The Quebec duo Angine de Poitrine, performing as costumed "333-year-old aliens" playing microtonal math rock, has become an unexpectedly huge live draw in the US, with fans queuing for hours outside a Los Angeles venue and resorting to desperate measures to see them. Their rapid rise, fuelled largely by a viral video, illustrates how a niche, visually striking act with no conventional pop hooks can suddenly command outsized demand on a global tour, catching venues, resellers and fans alike off guard.

At the Teragram Ballroom, a 625-capacity Los Angeles venue, fans began queuing up to six hours before doors opened, with some paying inflated resale prices or losing money to scams. StubHub data shows Los Angeles is the band's strongest market on their 47-date tour, accounting for roughly a fifth of resale tickets sold globally, while the two Teragram shows drew around 1,100% more resale demand than the venue's typical event. The band's core appeal is technically demanding, entirely live musicianship — a custom double-neck looping guitar-bass and complex drumming — paired with elaborate spotted, pyramid-topped costumes, momentum driven by a KEXP session video that has passed 18 million YouTube views.