“They were doing stuff with visuals that no one had ever done before. “There were some of the best video people in the world standing next to me just going, ‘How the hell did they do that?’” Gerrard said. The pair constructed a giant LED-laced pyramid, from which they blasted a stultifying parabola of cosmic reds, electric greens, and galactic purples into the wild, dilated eyes of the euphoric masses spread out before them. The result of all that time, hard work and cash speak for themselves, as you can see in the footage above. They spent every penny of it on that show.” “To Paul Tollett’s credit he kept advancing them more and more and more until by the time the show happened, I think they had 80% of the fee. Take it or leave it, no negotiations,” Gerrard said. “For Coachella, they would advance just 10% as a deposit. It was a necessary arrangement, because if Daft Punk were truly going to make their first live return in America after a decade-long absence - a decade in which they were the single, most requested act to play the massive, Southern California festival - they wanted to do something spectacular and they needed a lot of money to make it happen. Six figures reportedly, with most of the money served upfront. Then Coachella came calling with an offer they simply couldn’t refuse. “They told me, ‘Playing live is not what we do,’” Gerard explained. I spoke with the duo’s booking agent Gerry Gerrard several years ago, and he told me that, essentially, his main job for years and years was to basically say “No,” to any and every offer that came their way. It’s hard to overstate just how groundbreaking Daft Punk’s live run in 2006/2007 was, and how close it came to never happening at all. “What!” I hit him back with several exclamation-pointed expletives in response. “They open with Kraftwerk?” he exclaimed. Together, we collectively geeked out over this re-discovered, 90-minute gem. He’s an EDM artist and a major Daft Punk fan. I watched for about 10 minutes, then messaged the link to a cousin of mine. The video was captured via satellite during the event in 2007.” “They mentioned they'd recorded a raw Daft Punk ‘webcast’ feed at some point and offered to look for the disc. “This source was shared w/ me by a tape trader friend,” Airbag explained in the caption. A full, uncut recording of Daft Punk performing at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park all the way back in 2007. This was some real Arc of the Covenant, Sankara Stones, Holy Grail stuff. I’d been searching for footage like this for literal years going all the way back to when I was researching and writing my first book Lighters in the Sky: The All-Time Greatest Concerts 1960-2016.
I happened to stumble across the link when someone shared it over Twitter, and frankly couldn't believe my eyes when I gave it a click. Check out the incredible remake of Daft Punk's iconic 2007 ‘Alive' set.Four weeks ago, someone named Johnny Airbag posted a video to YouTube.
Due to the low quality footage of the event, the Vimeo user Xero Foxx decided to edit the video with various HQ source footage, color-corrected high contract video and synced with HD audio. Unfortunately the news was false, and it seems like the only way to experience Daft Punk these days is by living in the past.īack in 2007, Daft Punk performed a stunning live show from Paris Bercy. In fact, if you Google “ Daft Punk 2017 Tour” the Mixmag article still shows up to continuously prank Daft Punk fans around the world. On April 1st, we were pranked by the music blog Mixmag when they shared that Daft Punk had announced a 25-date live tour.
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