The Chainsmokers Will Be The First Band To Perform At The Edge Of Space In 2024

If you can tell me the names of The Chainsmokers then you deserve an award, because while they are actually one of the highest-paid musical gigs out there, I don’t know a single person who cares about them. No offense. But someone must love them, and someone at the new “space tourism” company, World View, sure does because the band has been chosen to play at the edge of space. “Leave them there!” shouted the people of Earth.

The Chainsmokers may be able to fill a “Drive-in” concert full of people potentially infectious with COVID, but I don’t think this space show will be able to pull the same crowd. The Chainsmokers are made up of Drew Taggart and Alex Pall, and they’ve been chosen to do some interstellar PR in 2024. Actually, it’s not since they won’t be traveling the stars–they’re just going really, really, really, really high up in the sky. 20 miles up, to be exact; where they will be performing inside of a pressurized capsule tethered to a stratospheric balloon. via Page Six:

The feat would make Taggart and Pall the first musical artists to perform at the edge of space, said Ryan Hartman, chief executive officer at fledgling space tourism company World View, to The Associated Press.

World View says The Chainsmokers will be on one of the company’s inaugural flights slated for 2024 and will record a performance from inside the capsule, giving viewers the ability to experience the music and the trip firsthand.

“We have always dreamed of going to space and are stoked to collaborate with World View to have this adventure and experience,” said The Chainsmokers in a statement. “We know the views of both Earth and space are going to be incredible and inspiring and we hope to leverage this flight for creativity on future projects.”

Hartman said that while most of the people who have made space flights are scientists and engineers, World View hopes sending up artists might “inspire them to do something different than they would have otherwise done.”

“We think about inspiring new perspectives and how those new perspectives can lead to a radically improved future for our Earth,” said Hartman. “To be able to reach the audience of The Chainsmokers through Alex and Drew’s work contributes to our mission as well. It’s something that I’m personally inspired by and excited about.”

I actually think this is a good thing. Again, I don’t really care for the band’s musical stylings, but I’m going to safely assume that aliens don’t either. Who needs a Space Force space defense army when you could just blare The Chainsmokers music into deep space and keep alien invasions away forever?

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