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=== Global album launch ===
=== Global album launch ===
The 79th Annual Wee Waa Show, held on 17 May 2013 in the rural Australian town of [[Wee Waa]], was selected as the venue for the worldwide album launch. The tickets for the Wee Waa album launch were completely sold within thirteen minutes of release, even though it was widely understood that Daft Punk would not be in attendance at the launch. The launch details revealed that the album would be streamed live to the 4,000 audience members.
The 79th Annual Wee Waa Show, held on 17 May 2013 in the rural Australian town of [[Wee Waa]], was selected as the venue for the worldwide album launch. The tickets for the Wee Waa album launch were completely sold within thirteen minutes of release, even though it was widely understood that Daft Punk would not be in attendance at the launch. The launch details revealed that the album would be streamed live to the 4,000 audience members.{{cn|date=APril 2026}}


Sony commissioned the design and construction of a custom-built stage for the Wee Waa album launch event, and the Daft Arts production house assembled a LED circular music space that became Australia's biggest-ever outdoor dance floor. The record label described the creation, which was illuminated by a giant disco ball and complemented by four speaker towers and flood lights, as "''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' meets ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''".{{cite web |last=McCabe |first=Kathy |title=Daft Punk to launch new record in... Wee Waa |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/daft-punk-to-launch-new-record-in-wee-waa/story-e6frfn09-1226615912863 |work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=9 April 2013 |date=9 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409113942/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/daft-punk-to-launch-new-record-in-wee-waa/story-e6frfn09-1226615912863|archive-date=9 April 2013}}{{cite web |last=McCabe |first=Kathy |title=Daft Punk fans descend on Wee Waa for launch of album ''Random Access Memories'' |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/daft-punk-fans-descend-on-wee-waa-for-launch-of-album-random-access-memories/story-fni0bvjn-1226645504916 |work=Herald Sun|access-date=17 May 2013 |date=17 May 2013}} The prelude to the streaming was a pyrotechnic show provided by Father Anthony Koppman and his company "Holy Smoke" from [[Guyra, New South Wales]].{{cite web |title=9 things we learnt from Daft Punk's Wee Waa launch |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35724/9-things-we-learnt-from-Daft-Punks-Wee-Waa-launch |work=FasterLouder|access-date=21 May 2013 |last=Mahony |first=Melanie |date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608162315/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35724/9-things-we-learnt-from-Daft-Punks-Wee-Waa-launch|archive-date=8 June 2013}}
Sony commissioned the design and construction of a custom-built stage for the Wee Waa album launch event, and the Daft Arts production house assembled a LED circular music space that became Australia's biggest-ever outdoor dance floor. The record label described the creation, which was illuminated by a giant disco ball and complemented by four speaker towers and flood lights, as "''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' meets ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''".{{cite web |last=McCabe |first=Kathy |title=Daft Punk to launch new record in... Wee Waa |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/daft-punk-to-launch-new-record-in-wee-waa/story-e6frfn09-1226615912863 |work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=9 April 2013 |date=9 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409113942/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/daft-punk-to-launch-new-record-in-wee-waa/story-e6frfn09-1226615912863|archive-date=9 April 2013}}{{cite web |last=McCabe |first=Kathy |title=Daft Punk fans descend on Wee Waa for launch of album ''Random Access Memories'' |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/daft-punk-fans-descend-on-wee-waa-for-launch-of-album-random-access-memories/story-fni0bvjn-1226645504916 |work=Herald Sun|access-date=17 May 2013 |date=17 May 2013}} The prelude to the streaming was a pyrotechnic show provided by Father Anthony Koppman and his company "Holy Smoke" from [[Guyra, New South Wales]].{{cite web |title=9 things we learnt from Daft Punk's Wee Waa launch |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35724/9-things-we-learnt-from-Daft-Punks-Wee-Waa-launch |work=FasterLouder|access-date=21 May 2013 |last=Mahony |first=Melanie |date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608162315/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35724/9-things-we-learnt-from-Daft-Punks-Wee-Waa-launch|archive-date=8 June 2013}}
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