'We came off stage and someone said they heard gunfire outside': Australian singer Jarryd James tells how the Paris terror attacks erupted as he performed on stage
Australian singer Jarryd James has spoken for the first time about his experience on the night of the terror attacks in Paris.
The singer/songwriter, who had been playing a gig near the Bataclan concert hall, opened up about the terrifying ordeal in a radio interview with triple j radio on Wednesday morning.
Jarryd, 30, admitted that he had not known what was going on until he finished his set saying: ‘We just came off stage and someone said that they heard gunfire outside.
Caught in the Paris attacks: Australian singer Jarryd James told for the first time how he was performing at the French capital's Les Etoiles on the night of the terror attacks
He continued: ‘They just locked the doors and people started seeing things on the news.’
When asked how he was doing, the former youth worker added: ‘I’m totally fine, man, we were pretty lucky I guess. We were pretty close to it and people heard things outside that were pretty concerning.’
'But luckily we heard about it before we left the venue and they barricaded up.'
'We were pretty close to it': The 30-year-old crooner said he was shocked to hear what happened as he performed on stage
The singer's gig on November 13 took place at music venue Les Etoiles, which he explained was 'like a ten minute walk away' from where the Eagles of Death Metal band were performing.
He added: 'At the time people just weren’t sure what was going on.'
The Do You Remember hitmaker revealed that he ended up staying in the country the day after the attack as he told the radio hosts: 'We were supposed to leave there straight away but my keyboard player lost his passport and it was the worst time to do that.'
'They barricaded up': He was a ten minute walk away from where the Eagles of Death Metal were performing
He added that the French people did not let the attack stop them going about their daily lives as he admitted: 'We had to stay and extra day and it was quite odd because the French people didn’t seem too concerned about it.
'I went out and people were just having lunch in the street. It was odd.'
At least 130 people were killed in attacks across Paris on November 13.
A reported 112 were slaughtered after being taken hostage at a concert theatre while others were gunned down in the street.
A city-centre restaurant was also targeted and a suicide bomb is believed to have been detonated outside the Stade de France sports stadium where the French football team was playing a friendly match against Germany.
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