# Daftendirektour

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

## Background

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." 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. Elements of the track "Alive" can also be heard as it was performed at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, California. The band had used several machines running ARKAOS software into a custom visual setup.
Daft Punk released a live album, Alive 1997, in 2001, which featured their performance at Que Club Birmingham on 8 November 1997. The recording was selected by Daft Punk themselves for release, as they considered it to be their favorite from the Daftendirektour. In 2022, a recording of the complete Mayan Theater set from the tour was streamed to promote the rerelease of Homework and Alive 1997.

## Setlist

Average setlist based on known performances from 14 June 1997, 9 August 1997, 8 November 1997, and 17 December 1997. Shows were improvised and the order and number of songs varied across the tour, although the setlist below was usually played (minus the encore).
* "Musique"
* "Revolution 909"
* "Fresh"
* "Short Circuit" (early version)
* "Daftendirekt" / "Da Funk"
* "Da Funk" (Armand van Helden's Ten Minutes of Funk mix)
* "Rollin' & Scratchin'"
* "WDPK"
* "Alive" / "Can You Feel It" (cover of CLS)
* "Burnin'"
* "French Kiss" (cover of Lil Louis)
* "Around the World" / "The Chase" (cover of Giorgio Moroder)
* "Teachers"
* "Rock'n Roll" / Oh Yeah / "You Can't Hide From Your Bud" (cover of DJ Sneak) (encore)
No official setlist has ever been published from this tour, and some misinformation has spread surrounding the setlist. In some publications for Alive 1997, the transition between "Short Circuit" and "Daftendirekt" is titled "WDPK (Part I)" and the unreleased song between "Rollin' & Scratchin'" and "Alive" has been titled by fans as an alternate live version of "Revolution 909," as "WDPK (Part II)," or as a song titled "Pulsar." At least once, "Fresh" and the album version of "Revolution 909" were performed live between "Musique" and "Short Circuit".

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| 11 February 1997 | Chicago | United States | Roller State Rink |
| 2 March 1997 | London | United Kingdom | The Bunker Club |
| 12 April 1997 | Manchester | United Kingdom | Manchester Academy |
| 15 May 1997 | Paris | France | Rex Club |
| 14 June 1997 | Hultsfred | Sweden | Lake Hulingen |
| 22 June 1997 | Scheeßel | Germany | Eichenring |
| 27 June 1997 | Roskilde | Denmark | Festivalpladsen |
| 2 July 1997 | Kristiansand | Norway | Odderøya |
| 4 July 1997 | Torhout | Belgium | Achiel Eeckloo Rockweide |
| 5 July 1997 | Werchter | Belgium | Werchterpark |
| 12 July 1997 | Balado | United Kingdom | Balado Airfield |
| 9 August 1997 | Montpellier | France | Espace Grammont |
| 16 August 1997 | Leeds | United Kingdom | Temple Newsam |
| 17 August 1997 | Chelmsford | United Kingdom | Hylands Park |
| 1 September 1997 | Toronto | Canada | The Warehouse |
| 3 September 1997 | New York City | United States | Roseland Ballroom |
| 4 September 1997 | Chicago | United States | Metro Chicago |
| 6 September 1997 | Seattle | United States | Showbox Comedy and Supper Club |
| 9 September 1997 | San Francisco | United States | The Fillmore |
| 12 September 1997 | Los Angeles | United States | El Rey Theater |
| 22 September 1997 | Toronto | Canada | The Guvernement |
| 23 September 1997 | New York City | United States | Irving Plaza |
| 24 September 1997 | Miami | United States | Cameo Theater |
| 27 September 1997 | Los Angeles | United States | American Legion Hall |
| 28 September 1997 | Seattle | United States | DV8 |
| 2 October 1997 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Paradiso |
| 3 October 1997 | Lille | France | L'Aéronef |
| 4 October 1997 | Brussels | Belgium | Ancienne Belgique |
| 6 October 1997 | Saarbrücken | Germany | Garage |
| 7 October 1997 | Köln | Germany | Live Music Hall |
| 8 October 1997 | Dortmund | Germany | Soundgarden |
| 9 October 1997 | Hamburg | Germany | Große Freiheit 36 |
| 11 October 1997 | Berlin | Germany | Huxley's Neue Welt |
| 12 October 1997 | Stuttgart | Germany | LKA Longhorn |
| 13 October 1997 | Strasbourg | France | La Laiterie |
| 17 October 1997 | Paris | France | L'elysée Montmartre |
| 18 October 1997 | Nancy | France | Zénith de Nancy |
| 20 October 1997 | Rouen | France | Exo 7 |
| 21 October 1997 | Rennes | France | La Liberté |
| 24 October 1997 | Southampton | United Kingdom | Southampton Guildhall |
| 26 October 1997 | Dublin | Ireland | Red Box |
| 28 October 1997 | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | Mayfair Ballroom |
| 30 October 1997 | Leeds | United Kingdom | Town and Country Club |
| 31 October 1997 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Barrowland Ballroom |
| 1 November 1997 | Manchester | United Kingdom | Manchester Academy |
| 3 November 1997 | Cambridge | United Kingdom | Corn Exchange |
| 5 November 1997 | London | United Kingdom | Astoria Theater |
| 6 November 1997 | London | United Kingdom | Astoria Theater |
| 8 November 1997 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Que Club |
| 9 November 1997 | Nottingham | United Kingdom | Rock City |
| 10 November 1997 | Brighton | United Kingdom | Escape Club |
| 12 November 1997 | Brest | France | Petite Salle de Penfeld |
| 14 November 1997 | Madrid | Spain | Aqualung |
| 15 November 1997 | Barcelona | Spain | Zeleste |
| 17 November 1997 | Bordeaux | France | Espace Medoquine |
| 18 November 1997 | Toulouse | France | Salle Des Fetes |
| 20 November 1997 | Marseille | France | Le Dome |
| 21 November 1997 | Geneva | Switzerland | Palladium |
| 22 November 1997 | Lyon | France | Transbordeur |
| 24 November 1997 | Milan | Italy | Rolling Stone Club |
| 25 November 1997 | Florence | Italy | Tenax |
| 26 November 1997 | Rome | Italy | Frontiera |
| 29 November 1997 | Zürich | Switzerland | Jail |
| 30 November 1997 | Vienna | Austria | Libro Music Hall |
| 1 December 1997 | Munich | Germany | Kunstpark Ost, KW – das Heizkraftwerk |
| 3 December 1997 | Hanover | Germany | Capitol |
| 4 December 1997 | Mannheim | Germany | MS Connexion |
| 17 December 1997 | Los Angeles | United States | Mayan Theater |
| 20 December 1997 | Berlin | Germany | Einlass |
* ↑ The performance in Hultsfred on 14 June 1997, was part of the Hultsfred Festival.
* ↑ The performance in Scheeßel on 22 June 1997, was part of the Hurricane Festival.
* ↑ The performance in Scheeßel on 27 June 1997, was part of the Roskilde Festival.
* ↑ The performance in Kristiansand on 2 July 1997, was part of the Quart Festival.
* ↑ The performance in Torhout on 4 July 1997, was part of the Rock Torhout festival.
* ↑ The performance in Werchter on 5 July 1997, was part of the Rock Werchter festival.
* ↑ The performance in Balado on 12 July 1997, was part of the T In the Park Festival.
* ↑ The performance in Montpellier on 9 August 1997 was part of the Boréalis festival.
* 1 2 The performances in Leeds on 16 August 1997, and in Chelmsford on 17 August 1997, were part of the V97 Festival.