Fred again.. brought out Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter as a special guest for the final show of his “USB002” residency in London.
Fred had previously recruited Bangalter as a surprise guest for his show in Paris back in October, which became Bangalter’s first DJ set in over 15 years. For the final night of his London residency at Alexandra Palace on Friday, February 27th, Fred decided to reprise the collaboration, posting a video of him and Bangalter together ahead of the set on his Instagram Story. “I can’t believe I’m typing this,” Fred wrote. “There is only one way to end this tour of surreal whirlwind dream-casting, and it is with this man, the greatest. We’ve been in the studio all week and basically prepared an entire one-off show just for tonight.”
While the B2B set in Paris was relatively thin on Daft Punk tunes, Fred and Bangalter leaned in much harder on the Daft Punk nostalgia for their set in London. They played classics like “One More Time” (twice, as it should be), “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” “Around the World,” “Technologic,” “Starboy” (by The Weeknd, produced by Daft Punk) and many more. Though Bangalter was alongside Fred and not his regular Daft Punk partner Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, the appearance was the closest we’ve gotten to an official Daft Punk DJ set since the duo’s 2021 breakup. Watch clips of the set below.
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The show marked the conclusion of Fred again..’s star-studded residency at Ally Pally, which also saw the DJ and producer performing alongside Underworld, Mike Skinner, La Roux, Ezra Collective, Jamie T, and several more. His most recent album was his USB002 compilation, which arrived in December; the project builds on his prior USB offering from 2024 and features newer contributions from Amyl & the Sniffers, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, Young Thug, and more.
Read why we named Daft Punk’s seminal sophomore album Discovery the Best Album of 2001.
