Victory Live Tour

Madeon (Live)
Anamanaguchi

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Hugo Leclercq, the Grammy-nominated musician known as Madeon, first appeared to many as something like a teenaged fireball. In 2011, his frantic yet perfectly sculptural “Pop Culture” famously sampled 39 hits, live, from Daft Punk to Solange, instantly propelling the then-17-year-old to the international stage.

The past few years have been a busy time for Madeon. He received his first Grammy nomination for his album, Good Faith, worked with Lady Gaga on her hit single “911” from Chromatica, released a remix of “No Fear No More” with hip hop duo EARTHGANG, as well as fan-favorite tracks “Love You Back” and “Gonna Be Good.” Madeon played two mammoth Coachella performances, blowing audience minds with his critically acclaimed Good Faith Forever tour stage production. Working together with visual collaborators, The Architects, Madeon’s set became a transcendent experience for both the artist and the audience. In 2024, he took a ‘gap year’ where he experimented with special DJ shows, played B2B sets and collaborated with other artists.

Now he’s entering a brand new era with “Hi!” – bringing a fresh punk, rock gritty energy into his electronic expertise. Madeon’s talents are across the board with writing, producing and performing: a triple threat. His new live show is sure to amaze on all fronts – an experience not to be missed.

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Anyway grew out of the same uncertainty Anamanaguchi faced on 2019’s [USA], a record that pushed the band’s digital language into the physical world: American dread, internet overload, and the feeling of living inside systems too big to see. Where [USA] found real emotion bursting through glitched production and vast digital landscapes, Anyway turns toward the people inside that machine: four friends trusting in each other, making a band-first record out of fuzzy guitars, strained vocals, group harmonies, explosive drums, and songs that feel less like escapism than survival.

Since their start on online forums, Anamanaguchi have pushed the limits of what “counts” as a band — programming music on video game consoles, releasing free EPs through netlabels, headlining festivals in Minecraft, and collaborating with Hatsune Miku and Rocket League. But Anyway moves toward the opposite end of that online upbringing, pulling from the band’s formative love of emo, punk, and indie rock to make their most direct and human record yet. Now they’re preparing ANYWAY FOR REAL: a version of Anyway where the aliens of the digital world invade their analog island fortress.