The then-Narrabri shire mayor, Conrad Bolton, circulated, greeting the onlookers. Throughout the afternoon, robots rugged up to cheer on the dog high jump and pet show. ‘Wee Waa residents embraced the invasion with good humour.’ Photograph: Shanna Whan/AFP/Getty Imagesįriday at the Wee Waa showground was remarkably laidback for a global album launch. At the town pub, locals greeted the blow-ins with equal parts cheer and bemusement. Cardboard helmets in the style of the Random Access Memories cover image were everywhere. Daft Punk nuts, some who had flown from overseas to be there, paraded the main street in elaborate costumes. You could pick up “punk pies” at the bakery, then visit the butcher for “random access rissoles” and “daft pork sausages”. As a convoy of cars and trucks pulled into town, they were greeted by shop windows adorned with Daft Punk signs and robot cutouts. Wee Waa residents embraced the invasion with good humour. Naysayers relished in the schadenfreude (why drive seven hours to hear an album that’s already online?) but the true believers carried on anyway. We had been told that this was the first time anyone in the world would hear the album – but, three days before the launch, Random Access Memories appeared on iTunes. The duo’s Australian tour in 2007, featuring the revered pyramid stage show, was still seared in our memories. Despite Sony’s emphatic message that Daft Punk would not be there, many still dared to dream. The 4,000 tickets released on the Narrabri Crossing Theatre website sold out in a flash.
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