British doom/goth metal pioneers PARADISE LOST have announced that due to the fire at the Elysée Montmartre, the band had to reschedule the Draconian Times show in Paris, France. The new date is Sunday, April 3rd and will take place at the Bataclan in Paris.

As the band is unable to perform in France on March 30th, Paradise Lost will be playing a club gig in Köln, Germany on Wednesday, March 30th instead. This show will be at the Luxor, and ticket details for this show will be available soon.

Vocalist Nick Holmes comments: "After the success of the Bochum show selling out we are pleased to be able to announce a last-minute extra date in Koln at the Luxor on Wednesday 30th March. As many of you know this date was originally intended to be the Elysée Montmartre show in Paris. Unfortunately, as you are probably aware by now, there was a fire at the Elysée Montmartre which we are all deeply saddened by because we've had many good times there in the past and we're looking forward to playing there again at some point in the future. Despite this tragedy we have managed to arrange an alternative Parisian show at the Bataclan on the 3rd of April. For anyone who wasn't able to buy tickets for Bochum we hope you can join us on the 30th in Koln and celebrate these gigs with us!"

Paradise lost shows are as follows:

March

29 – Tivoli - Utrecht, NL
30 - Luxor - Köln, Germany
31 – Zeche - Bochum, Germany

April

1 - HMV Forum - London, UK
3 – Bataclan - Paris, France

Paradise Lost previously issued the following update:

"We have some very exciting news today! The upcoming show in London for the Draconian Times tour is now going to be filmed for a brand new live DVD! If you haven't already got your tickets for this show, make sure you pick some up now and come join in for a once-in-a-lifetime show made even more unique!"

On April 4th, Sony Music are re-releasing the colossal Draconian Times through their Grammy-award winning Legacy series; which will feature the entire digitally remastered album including a 5.1 Dolby Surround mix in a brand-new collector's edition digi-pak box-set, including the song 'Last Desire', an exclusively previously unreleased demo track.

The band recently launched a new interactive flash mini-site on the official Paradise Lost website featuring exclusive information about the upcoming 2011 Draconian Times tour and Legacy Edition of the Draconian Times album.