Officials respond to rumours of Daft Punk reuniting to perform at Paris 2024 Olympics

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Daft Punk will be reuniting to perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Yesterday (October 24) the director of the games’ opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly, suggested during an interview on French radio station France Inter that the electronic duo would be making a comeback for the event.“Daft Punk would be very happy to be part of the ceremony,” he explained (via sortiraparis). “You can’t not think of Daft Punk when you think of a successful international showcase for a French group.”Jolly added: “I lied a bit about Daft Punk.

So it’s done, it’s not under negotiation. We’ve got the news!”However, the director clarified in an official statement issued today (October 25) that the band “would not be returning for the Olympics” next year. “My comments were confusing and generated a lot of expectations,” he wrote on X/Twitter (translated from French)“I must clarify: After discussing a possible presence at the ceremony, the group’s decision is not to participate.

I respect this decision and apologise for the ambiguity of my comments.”Elsewhere, Le Parisien reports that Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo had met with the ceremony’s organising committee “several months ago” but nothing was formally agreed upon.Les Daft Punk à la cérémonie d'ouverture des JO ? "Ce serait très heureux qu'ils soient dans cette cérémonie.

On ne peut pas ne pas y penser", répond Thomas Jolly, avant de confier plus tard : "J'ai un peu menti sur les Daft Punk…" #le710inter pic.twitter.com/Wju8N4KDKS— France Inter (@franceinter) October 24, 2023Jolly told the outlet: “Bringing Daft Punk together was obviously one of the first ideas I had.