Sting to reopen Bataclan on eve of Paris attacks anniversary Sting will re-open Paris' Bataclan concert hall on November 12, a day before the anniversary of the jihadist attack that left 90 people dead there. The former frontman of The Police said he had agreed to the highly-charged gig "to remember and honour those who lost their lives in the attack a year ago, and to celebrate the life and the music that this historic theatre represents. FILE IMAGES