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Music star Frank Turner was friends with the late Nick Alexander, who was killed in the terrorist attacks on Paris last Friday
British folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner has expressed his grief following the murder of his friend Nick Alexander at the hands of terrorists in last week’s Paris attacks.
Speaking to I Am Birmingham yesterday, the Bahrain-born musician from Hampshire said he was saddened at the loss of Alexander – who had worked with a number of high-profile musicians over the years – but would not be putting his tour on hold as a result.
Nick Alexander, 35, was shot dead by militants at the Bataclan concert venue, where he was working as the merchandise manager for American rock band Eagles of Death Metal.
The music fanatic from Essex was one of 89 people killed when ISIS gunmen burst into the Bataclan theatre in central Paris last Friday while Eagles of Death Metal were performing.
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Nick Alexander was murdered after gunmen broke into the Bataclan concert venue in Paris last week (Photograph: Joe Allen)
Commenting on the incident, Frank Turner said:
“I knew one guy who was killed and I knew a lot of people who got hurt, and it’s been a pretty unpleasant few days since it happened.
“I don’t want to overly personalise it but music and rock ‘n’ roll is my thing that I do for a living, it’s my culture and it’s my passion and because it was specifically released in the Bataclan, it was specifically an attack on that.
“Everybody is still in the middle of figuring out how to respond to it – and it’s not my place or my intention to try and dictate how anyone else responds to it – but, personally, the only sort of appropriate response I can think of it not be cowed and to keep doing what we do.
“I’ve spoke to some friends of mine who certainly feel that way and can put a certain amount of assurity that Nick Alexander would have felt that way too.
“I made a comment on Twitter which was slightly misinterpreted. I wasn’t particularly referring to the Foo Fighters, I think cancelling shows in France two or three days after it happened is completely legitimate, and I doubt that have very much say in the matter; but I’ve heard of some bands cancelling whole European tours early next year and that kind of thing; and that is their prerogative and their decision to make but personally that’s not what I would do.”
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Artist Frank Turner was seen supporting a wristband in the French tricolore, during his show in Birmingham last night (Photograph: Anthony Stanley)
Also paying their respects to victim Nick Alexander, artists Damon Albarn, Smashing Pumpkins, Sum 41, The Black Keys, Yusuf Islam and MGMT have also issued condolences to his family.
Artist Frank Turner made his comments before a show in Birmingham last night, during which he wore a wristband featuring the French tricolore.
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