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Gary Clark Jr. was days away from playing Paris club that was attacked

Gary Clark Jr. from his Oct. 2, 2015, performance at Austin City Limits. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Gary Clark Jr. from his Oct. 2, 2015, performance at Austin City Limits. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Nov 14, 2015

Blues rocker Gary Clark Jr. was just days away from playing the Paris club at the heart of Friday's terror attacks.

Clark is touring Europe, with gigs in London on Saturday, Sunday and Monday before heading to Paris, according his tour schedule.

RELATED: What we know about the Paris terror attacks

Clark’s schedule had him set to play Le Bataclan in Paris next Wednesday. The club was the site of shootings and a hostage situation as the French capital came under an apparent terror attack Friday night.

Another American band, Eagles of Death Metal from Palm Desert, Calif., was playing the club at the time of the attack.

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