Daft Punk Blocked From Playing Concert at Native American Sacred Grounds
Full-length Daft Punk concerts are a rare thing, so when reports hit that the French robot duo were blocked from playing Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming—the infamous vertical rock featured in Close Encounters of the Third Kind—this summer, fans were understandably disappointed.
But the National Park Service had a very good reason for denying Daft Punk the opportunity to turn Devils Tower into a dance party: The national monument is sacred to dozens of Native American tribes.
The now-nixed concert concept began when ICM, one of the world's largest talent agencies, reached out to Devils Tower, telling the park's superintendent they were "partners" with Daft Punk on this endeavor, although they don't otherwise rep the duo.
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