
Hundreds of Parisians enjoyed an evening out in the city's bars and cafes last night to show their defiance towards the ISIS militants who gunned down revellers in the city last week.

Last night a veteran Northern Irish punk band defied safety concerns to become the first major band to perform in Paris since the terror attacks, telling the crowd: 'The world has their hearts with you.'

On Friday 129 people were killed and more than 350 were injured during a series of coordinated attacks in France's capital. Many of the victims were having drinks or eating at restaurants and cafe terraces in trendy eastern Paris when militants sprayed them with bullets, while 89 people were killed during a gig at the Bataclan concert hall.

Last night hundreds of the city's residents took to social media with the slogan 'Je suis en terrasse', which trainslates to 'I am on the cafe terrace', in an echo of January's 'Je suis Charlie' movement.

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Hundreds of Parisians enjoyed an evening out in the city's bars and cafes last night in defiance of the ISIS militants who gunned down revellers on Friday night, killing 129 and injuring more than 350 (Residents drink at the terrace of a bar in the 11e arrondissement)

France declared that the show must go on and the public were urged to go out to bars, concerts and restaurants in defiance of the attacks

Parisians observed a minute of silence at 9pm (Pictured: Waiters and clients at the Au Petit Fer A Cheval restaurant during the silence)

Staff and customers of the Restaurant La Coupole in Paris observe a minute of silence last night in the wake of the Paris attacks

The popularity of the phrase on sites like Facebook and Twitter is a reflection of how Friday's slaughter at cafes, a music venue and a football stadium hit the younger residents of the French capital.

'What was targeted was our way of life, our city's identity and culture, the happiness of living together,' the Monsieur Bleu restaurant said in a statement, calling on Parisians to go out for a meal and observe a minute of silence at 9pm.

The 'Guide du Fooding' restaurant guide also called on French people to go out to restaurants, bars, cafes and brasseries to pay tribute to the victims, but also to help cafe owners who fear a drop in business following the attacks.

'We told each other if we don't sit at the terrace today, we probably won't do it again,' Marie-Therese Vasseur, 65, told Reuters from her vantage point in the spitting rain under a canopy at the Cafe Zephyr in the Grand Boulevard theatre district. 'We can't just stop living.'

The cafe's manager, Fabien Mazars, welcomed the initiative, saying his takings last weekend had been less than a third of the usual, and that he was braced for a slow couple of weeks.

Last night veteran Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers (pictured) defied safety concerns to become the first major band to perform in Paris since the terror attacks, telling the crowd: 'The world has their hearts with you'

Stiff Little Fingers, who rose to prominence during the late 1970s, said it seemed like 'the thing to do' to continue with their gig as planned

The audience shows its appreciation as Stiff Little Fingers perform at the Back of the Mill venue in Paris last night despite the attacks

Well-known cultural institutions including the Paris Opera, which was shut after the attacks, reopened on Tuesday.

Some saw the 'Je suis en terrasse' slogan as the best way to defy ISIS, the militant group which has claimed responsibility for the attack and sees western ways as decadent.

'We are going to mourn our dead ... but tomorrow, we will kiss each other like the abominable perverts we are,' journalist Luc Vaillant said in a column published in left-wing daily newspaper Liberation.

Satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, whose newsroom was decimated in January's attacks that cost 17 lives, summed up the mood with its latest cover: 'They have weapons, but screw them, we've got Champagne!'

Last night Belfast four-piece Stiff Little Fingers, who rose to prominence during the late 1970s, said it seemed like 'the thing to do' to continue with their gig as planned.

They previously said their experience of the Troubles and bands not coming to their native Belfast during the conflict prompted their decision to carry on with the show.

Addressing the crowd at Back of the Mill next to the Moulin Rouge, frontman Jake Burns said: 'Thank you so much for coming out. It's an absolute pleasure to be in Paris this evening.

'We're just going to play a normal show, it seems like the thing to do - I hope you agree.'

He added: 'Obviously everybody in the world knows what happened in Paris on Friday night.

'And everyone in the world has their hearts with you.'

Last night's gig saw the four-piece walk on stage with black tape around their left arms, while guitarist Ian McCallum wore a shirt emblazoned with the city's name.

English businessman Edward Marten, originally from Somerset but now a gold leaf salesman based in Florence, Italy, praised the band for fulfilling their commitment to play the show in spite of the recent security threats.

He said: 'I'm not scared being here, no. I have liked this band since 1979. I come to Paris for work but I usually time it when there are gigs in town I like.

'Well done to them for coming here at this time. Others wouldn't.'

Dozens of people walk outside the animated Christmas-themed shop windows of the Printemps department store in Paris last night

People queue up at a theatre in the 11e arrondissement last night after being urged to get out and enjoy the city in defiance of the attacks