Sting will reopen the Bataclan concert hall in Paris with a gig on 12 November - a day before the anniversary of the terror attacks.
The British rock star said the concert would "honour" those killed in the attack a year ago.
Concertgoers at the venue were attacked on 13 November during coordinated terror attacks across the French capital.
Gunmen and suicide bombers also targeted the Stade de France and restaurants in the city.
Of the 130 people killed in the atrocities, 89 were at the Bataclan.
Announcing the concert in a statement on his website, the British rock star said: "In reopening the Bataclan, we have two important tasks to reconcile.
"First, to remember and honour those who lost their lives in the attack a year ago, and second to celebrate the life and the music that this historic theatre represents.
"In doing so we hope to respect the memory as well as the life affirming spirit of those who fell. We shall not forget them."
All revenues from the show will be donated to two charities - Life For Paris and 13 Novembre: Fraternite Verite - working with victims of the attacks.
In February, Eagles of Death Metal, the band on stage during the gun attack, played a gig for survivors of the shooting at the Olympia venue, a few miles from the concert hall.
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