1/4/2024 0 Comments Daft punk flat earth![]() ![]() It wasn’t just that he was a fan who wanted to be at the launch. He’d never heard of Wee Waa, but as a former aspiring physicist he was familiar with the nearby telescope array at Narrabri, and was tickled enough by the whole concept that he flew out for four days. “It’s a lot like West Texas,” he told us, indicating the beaten-down grass, fences and expanse of sky with something like affection. ![]() ![]() Some disappointed fans had clearly joined the side of the cynics: why make the trip? (They were eventually filled on Friday.) According to the hype, 4000 tickets were sold - but the non-local turnout on the night itself was estimated at between 15, including VIPs and media. Last Monday, the Imperial Hotel in Wee Waa had all thirteen of its rooms booked out on Tuesday, after the stream went online overnight, proprietor Luke Noble had ten of those bookings cancelled. Daft Punk had definitively ruled out an appearance of any kind (except by hologram, a rumour swiftly quashed by Sony), and you could hear the album beginning to end from anywhere you fancied. What was even the point now? It wasn’t going to be exclusive, or special, or new. That news in particular was received with glee by the cynics. In their exclusive interview with the French duo, Fairfax noted condescendingly that “a few thousand hipsters” who’d never even heard of Wee Waa before (all the real music fans had already been through their NSW geography phase way back in high school?) were traveling all the way out to this dot on the map to hear a CD you could buy in stores that morning, and even stream legally three days before. ![]()
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