Alive 2006/2007

Alive 2006/2007

Daft Punk performing at the O2 Wireless Festival in London on June 16, 2007.
Concert tour by Daft Punk
Start date April 24, 2006
End date December 22, 2007
Shows

48
20 in Europe
14 in North America
5 in Asia
5 in Oceania

4 in South America
Daft Punk tour chronology
Daftendirektour
(1997)		 Alive 2006/2007
(2006–2007)

Alive 2006/2007 was a concert tour by French electronic music duo Daft Punk, their first tour as a group since 1997. While the 2006 concerts were not given a formal title, the 2007 performances were advertised as "Alive 2007". The 2006 performances and 2007 tour as a whole was later retroactively named "Alive 2006/2007".[1]

The tour was met with praise and critical acclaim.[2][3] The Times described Daft Punk's set as a "memorable sensory spectacle, both dazzling and deafening".[3]

Contents

History

The tour began with a sole United States performance at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California in May 2006.[4] Several festival appearances in Europe followed throughout the summer. Two consecutive performances also took place at the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan, held in Osaka and Chiba City respectively. Daft Punk's final performance of the year occurred in the autumn, when they visited South America and played their second U.S. performance at the Bang! Music Festival in Miami, Florida.

In June 2007, the duo resumed touring, beginning with an appearance at the RockNess music festival in the United Kingdom. After further shows and festival performances in Europe, the act returned to North America for a full-fledged eight date tour. This reached many markets for the first time on the trek and included a headline festival slot at Lollapalooza in Chicago. A second leg of shows in October followed, consisting of an appearance at the Vegoose music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada and three shows in Mexico.

In December 2007, the duo returned to Japan to play a trio of dates. This was followed by a series of special shows in Australia, dubbed "Never Ever Land". The dates featured regular tour stalwarts SebastiAn and Kavinsky and were ultimately the fastest selling Daft Punk-related events to date.[5] The tour eventually culminated in Sydney at the Showground Main Arena.

A live album entitled Alive 2007, which featured the group's performance at the Palais Omnisports Bercy in Paris, was released in November 2007.[2] The album won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2009.

Setlist

  1. "Robot Rock" / "Oh Yeah"
  2. "Touch It" / "Technologic"
  3. "Television Rules the Nation" / "Crescendolls"
  4. "Too Long" / "Steam Machine"
  5. "Around the World" / "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
  6. "Burnin'"* / "Too Long"
  7. "Face to Face" / "Short Circuit"
  8. "One More Time" / "Aerodynamic"
  9. "Aerodynamic Beats" / "Forget About the World"
  10. "The Prime Time of Your Life" / "The Brainwasher" / "Rollin' & Scratchin'" / "Alive"
  11. "Da Funk" / "Daftendirekt"
  12. "Superheroes" / "Human After All" / "Rock'n Roll"

  13. "Human After All" / "Together" / "One More Time (reprise)" / "Music Sounds Better with You" [1]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
United States
April 29, 2006 Indio, California United States Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Europe and Japan
June 30, 2006 Belfort France Eurockéennes Festival
July 14, 2006 Barcelona Spain Summercase Festival
July 15, 2006 Madrid Summercase Festival
July 26, 2006 Stratford-upon-Avon United Kingdom Global Gathering Festival
August 8, 2006 Zambujeira do Mar Portugal Sudoeste Festival
August 12, 2006 Osaka Japan Summer Sonic Festival
August 13, 2006 Chiba City Summer Sonic Festival
August 19, 2006 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
August 28, 2006 Dublin Ireland Marlay Park
September 9, 2006 Warsaw Poland Summer of Music Festival
South America
October 27, 2006 Rio de Janeiro Brazil TIM Festival
October 29, 2006 São Paulo TIM Festival
November 2, 2006 Santiago Chile Sue Festival
November 4, 2006 Buenos Aires Argentina Bue Festival
United States
November 11, 2006 Miami, Florida United States Bang! Music Festival
Europe
June 10, 2007 Inverness United Kingdom RockNess Festival
June 14, 2007 Paris France Palais Omnisports Bercy
June 16, 2007 London United Kingdom O2 Wireless Festival
June 17, 2007 Leeds O2 Wireless Festival
June 23, 2007 Istanbul Turkey Turkcell Kuruçeşme Arena
June 26, 2007 Nîmes France Arènes de Nîmes
June 29, 2007 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
June 30, 2007 Berlin Velodrom
July 4, 2007 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
July 6, 2007 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
July 8, 2007 Naas Ireland Oxegen Festival
July 12, 2007 Turin Italy Traffic Free Festival
North America, Leg #1
July 21, 2007 Los Angeles, California United States Memorial Sports Arena
July 27, 2007 Berkeley, California Greek Theatre
July 29, 2007 Seattle, Washington WaMu Theater
July 31, 2007 Morrison, Colorado Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 3, 2007 Chicago, Illinois Lollapalooza Festival
August 5, 2007 Mississauga, Ontario Canada Arrow Hall
August 7, 2007 Montreal, Quebec Centre Bell
August 9, 2007 Brooklyn, New York United States KeySpan Park
North America, Leg #2
October 27, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada United States Vegoose Festival
October 31, 2007 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
November 2, 2007 Monterrey Arena Monterrey
November 4, 2007 Zapopan Auditorio Telmex
Japan
December 6, 2007 Kobe Japan World Memorial Hall (世界の記念館)
December 8, 2007 Chiba City Makuhari Messe (幕張メッセ)
December 9, 2007
Australia
December 13, 2007 Melbourne Australia Sidney Myer Music Bowl
December 14, 2007
December 16, 2007 Perth The Esplanade
December 20, 2007 Brisbane River Stage
December 22, 2007 Sydney Showground Main Arena

References

  1. ^ Alive 2007 liner notes (2007). Retrieved on February 16, 2009.
  2. ^ a b http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/45167-daft-punk-live-album-details-revealed
  3. ^ a b http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article1949838.ece
  4. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001955945
  5. ^ Zan Rowe Interviews Busy P on Triple j triplej.net.au. Retrieved on September 30, 2007.
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