Daft Punk New Album 2013 Tour: 'Get Lucky' Remix, Thomas Bangalter Stopped Taking Ecstasy When Kurt Cobain Died, Bonus Track

By Scott Taylor, Mstarz reporter | Jun 01, 2013 10:14 AM EDT

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Unfortunately for Daft Punk fans, it doesn't look like the French duo will be going on a 2013 tour anytime soon. However, with the release of their single "Get Lucky" and new album Random Access Memories, fans should be held over for the foreseeable future. The band has had massive success with their 2013 album, which features an array of guest collaborations. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers have gotten the most fanfare for their appearance on the album's single. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo recently spoke with Rolling Stone and one of the more interesting topics to come up was the bands past drug use.

The French band mates are known for being very secretive, especially about their personal lives. They do, after all, wear helmets covering their faces. However, Bangalter revealed in the Rolling Stone interview that he took ecstasy for about a year from 1993 to 1994. The last day he took ecstasy was the day Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain died.

"The problem was that I was liking any music I'd hear, any crap - I had no critical judgment," Bangalter explained. "The last time I did ecstasy was the day Kurt Cobain died (he was found dead on April 8, 1994). We were at a party in Glasgow when I heard. Then we were going to an afterparty and I almost got hit by a truck." Homen-Christo said that night was the first and last day he tried the drug.

According to Rolling Stone, Daft Punk will be releasing a remix of "Get Lucky" sometime in June. There also is a bonus track on Random Access Memories titled "Horizon" which was added to the Japanese version of the album.

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