasure and music on to the dancefloor.
“So, in tribute to that spirit, and in tribute to everybody who has ever danced right here at the Bataclan, this is Murder On The Dancefloor.”
Murder On The Dance Floor has had an enormous surge in reputation after being featured within the closing scene of Emerald Fennell’s film Saltburn – a darkish satire in regards to the super-rich.
Some of the movie’s extra excessive scenes – that includes dying, nudity and intercourse – have gone viral on social media propelling the monitor again into the highest 10, totally 23 years after its launch, and breaking into the Billboard 100 within the US for the primary time.
Sky News has contacted Ellis-Bextor’s representatives for remark.
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