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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 3, 2015 12:58 PM UTC  The members of the Irish rock band U2 Bono (left) and the Edge visit the venue Bataclan in Paris, France, 14 November 2015. The members of the Irish rock band U2 Bono (left) and the Edge visit the venue Bataclan in Paris, France, 14 November 2015.Malte Christians—picture-alliance/dpa/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 3, 2015 12:58 PM UTC U2 had been in Paris for a few days and were about to film an HBO special when gunmen opened fire at an Eagles of Death Metal concert during last month’s deadly terrorist attacks. “U2 doesn’t have a history of canceling many shows,” frontman Bono [told the New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/arts/music/u2-preaching-defiance-heads-back-to-paris.html?%5Fr=1) about rescheduling the concert in an interview this week. “I suppose the Irish in us just doesn’t want to give in to terrorism. We’ve had it all our lives.” (The song “Raised by Wolves” from the band’s most recent album, _Songs of Innocence_, was about the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.) But after canceling its slated shows, the band turned its attention to helping Eagles of Death Metal, getting them new phones and offering them a ride on their plane, though its members made other arrangements. “The best thing we could do for our fellow musicians was to buy them phones,” Bono said. “I spoke to Julian \[Dorio\] and to Jesse \[Hughes\]. But that was the best thing, Jesse said, just getting the phones to be texting and all the stuff that you do—social media—to find out what’s going on. Their phones were in the venue.” The band says their rescheduled concert, which typically includes a simulated bomb explosion, hasn’t changed since the cancelation. “If you were to write a script for Paris, and if it was U2 playing, you’d come up with a show similar to what we have,” he said. “That’s the funny thing. But it’s not only joy as an act of defiance; it’s business as usual as an act of defiance. This is not a concert for heroes. This is just: Do your thing. That’s what the French want us to do. We’re doing what we’re told.” \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/arts/music/u2-preaching-defiance-heads-back-to-paris.html?%5Fr=1)\] U2 Helped Eagles of Death Metal After Paris Attacks ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4134419/u2-eagles-of-death-metal-paris-attacks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4134419/u2-eagles-of-death-metal-paris-attacks/"},"headline":"How U2 Lent a Hand to Eagles of Death Metal After the Paris Attacks","datePublished":"2015-12-03T12:58:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:04:50.788Z","description":"U2 gave the band new phones and offered them the use of their plane","url":"https://time.com/4134419/u2-eagles-of-death-metal-paris-attacks/","keywords":["Music","Bono","U2"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt105cf54916701e1c/698873a3a988ca26e66b58ca/u2-bono-paris-attacks-eagles-of-death-metal-la-bataclan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt105cf54916701e1c/698873a3a988ca26e66b58ca/u2-bono-paris-attacks-eagles-of-death-metal-la-bataclan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Aftermath of Paris terrorist attacks","caption":"Aftermath of Paris terrorist attacks","creditText":"Malte Christians—picture-alliance/dpa/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4134419/u2-eagles-of-death-metal-paris-attacks/","name":"How U2 Lent a Hand to Eagles of Death Metal After the Paris Attacks"}}]}] ```