Rock band cancels European tour over Paris violence

Foo Fighters, the world-famous rock band that had been due to play dates in Paris later this month, have announced that they are cancelling the rest of their European tour.

In a statement posted on their Facebook page the band said they had been forced to cancel the remainder of the tour by "this senseless violence, the closing of borders, and international mourning".

"This is crazy and it sucks. Our thoughts are with everyone who was hurt or who lost a loved one."

The worst of Friday's carnage occurred during a concert by US rock band Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan music venue in Paris.

None of the band members are understood to have been hurt, but a British man working selling merchandise for the group is feared dead.