Daftendirektour

Daftendirektour was the first concert tour by French electronic music duo Daft Punk. The tour spanned from January to December 1997.[1]

Daftendirektour
Tour by Daft Punk
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumHomework
Start dateJanuary 17, 1997
End dateDecember 20, 1997
No. of shows70
58 in Europe
12 in North America
Daft Punk concert chronology

History

For this tour, Daft Punk used their home studio equipment for the live stage. As Thomas Bangalter of the duo stated, "Everything was synched up—the drum machines, the bass lines. The sequencer was just sending out the tempos and controlling the beats and bars. On top of this structure we built all these layers of samples and various parts that we could bring in whenever we wanted to."[2] Little video footage from the tour has been released. A clip featuring "Rollin' & Scratchin' can be seen on D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes.[3] Elements of the track "Alive" can also be heard as it was performed at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, California.[4]

A live album titled Alive 1997 was released by Daft Punk in 2001, which featured the Que Club performance in Birmingham from November 8, 1997. The recording was selected by Daft Punk themselves for release, as they considered it to be their favorite from the Daftendirektour.

Setlist

Average setlist based on known performances from 15 May 1997, 14 June 1997, 9 August 1997, and 8 November 1997. Shows were improvised and the order of songs changed across the tour, although "Musique" to "Revolution 909" was typically always played in sequence.[5][6][7][8]

  1. "Musique"
  2. "Short Circuit" (early version)
  3. "Daftendirekt" / "Da Funk"
  4. "Da Funk (Armand van Helden's Ten Minutes of Funk Mix)"
  5. "Rollin' & Scratchin'"
  6. "Revolution 909" (alternate live version)
  7. "Alive" / "Can You Feel It" (cover of CLS)
  8. "Burnin'"
  9. "Rock'n Roll" / "Oh Yeah"
  10. "Around the World" / "The Chase" (cover of Giorgio Moroder)

In some publications for Alive 1997, the transition between "Short Circuit" and "Daftendirekt" is titled "WDPK (Part I)" and the alternate live version of "Revolution 909" is titled "WDPK (Part II)".[9]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
Europe
January 17, 1997 Manchester United Kingdom The Academy
January 18, 1997 Hanley The Stage Door
January 20, 1997 Brighton The Escape
January 22, 1997 London The End
January 24, 1997 Glasgow The Arches Theatre (Slam Event)
January 25, 1997 Leeds Showbox
North America
February 11, 1997 Chicago United States Roller State Rink
Europe
March 2, 1997 London United Kingdom The Bunker Club
April 12, 1997 Manchester Manchester Academy
May 15, 1997 Paris France Rex Club
June 14, 1997 Hultsfred Sweden Hultsfred Festival
June 22, 1997 Scheeßel Germany Hurricane Festival
June 27, 1997 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival
July 2, 1997 Kristiansand Norway The Quart Festival
July 4, 1997 Torhout Belgium Rock Torhout
July 5, 1997 Werchter Rock Werchter
July 12, 1997 Balado United Kingdom Slam Music Tent (T In the Park Festival)
August 9, 1997 Montpellier France Dome Boréal
August 16, 1997 Leeds United Kingdom V97 Festival
August 17, 1997 Chelmsford V97 Festival
North America
September 1, 1997 Toronto Canada The Warehouse
September 3, 1997 New York City United States Roseland Ballroom
September 6, 1997 Seattle Showbox Comedy and Supper Club
September 9, 1997 San Francisco Fillmore
September 12, 1997 Los Angeles El Rey Theater
September 22, 1997 Toronto Canada The Guvernement
September 23, 1997 New York City United States Irving Plaza
September 24, 1997 Miami Cameo Theater
September 27, 1997 Los Angeles American Legion Hall
September 28, 1997 Seattle DV8
Europe
October 2, 1997 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
October 3, 1997 Lille France L'Aéronef
October 4, 1997 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
October 6, 1997 Saarbrücken Germany Garage
October 8, 1997 Dortmund Soundgarden
October 9, 1997 Hamburg Große Freiheit 36
October 11, 1997 Berlin Huxley's Neue Welt
October 12, 1997 Stuttgart LKA Longhorn
October 13, 1997 Strasbourg France La Laiterie
October 17, 1997 Paris L'elysée Montmartre
October 18, 1997 Nancy Zénith de Nancy
October 20, 1997 Rouen Exo 7
October 21, 1997 Rennes La Liberté
October 24, 1997 Southampton United kingdom Southampton Guildhall
October 26, 1997 Dublin Ireland Red Box
October 28, 1997 Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom Mayfair Ballroom
October 30, 1997 Leeds Town and Country Club
October 31, 1997 Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
November 1, 1997 Manchester Manchester Academy
November 3, 1997 Cambridge Corn Exchange
November 5, 1997 London Astoria Theater
November 6, 1997 London Astoria Theater
November 8, 1997 Birmingham Que Club
November 9, 1997 Nottingham Rock City
November 10, 1997 Brighton Escape Club
November 12, 1997 Brest France Petite Salle de Penfeld
November 14, 1997 Madrid Spain Aqualung
November 15, 1997 Barcelona Zeleste
November 17, 1997 Bordeaux France Espace Medoquine
November 18, 1997 Toulouse Salle Des Fetes
November 20, 1997 Marseille Le Dome
November 21, 1997 Geneva Switzerland Palladium
November 22, 1997 Lyon France Transbordeur
November 24, 1997 Milan Italy Rolling Stone Club
November 25, 1997 Florence Tenax
November 26, 1997 Rome Frontiera
November 29, 1997 Zürich Switzerland Jail
November 30, 1997 Vienna Austria Libro Music Hall
December 1, 1997 Munich Germany Kraftwerk
December 3, 1997 Hanover Capitol
December 4, 1997 Mannheim MS Connexion
North America
December 12, 1997 Los Angeles United States Mayan Theater
Europe
December 20, 1997 Berlin Germany Einlass

References
  1. Daftendirektour 1997. thedaftclub.com. Retrieved on May 3, 2015.
  2. Chris Gill, "ROBOPOP" Archived January 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (May 2001) Remix Magazine Online. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
  3. D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes. Virgin Records. 1999.
  4. Rollin' & Scratchin' (live in L.A.) Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine on extrememusic.com. (May 3, 2014) Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
  5. "Live @ Borealis Festival". Daft Punk: Bonus Features. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  6. "Live @ Hultsfred Festival". Daft Punk: Bonus Features. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  7. "Live @ Rex Club". Daft Punk: Bonus Features. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  8. "Live @ Que Club". Daft Punk: Bonus Features. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  9. Reid, Fiona. "Alive 1997". Hotpress. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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