Kraftwerk return to the UK

After recently completing a hugely successful worldwide concert tour, including a festival-stealing appearance at Coachella, Kraftwerk have announced 15 dates across the UK and Ireland in May and June 2026.

Back in June, Kraftwerk wowed UK audiences with a one-off performance at the Forever Now Festival in Milton Keynes, their headline slot illuminating the post-punk bill.

Now 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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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), and 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 3-D concert series has travelled the world since, calling at numerous venues among them Tate Modern Turbine Hall (London), Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo), Opera House (Sydney), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), the Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin) and Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao).  

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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 their albums. By the mid-1970s, 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.

Kraftwerk perform at Brighton Centre on Sat 30 May and Thu 4 – Fri 5 June 2026, as part of their UK and Ireland tour. For more information, visit: www.kraftwerk.com  

Images by Kraftwerk

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