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As you probably know, there are rumours of Daft Punk being one of the acts headlining next year but I was wondering has there ever been an electronic act headlining the Pyramid before?

I would personally go and see them but do you think they'd draw a big crowd?

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Chemical Brothers have headlined. Basement Jaxx also. probably more but i can't be arsed looking

Daft Punk would probably pull a bigger crowd than any other act that could headline Glastonbury. it'd be ridiculous. can't believe half a year ago people were debating whether they were big enough to headline or not. it isn't going to happen though (well... i'd have thought. maybe they're one of the 'big 5' Eavis has bagged)

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Didn't Faithless pull off one of the best headline slots in the festivals history? I say this as a question because I'm not sure if they subbed or not...I would totally watch Daft Punk headline even if I'm not a huge fan of their stuff these days... I think electronic acts put on spectacular shows more often than not when given the appropriate platform.

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I'm a big Daft Punk fan and would love to see them at Glastonbury in some capacity but there's a nagging doubt in my mind about them headlining the Pyramid for some reason. I think people went a bit over the top this year with Get Lucky, it was a good tune but nowhere near the quality of the Homework era. And Random Access Memories is awful, but then I've never liked disco.

For me, Justice took the Homework formula and became the act Daft Punk should have been. But that's just my opinion.

That said, get em booked :-)

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I'm a big Daft Punk fan and would love to see them at Glastonbury in some capacity but there's a nagging doubt in my mind about them headlining the Pyramid for some reason. I think people went a bit over the top this year with Get Lucky, it was a good tune but nowhere near the quality of the Homework era. And Random Access Memories is awful, but then I've never liked disco.

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I'm a big Daft Punk fan and would love to see them at Glastonbury in some capacity but there's a nagging doubt in my mind about them headlining the Pyramid for some reason. I think people went a bit over the top this year with Get Lucky, it was a good tune but nowhere near the quality of the Homework era. And Random Access Memories is awful, but then I've never liked disco.

For me, Justice took the Homework formula and became the act Daft Punk should have been. But that's just my opinion.

That said, get em booked :-)

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I may have slightly contradicted myself in another thread where I have suggested that I would like Daft Punk to headline and although that still remains the case, I would clarify that I would prefer most of the set to consist of the earlier stuff, but would be resigned to the fact that it would mostly consist of Discovery/RAM tunes.

Still, combine the music with the visuals and the anticipation of several years of them being on people's wishlist and we've got ourselves a show!

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you may well be right! such an exciting snippet of music, and then it turns out the entire song was that snippet repeated over and over... and then played over and over by everybody everywhere. can't remember the last time i got so sick of a song so fast. haven't listened to the album since the week it leaked. would still love them to be there, mind, as long as they still play heavily from their older material as well as the new album

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I'm struggling to see how Daft Punk would set up to play. Surely they can't use the Alive tour template. I was under the impression the new album would be a live band sort of deal. I personally think the older material would sound/look pretty poo being played by a band. Any thoughts?

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it seemed to do fantastically in it's first week or two of being released, selling well and everybody raving about it, but then fell off the face of the earth. haven't heard anybody mention it in months now. a classic 'huge band releases an album and the hype blinds everybody' type ordeal

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I'm struggling to see how Daft Punk would set up to play. Surely they can't use the Alive tour template. I was under the impression the new album would be a live band sort of deal. I personally think the older material would sound/look pretty poo being played by a band. Any thoughts?

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As you probably know, there are rumours of Daft Punk being one of the acts headlining next year but I was wondering has there ever been an electronic act headlining the Pyramid before?

I would personally go and see them but do you think they'd draw a big crowd?

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I also agree the album the album doesn't grow much from the initial listen. I can still see mixed versions/samples of giorgio, contact, give life back to music, lose yourself to dance, get lucky, touch and fragments of time going down very well live though...

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I played it recently and haven't come to that conclusion :P There's about two tracks on there I don't like (I think i'ts Instant Crush with Julian Casablancas and Fragments of Time).

I actually really like RAM, but for most acts, they only grab 5/6 songs off their latest album so i don't people hating on it would be that bad :Get Lucky, Lose yourself to Dance, Giorgio by Moroder, Contact (Undoubtedly the best track on it) , Give Life Back To Music and I'd argue for a remix of Touch to be thrown in :P

I'd love to see them on the Pyramid and I could totally see it happening but if live dates happen at all and they come Glastonbury...it's far more likely to be the other stage against the biggest Pyramid headliner.

:lol: brilliant!

I went there to see Chase and Status the crowd was mental!! I couldn't be arsed shoving my way through so after 20 minutes left...but everyone still seemed to be stood listening to that bassy hum as they was outside the sound field.

So even if Daft Punk had turned up...the majority of people wouldn't have heard them anyway! :lol:

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