The weekend saw both the anniversary of the Bataclan attack, and the first performance there since the atrocity last November.
While I had reservations about Sting being the first show at the hall, it was an appropriate choice.
He's an intelligent and articulate artist, the song Fragile an inspired song to open the venue.
Despite his global superstar status, he - like many British and US artists - played the venue in 1979, as an artist hoping to establish their reputation in France.
Despite a newly released album, he's not trying to squeeze some cheap publicity from someone else's tragedy.
It's a difficult balance to get right, marking a commemoration at a venue previously associated with celebration.
At the end of the day, the Sting gig really wasn't about him. More about a remembrance of those who died and our collective refusal to be silenced by the bullets of terrorists.
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