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Day three of this year's Wireless festival boasted what was arguably the best line up of the weekend. We say arguably because we are sure there are many thousands of people out there who consider Daft Punk nothing more than a pair of chancers in robot costumes who have become more of an art project than the French electro-geniuses they were heralded as at the start of their career.

But day three of Wireless 2007 wasn't spent simply sat around waiting for the French to arrive.

Electro duo Shy Child were an unexpected highlight in the XFM tent, and while the early afternoon slot was a little premature for new rave, it was a relief to get out of the rain. Full marks to Shy Child for the only keytar of the day.

While Shy Child impress with their intensity and the sheer quantity of noise two men can make, for sheer spectacle, Datarock up the ante. We've never thought too highly of leisurewear - perhaps because it makes us worry we're going to be forced to 'jog' somewhere - but in their hooded red tracksuits, we admit it looks great.

New to pop and new to the mainstream festivals, Calvin Harris had made the selfless decision to put down Kylie Minogue for half an hour to play the XFM tent. Live, he proves his worth as a bona-fide pop star; his performance is impressive, with both singles and album standout 'Making Merry At My Place' bringing a sense of fun and foolishness to the proceedings.

New Young Pony Club continue the pop theme on the main stage, with Tahita Bulmer one of the most convincing frontwomen in pop and a vision in well-washed yellow. Worryingly, she asks the audience if anyone has an inhaler - which is hardly rock and roll but she makes up for it by telling everyone at the back to put the picnics away and "get with it" for an amazing performance of fashionable dancefloor anthem 'Ice Cream'.

Also on the main stage, CSS singer Lovefoxx is glad the sun has come out. So are we. There are balloons, she's wearing something sparkly and we've just brushed past Keira Knightley - who, we are pleased to confirm, smells lovely. We also have a chat to Sky from 'Neighbours' backstage, who doesn't know how festivals work: "I don't know where to go," she says. "If I want to see a band do I just go outside?" She's prettier than Keira Knightley we decide.

Thanks to shoddy scheduling, Klaxons and LCD Soundsystem clash so we decide against any more new rave and pitch up for James Murphy and co, who open with 'Daft Punk Is Playing At My House', which, as you might imagine, is met with a moderately positive reaction. The LCD live experience is quite impressive, with recent single 'All My Friends' a standout from the set. A few pyros wouldn't have gone amiss though, because as Murphy himself references - all you have to keep your eyes on is a fat guy in a T-shirt...

But while the line-up has included some of the best indiepopdance bands on the planet, the sense of anticipation for Daft Punk has been in the air since the early afternoon. As the curtain falls, it reveals Daft Punk inside a giant pyramid in full costume and opening with misunderstood single 'Robot Rock' from 'difficult' third album 'Human After All'.

The 90-minute set is heavy on tracks from the third album - almost as if Daft Punk still feel they have something to prove, and if that's the case, it's a success. 'Television Rules The Nation', 'The Prime Time Of Your Life' and 'The Brainwasher' sound newly amazing, although when the Punks drop 'Around The World' and more so 'One More Time', the atmosphere is nothing short of euphoric. The lightshow, confined to the panels of the pyramid and Daft Punk's helmets, increases in intensity towards the finale of dog-headed classic 'Da Funk'.

Despite a tendency to make some unusual career choices, Daft Punk have stayed at the top of their game. They've made some of the most incredible and important dance records of all time and the show could only have been bettered if complimentary robot heads had been issued at the start of the performance - we saw a couple of people with buckets on their heads but it wasn't quite the same.

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