Klaxons announce world’s “first ever 3D printed tour”

Klaxons have announced dates for an October / November 2014 UK tour, riding on the back of new album ‘Love Frequency’. That’s all well and good, but here’s the selling point: They’ll be playing these shows using equipment made 100% out of a 3D printer. Surely this is an elaborate joke.

Yes, a 3D printer - the big, scary new tool that’s usually found in the Science museum, melting weird shapes out of its mind-blowing futuristic mechanisms. Usually it’s the kind of thing that wows audiences because of its ability to make a spherical object that isn’t - as we’re accustomed to - an inky piece of paper. This is the real deal, though. Guitars, drums - actual musical instruments - made from a bloody printer. Is this actually the year 3000? Is this what the whole McBusted thing is all about?