Daft Punk kick off summer tour in Scotland

So I spoke too soo when I claimed that Daft Punk's summer tour starts tonight: it actually began this weekend with an appearance at Scotland's Rock Ness Festival. The duo convinced the promoters tha they needed their set to be in a tent rather then on the main stage, and it seems that a bit of chaos resulted. From a story in the Lochabar News:

But the good news was that dance pilgrims lured up the North road with the promise of a genuinely special event – the return of Daft Punk to Scotland after a 10-year absence – were not disappointed. They just had to be very, very patient for their treat.

A 50-minute delay in the appearance of the masked duo as the climax for many people’s festival on Sunday night tested the faith in the masked Frenchmen. The queues to get into the tent had begun up to six hours before the scheduled start in the 10,000 capacity tent. And even with the side lifted to allow the thousands standing around the tent to get a view of the genuinely jaw-dropping light show planned by da funksters, it was still almost certain that very few saw the show as it was truly intended by Daft Punk.

And the more cynical among the fans might have wondered if the duo shouldn’t just have settled for the chance for everyone to enjoy the spectacular from the main stage in the gloaming, rather than the darkness of a tent they insisted their show needed.*

Emphasis added by me... holy shit, that's just crazy. I would have went insane if that were me waiting...

Regardless of the wait, these lucky folks got to experience Daft Punk in much the same way I did back in November. I wondered if they changed their stage setup for this tour: some photos searching showed me that theat they were using the massive pyramid/grid system from last year.

during the show (taken at the Tim Festival 2006, São Paulo, Brazil)

during the show (taken at the Bang Festival 2006, Miami, FL, USA)

after the show (taken at the Rock Ness Festival 2007, Scotland)

So the stage set is the same (no complaints here); I can only wonder if they changed up their musical set at all. Last year's performances all featured a similar setlist, though the mixes for each performance were distinct to my ears.

*when I saw Daft Punk last year at the Bang Festival in Miami, the stage was setup outside.