Fans of those robotic electro superstars Daft Punk have been holding their breath in the hopes that the recent wave of rumours about a Daft Punk world tour (speculative dates of which had the French duo playing two Australian shows in both Melbourne and Sydney) would turn out to be true. Well the bad news is those fans have probably passed out now from lack of oxygen, and the worse news is that the leaked dates are completely and utterly fake.

Yep, despite a source ‘close to the band’ revealing to online ambulance chasers Undercover that the world tour was in the works, Ed Banger bigwig and former Daft Punk manager Busy P (someone who’s legitimately ‘close’ to the band) has quickly quashed the rumours overnight, relaying a message from Daft Punk’s management on his Cool Cats blog.

Presaging his blog entry with the words “Just got this email from the Punk’s manager. Too bad, I guess we’ll all have to wait to see the robots on stage again”, Busy P dashed the dreams of a million DP fanboys reposting the original statement.

“There are no tour dates currently planned for Daft Punk. The recent rumors of a Daft Punk tour are false. We would like to ensure that no fans are taken advantage of by fictitious rumors of upcoming shows.”

Whilst we had a strong feeling that this tour denial was coming, it still would’ve been great had the rumoured dates been the real deal. Oh well, we can always dream.