Ralf Hütter’s collective set to perform 15 dates in May and June 2026
After recently completing a hugely successful worldwide concert tour including a festival stealing appearance at the Forever Now Festival in Milton Keynes, Kraftwerk announce a UK and Ireland tour for 2026.
This will be their first UK tour since 2017, with Ralf Hütter’s collective set to perform 15 dates across the UK and Ireland in May and June 2026.
Kraftwerk and the much-celebrated robots return to the UK bringing with them their constantly upgraded Multimedia Tour which began back in 2012 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Part performance, part digital installation, the Kraftwerk live show is an unmissable audio and technological spectacle.
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We Are The Robots
Led by founder Ralf Hütter, Kraftwerk will play selections from across their 8 classic albums: Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991) & Tour De France (2003). Each chosen composition is accompanied by state of the art graphics enhancing the monumental beats and melodies into something that makes for a truly transcendental experience.
Starting with the retrospective of their Catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2012, Kraftwerk’s 3D concert series has travelled the world since.
The multi-media project Kraftwerk was started in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. They set up their electronic Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums. By the mid 70s Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic soundscapes and their musical experimentation with robotics and other technical innovations. With their visions of the future, Kraftwerk created the soundtrack for the digital age of the 21st century.
Kraftwerk’s compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices and computerised rhythms, have shaped electronic music for the past 50 years. They are simply the greatest electronic act of all time, and their DNA is everywhere – be it The Weeknd, Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers, Justice, Gorillaz, Depeche Mode or seemingly every act that’s ever picked up a synthesizer, they all owe a debt to Kraftwerk. In 2026, multi-media artist Ralf Hütter and his team return to the UK to beam us into the future as only they can do.
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Kraftwerk UK & Ireland Tour 2026
MAY
17 – Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
18 – Belfast, Waterfront Hall
21 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
22 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
25 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
27 – Stockton, Globe
29 – Sheffield, City Hall
30 – Brighton, Centre
JUNE
1 – Bristol, Beacon
2 – Bournemouth, International Centre
4 – London, Royal Albert Hall
5 – London, Royal Albert Hall
7 – Liverpool, Empire Theatre
8 – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
9 – Edinburgh, Playhouse
Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 10 October, click here.
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Read More: Making Kraftwerk: Autobahn
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