When Is Daft Punk Touring?
Daft Punk Touring: When will the helmeted duo be back?
Daft Punk is arguably one of the most famous and impactful electronic music duos ever to exist in the music industry. Officially represented by two members, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, the French duo is known for their robotic masks, futuristic helmets and complex tunes that encompass house, techno, disco and pop. Daft Punk has been an electronic dance music icon since the mid-1990s and has had popular songs “One More Time,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” and “Get Lucky. ”
Having actively released music for almost two decades and experimenting with new styles throughout the latter part of their career, Daft Punk decided to take a break in 2021. The group has not played a live concert since the Grammy performance in 2014 and has not had an album out since 2013’s Random Access Memories. This questions prompts the next: When is Daft Punk planning on performing next or going on tour? Well, let’s look at the facts.
No Official Breakup Announcement
First and foremost, Daft Punk has never formally stated anything about their breaking up or retiring from the industry. Despite the fact that the duo has not toured nor released music for almost a decade, both Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter have never officially announced the break up of Daft Punk. They like fans never to know where they are coming from next; they like to be a mystery. There is always room for a comeback, unless the robots themselves tell us otherwise.
Previous Hiatus Periods
It also wouldn’t be the first time that Daft Punk would step out of the limelight for quite some time. Following incredibly extensive tours in support of Discovery and Human After All in the 2000s, they did not put out new material or tour again for over half a decade. The two came out of early retirement in 2013 with Random Access Memories, which was a massive hit. This sets a pattern of disappearing to the studio to work on new music only to resurface with a bang. It could perfectly be repeated in the next few years if care is not taken.
Rumors and Speculation
Widely known about Daft Punk’s absence from the world, the speculation of their return to the stage does not cease. From time to time, some of the most popular world’s dance music blogs and journalists share on their social media accounts that they have heard something about the new Daft Punk’s tracks or tour, but none of these rumors have been confirmed yet. However, the rising controversy always fosters an expectation of the return of those individuals, even if they are not around.
They also reported that Daft Punk was set to top-billed the Glastonbury Festival, which was celebrating its 50th year in 2020, before the pandemic led to the event’s cancellation. This was the last time both artists performed in the pyramid stage in 1997, in the early stages of their career. Knowles has said before she has received assurances that Daft Punk are “absolutely, absolutely making new music” and that the Glastonbury people have been chasing Daft Punk for years to come back. Unfortunately, no Daft Punk show occurred in 2022. But there is still buzz that they are active targets of major festivals if they decide to schedule live performances.
Guy-Manuel's New Music
It would take until 2022 for some musical updates from the two robotic individuals, and it came in the form of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk co-writing and co-producing a song on The Weeknd’s Dawn FM album titled “Out of Time,” which is Homem-Christo’s first credited work since Daft Punk’s split. Although Homem-Christo has not specifically commented on whether this musical contribution is a signal that Daft Punk is about to come back, it can be interpreted that he is willing to make some new tunes again after almost a decade of silence. Only future can tell whether it has been a one-off project or the beginning of Homem-Christo building up the creative momentum again.
Thomas' Film Scores
On the other hand, the other half of Daft Punk has been quite busy composing music for quite a few years already. Thomas Bangalter has written music for movies as well composing orchestral music for well-known ballets and the Opera de Paris. Though these cinematic and theatrical projects are significantly different from the energetic electronic dance music he creates as a member of Daft Punk, it proves that Bangalter still possesses the motivation to create new music. As for himself, he has mentioned in an interview or two that he always imagines performing any film scores that he composes in concert to the fans.
What This Means for a Tour
At the very least, it is quite evident that both individuals are involved in various music projects after Daft Punk, at least in the last half a decade. Although these activities are not indications that Daft Punk is promising a world tour soon, they doindicate that the duo has much more in store as musicians. As one may notice, they never declared retirement, and that means they can return with a new album and a full-scale world tour whenever they want to.
Daft Punk values progression and anonymity, which also means that if they do have a plan for their next phase, it will not be unveiled until they want it to be. One thing is clear though: if those robotic helmets ever come back into fashion after being in retirement for a number of years now, then it would be easily the most sought-after tour in the history of music. From playing some of the best-recognized festivals such as Coachella and Glastonbury to their series of arena shows, one could be sure that any Daft Punk live concerts means ticket sale halting websites all over the internet.
The countdown is still on for when Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter will pull the veil off on their next move as Daft Punk. People have been waiting for more than fifteen years for today, impatiently refreshing the feed to see something new. These dance music legends are incredibly coy about their next moves, and while their mystery generates great excitement for the fans regarding new music, videos, merchandise, and live shows in particular,.
One thing, however, is clear: should Daft Punk ever come back to brightly illuminate festival-goers or concert-goers with their LED lights, the reception would be beyond warm. It may not be the current year or it may be many years later but the very thought of a Daft Punk tour continues to remain alive in the hearts of people who love music all over the world. Whether it is a festival, a concert, a stadium, as soon as those recognizable helmets appear on stage, it is guaranteed to be a spectacular performance in dance music history, comparable only to their legendary performance at Coachella over a decade ago. For now, fans can only hope that the robots will power up and give the audience the performance that everyone has been waiting for.
