While many are chomping at the bit to hear the new Daft Punk album, we were more excited to see the band live. The French duo’s Alive 2007 Tour was the stuff of legend thanks to the relentless sonic assault and mind-blowing pyramid staging they brought to each show. Unfortunately it looks like we’ll have to wait to see Daft Punk in concert as the pair told Rolling Stone that they don’t have any plans to tour behind the soon-to-be-released Random Access Memories.
Here’s what DP’s Thomas Bangalter had to say about touring to RS’s Jonah Weiner…
“we have no current plans” to tour the new record. “We want to focus everything on the act and excitement of listening to the album. We don’t see a tour as an accessory to an album.” When they do finally hit the road, he added, it will be with a career-encompassing set list, not one overly focused on the new material.
[via Rolling Stone]
Thankfully Bangalter has left the door open for a tour, it just sounds like it won’t be anytime soon. Now, that doesn’t mean the pair won’t make appearances to promote the album and we bet there will be plenty of those in the near future. But as with everything in the world of Daft Punk, any potential appearances are shrouded in secrecy and for every one performance they actually make, we bet we’ll see dozens of blog posts about ones that don’t wind up happening.
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Last night at Coachella, festivalgoers were shocked to find a trailer for Random Access Memories playing on the big screens around the Polo Grounds. In the clip we get to hear more of Daft Punk’s new single, Get Lucky, and are treated to a list of collaborators that includes The Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas, Pharrell Williams and Panda Bear of Animal Collective. Take a look…
