whispers of Daft Punk hitting Oz again

[looey]

hey lads and ladies!!

i just got whispers that daft punk is coming back on another tour!

im personally pumped!!

anyone have any details????

 

[puckboy]

^
I haven't heard a thing... but I saw them last time they came round. One of the best live shows I've ever seen, fucking awesome!! Ahhhh *reminisces*

Doesn't sound likely to me though.

 

[leecie]

Apparently someone posted it on last.fm about 5 months ago - someone who was the brother of someone at a production company (or something like that). This dude posted his "inside information" and it has been taken as gospel and discussed ad nauseum. Until we see something concrete, I'm not getting my hopes up but I doubt they would be back so soon.

 

[ch0psy]

im pretty sure when Busy P was out here he quashed all the tour info... Actually, im pretty sure daft punk come out and said their 2010 world tour dates were all fake, because someone in Asia started selling tickets that werent legit.

There were also fake songs released by them in the last few weeks.

They are busy working on the tron legacy soundtrack from what i remember.

 

[eggman]

^ That was a different show altogether

THOUSANDS of Shanghai fans were apparently duped by scam artists claiming that the Grammy winning electronic music duo Daft Punk would hold a concert here this week for a select audience.

A Facebook posting led local fans to a Website and Xintiandi-area address where 2,000 tickets were going for 500 yuan (US$73) each. It wasn't clear yesterday how many tickets were actually sold, but the Website had been shut down, and the promoters for the "secret concert" were nowhere to be found.

Daft Punk agent Peter Elliott told Shanghai Daily last night in an e-mail that the duo would not be playing in the city this week. He also pointed out that the group is not touring this year and "at no point was there ever a possibility that they would do such a show."

"The band and those around them were made aware of the scam in the last day or so and are very upset," Elliott wrote. "The band's representatives are currently looking into what future action can be taken regarding the fraudsters responsible for the current scam."

Elliott also urged fans to check the band's official MySpace site for shows in the future. He did say Daft Punk might perform in China as part of their next world tour in 2010 or 2011.

The duo, consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, took home two Grammys on Monday for best dance recording for "Harder Better Faster Stronger" and best electronic dance album.

Last Friday, a Facebook post titled "Daft Punk, Dafthidden Tour 2009 in Shanghai," created a stir among the city's electronic music fans.

The post carried the name Julien Grandidier-Valentini and gave a ticket sales address near Xintiandi, a cell phone number and a Website for the concert but no address. Ticket buyers were told they would receive a cell phone short message with the location on the day of the show, which was supposed to be this Friday.

The post and the concert Website also indicated that EMI Music, which had promoted the duo in the past, was taking part in the concert. The information was soon copied to large Chinese event-posting Websites.

After the group won their Grammys, a major music Website called the local event a scam and other sites began posting the announcement.

Taken from Shanghai Daily

The alleged dates and venues were supposed to be -

07/30 - Paris, FR @ Le Zenith
08/01 - Amsterdam, NL @ Heineken Music Hall
08/03 - Munich, DE @ Allianz Arena
08/05 - Dublin, IE @ O2
08/07 - Nice, FR @ Parc de Sports
08/15 - New York, NY @ Yankee Stadium
08/28 - Melbourne, AU @ Olympic Park Stadium
09/03 - London, UK @ Wembley Arena
09/06 - Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena

One thing that stands out to me though (other than no Sydney) is Yankee Stadium. It is a very ambitous venue for Daft Punk given the size of the venues they played in the US on Alive 2007 (i.e. The Memorial Stadium in LA and the Greek theater) plus August is towards the tail end of Baseball season.

Also, no Tokyo... The Japanese love these guys, not playing Tokyo would be a fiscal mistake.

HOWEVER... even if those dates are fake, you really only have as spece of about 12 - 18 months after August 2010 for them to tour anyway.

They have already confirmed they are doing a world tour in support of Tron Legacy. It is on their website. (a la "we are touring in 2010-2011")

I guess that Hollywood backing may be what they need to get into Yankee... hmmm

 

[looey]

hahaha!!

so the whispers are ALL fake!!

cheers for that guys! ill wait for ticketek to start selling or somthing!

 

[eggman]

The bands official line is that any date is a fake unless it has been posted on the duos Myspace.

If you want to be assured the most contemporary information then you should just sign up to their newsletter on the official website.

 

[the_ketaman]

I was too young(17) for their big concert a few years ago and at that time I didnt really like them but now it'd be an awesome experience. Keep us updated. I highly doubt this will happen for awhile to come though, there are way more countries other than australia that daft punk would be 10x bigger there so I wouldnt be surprised if they do come back but not for a while. I guess suspense is good though coz if its better than you thought it would be then its one of those things you dont shut up about for weeks lol Raves usually suck these days but Defqon1 last year was like the best thing ive ever experienced in my life.

 

[KetaKink]

They're still in their studio producing a new album. They wont be touring until atleast 2011. Even then i wouldn't be surprised if Australia got to see them again late 2011/early 2012.