Daft Punk

[CaledonianGonzo]

http://www.nme.com/news/daft-punk/96880

http://alive2017.com/

 

Who knows....;

[roughbloke]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

http://www.nme.com/news/daft-punk/96880

http://alive2017.com/

 

Who knows....;

Suggests a location of London....Could they be a BST headliner?

[FloorFiller]

goddamnit just as i'd settled with the fact this definitely wasn't gonna happen. roll on the 27th

[DropBeat]

The suggested locations Paris, Los Angeles, London, New York, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Ibiza and Indio excite me. I think I'd make a trip to Ibiza especially for them, or Paris.

I do think that those "well placed sources" were just to dampen rumours. 

Where's the co-ordinates for Pilton though?!

I want this to happen so much, but could do with the rumours going away until I know if I've got Glastonbury tickets!! haha. Although I will go see them wherever, without fail.
 

[WS_Jack_III]

This is unbearable. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, DropBeat said:

Where's the co-ordinates for Pilton though?!

It's possible that if they're announcing a tour that they'd keep the Glasto date back at the behest of the festival.

[Badlands]

coachella seems a goer then if it's real 

[mjsell]

Shit balls. Just when my hopes were fading.

 

I take it Indio is where Coachella is. Pretty telling that that one is on the list but only London.

This could just be someone having some fun though no?

[DropBeat]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It's possible that if they're announcing a tour that they'd keep the Glasto date back at the behest of the festival.

Ah yeah, true. I guess it would make more sense for Coachella to be included in the tour announcement too as it's where it started last time I think? I didn't think they announced Coachella headliners ahead of January usually, but if DP make an announcement earlier than that Coachella will be so obvious anyway, so they may as well include it.

[JSmurphy]

I don't even want to think about the possibility that they play Glastonbury and I'm not there. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

The main question is whether it's gonna be better to dress up as C-3PO or R2-D2.

Former isn't so great for stocky body shapes, but the latter looks like it will be bit of a struggle getting around in the mud.

 

[mjsell]

*sigh*

Looks like another day of listening to Alive 2007.

 

Cheers everybody. I'll take one for the team.

No, no don't worry about me I'll be fine - I'll power through.

[WS_Jack_III]

Daft Club forum are rolling their eyes at that website.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Just came to post the same thing re: Daft Club, they don't appear convinced in the slightest.

[mjsell]

Yeah it has been around for a while aswell, only just been picked up by news oultets.

 

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[FloorFiller]

ah well that was a fun half an hour. see y'all in a week

[eFestivals]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

http://www.nme.com/news/daft-punk/96880

http://alive2017.com/

 

Who knows....;

I went straight to the whois records for alive2017 and DP's own site ... but they don't reveal anything to prove a relationship, unfortunately.

 

[eFestivals]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It's possible that if they're announcing a tour that they'd keep the Glasto date back at the behest of the festival.

nah, Glasto don't ask that sort of thing of their headliners. If Glasto's headliner wants to announce, it gets announced.

[DickButkis]

If they were to headline, what do you think the lighting effects would be like, would they be similar to what Coldplay did this year?

[eFestivals]

2 hours ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

I never knew that. Is that the same for all bands or do they request that others keep schtum. (I know it's probably only ever a request rather than a demand, what with Liam, Tim and Tim revealing they were other stage headliners last few years). 

I specifically put headliners in what I wrote. Glasto might like it if their headliners would go along with their own announcement plans, but I know that many (probably all) of the recent earlier headliner announcements have been driven by the band's wants.

For the rest they've started to impress on them more in recent years to not announce it before the festival does, tho again it only works for acts that will go along with it, and there's not really any sanction they can use to stop it. I'm not aware of any booked band being bumped off again because they've spilt the beans, but an ex-booker once told me that it's a 'threat' he's made to bands (tho I'm not sure whether it should be believed; some people like to overplay their own importance). I've also heard of bands contacting a booker weekly to ask 'can we announce yet?'

In general, bands are well-used to announcements being promoter-driven rather than to their own schedule, so keeping schtum is something they're used to doing.

(my spell-checker suggests scrotum for schtum )

Edited October 5, 2016 by eFestivals

[SwedgeAntilles]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The main question is whether it's gonna be better to dress up as C-3PO or R2-D2.

Former isn't so great for stocky body shapes, but the latter looks like it will be bit of a struggle getting around in the mud.

 

I'm going to dress up as BB-8, giant round lampshade on my head then just roll down the hill at The Park 

[Tommy101]

14 minutes ago, DickButkis said:

If they were to headline, what do you think the lighting effects would be like, would they be similar to what Coldplay did this year?

They'd make Coldplay look like a local band in a pub.

[fatyeti24]

The Alive 2007 show was grounbreaking in it's day, particularly as dance acts didn't go in for that kind of thing really, but it looks quite quaint by today's standards.  Show production has come a long way in the last decade or so.

Even sticking just with dance music, off the top of my head Magnetic Man, Etienne de Cracy, DJ Shadow and the Chemical Brothers (particularly the set up they have in the Don't Think movie) all borrowed from and improved upon what DP did.

Edited October 5, 2016 by fatyeti24

[mjsell]

I would expect more lasers than a star wars fight in an eye surgery

[CaledonianGonzo]

Giant animatronic of this guy: