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| The visuals of the tour were set up by XL Video.<ref name="XL"> Apple. Retrieved on 9 November 2007.</ref> The company provided eight-core ] units running Catalyst v4 and ]. Daft Punk approached the company with their visual concept for the shows. "They came to us with a pretty fixed idea of what they wanted," said head of XL Video, Richard Burford. "They wanted to mix live video with effects. Using the eight-core Mac Pros, we were able to take in eight digital sources and treat them as video streams. Then they could use Catalyst to coordinate the video with lighting effects and add their own effects in on the fly. The final digital video streams ran to ] screens."<ref name="XL" /> | |||
| The tour began with a sole ] performance at the ] in ] in May 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59839/billboard-bits-daft-punk-van-morrison-elf-power |title=Bits: Daft Punk, Van Morrison, Elf Power |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2013-04-17}}</ref> Several festival appearances in Europe followed throughout the summer. Two consecutive performances also took place at the ] in ], held in ] and ] 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 ]. | The tour began with a sole ] performance at the ] in ] in May 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59839/billboard-bits-daft-punk-van-morrison-elf-power |title=Bits: Daft Punk, Van Morrison, Elf Power |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2013-04-17}}</ref> Several festival appearances in Europe followed throughout the summer. Two consecutive performances also took place at the ] in ], held in ] and ] 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 ]. | ||
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| Concert by Daft Punk | |
 Daft Punk performing at the O2 Wireless Festival in London on June 16, 2007. | |
| Associated album | Human After All |
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| Start date | April 24, 2006 |
| End date | December 22, 2007 |
| No. of shows | 48 20 in Europe |
| Daft Punk concert chronology | |
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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".
The tour was met with praise and critical acclaim. The Times described Daft Punk's set as a "memorable sensory spectacle, both dazzling and deafening".
History
The visuals of the tour were set up by XL Video. The company provided eight-core Mac Pro units running Catalyst v4 and Final Cut Pro. Daft Punk approached the company with their visual concept for the shows. "They came to us with a pretty fixed idea of what they wanted," said head of XL Video, Richard Burford. "They wanted to mix live video with effects. Using the eight-core Mac Pros, we were able to take in eight digital sources and treat them as video streams. Then they could use Catalyst to coordinate the video with lighting effects and add their own effects in on the fly. The final digital video streams ran to LED screens."
The tour began with a sole United States performance at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California in May 2006. 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. 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. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2009.
Setlist
- "Robot Rock" / "Oh Yeah"
- "Touch It" / "Technologic"
- "Television Rules the Nation" / "Crescendolls"
- "Too Long" / "Steam Machine"
- "Around the World" / "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
- "Burnin'" / "Too Long"
- "Face to Face" / "Short Circuit"
- "One More Time" / "Aerodynamic"
- "Aerodynamic Beats" / "Forget About the World"
- "The Prime Time of Your Life" / "The Brainwasher" / "Rollin' & Scratchin'" / "Alive"
- "Da Funk" / "Daftendirekt"
- "Superheroes" / "Human After All" / "Rock'n Roll"
- "Human After All" / "Together" / "One More Time (reprise)" / "Music Sounds Better with You"
- 1 Played on 2007 dates only.
Tour dates
References
- Alive 2007 liner notes (2007). Retrieved on February 16, 2009.
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- ^ XL Video's profile on Apple Apple. Retrieved on 9 November 2007.
- "Bits: Daft Punk, Van Morrison, Elf Power". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
- Zan Rowe Interviews Busy P on Triple j triplej.net.au. Retrieved on September 30, 2007.
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