First, the bad news: Daft Punk will not be playing in front of 50,000 people at Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Now, the good news: They could be playing somewhere.
Wyoming’s Casper Star-Tribune broke the news Wednesday that The National Park Service has officially rejected a proposal by the robots to throw a massive show near the landmark, America’s first national monument. The electronic act approached the park in the fall and the idea received the full kibosh at the end of 2013.
Reed Robinson, superintendent for Devils Tower National Monument, told the Casper Star-Tribune that six Native American tribes were consulted about the idea, but they opined that the show — which would have included myriad lasers — was not in keeping with the sacredness of the site.
“This being a night skies park and a natural park and a sacred site to 24 different tribes, that would be considered sacrilegious and gets into that ‘inappropriate use’,” Robinson said. “And that meant maybe we would have to close portions of the main trail to facilitate this kind of stuff.”
Although fans of the Grammy-winning act won’t be able to take in a laser show on sacred ground any time soon, it does seem that Daft Punk will be performing in the near future. According to Robinson, the robots have been scouting locations across the world for a slate of summer shows.
Daft Punk have made scant few appearances for their most recent record, Random Access Memories, only playing live at the Grammys. And although “Get Lucky” collaborator Nile Rodgers has hinted — very vaguely — that a tour could be in the works, no live shows have been announced for the French duo.
It’s been years since the robots toured, so any global dates would be a big deal for fans of the “Lose Yourself To Dance” architects.
Where do you think they should attempt to play next?
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