On Nov. 21, Coachella introduced Kraftwerk as one of many many headliners on their genre-bending 2025 lineup.
It seems the electro pioneers have a couple of extra exhibits lined up subsequent yr.
Beginning subsequent March, the legendary group is embarking on a 25-show North American headlining ‘Multimedia Tour’ to have a good time the fiftieth album of their seminal 1975 album “Autobahn.”
Early within the run, Ralf Hütter, Falk Grieffenhagen and co. will drop into New York for a pair of exhibits. First, they’ll drop into Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on Thursday, March 13. The next night time they’ll headline at New York Metropolis’s Beacon Theatre on Friday, March 14.
Though not a lot is understood in regards to the exhibits aside from the group will probably play tracks from “Autobahn,” Pitchfork reviews “the dates will take the form of multimedia concerts blending music, visuals, and performance art.”
Final yr, the band performed 9 exhibits at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Live performance Corridor.
Selection attended and wrote “Kraftwerk still offers one of the most visually engaging shows you’re likely to see, with spectacular video accompaniment and the ‘Tron’-style light-up bodysuits donned by each member offering no shortage of head-trip spectacle.”
Followers should purchase tickets for all upcoming Kraftwerk exhibits on websites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, Dec. 13.
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Kraftwerk tour schedule 2025
A whole calendar together with all tour dates, venues and hyperlinks to purchase tickets might be discovered beneath.
| Kraftwerk tour dates |
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| March 6 on the Franklin Music Corridor in Philadelphia, PA |
| March 7 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA |
| March 8 at Massey Corridor in Toronto, ON, CA |
| March 10 on the Place des Arts in Montreal, QC, CA |
| March 11 on the Wang Theatre in Boston, MA |
| March 13 at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY |
| March 14 on the Beacon Theatre in New York, NY |
| March 16 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. |
| March 17 at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, NC |
| March 19 on the Dr. Phillips Heart in Orlando, FL |
| March 20 on the Knight Live performance Corridor in Miami, FL |
| March 23 at The Jap in Atlanta, GA |
| March 24 on the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans, LA |
| March 25 on the Overton Park Shell in Memphis, TN |
| March 26 at The Pinnacle in Nashville, TN |
| March 28 on the Masonic Cathedral Theatre in Detroit, MI |
| March 29 at The Auditorium in Chicago, IL |
| March 30 on the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN |
| March 31 at The Midland Theatre in Kansas Metropolis, MO |
| April 2 on the Ellie Caulkins Opera Home in Denver, CO |
| April 6 on the Keller Auditorium in Portland, OR |
| April 7 on the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, BC, CA |
| April 11-13 on the Coachella Arts and Music Pageant in Indio, CA three-day passes |
| April 16 at The Union in Salt Lake Metropolis, UT |
| April 18-20 on the Coachella Arts and Music Pageant in Indio, CA three-day passes |
| April 23 on the Bass Live performance Corridor in Austin, TX |
| April 24 on the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, TX |
Coachella 2025
Close to the tip of Kraftwerk’s run, they’ll be at Indio, CA’s Empire Polo Subject on April 11-13 and 18-20.
Headliners with comparable sensibilities on the invoice embody Girl Gaga, Charli XCX, Missy Elliott, Miike Snow and Basement Jaxx.
If you’d like single or multi-day passes for the multi-weekend extravaganza, you may seize Coachella 2025 tickets right here.
Kraftwerk set record
Subsequent yr, Kraftwerk will nearly actually play “Autobahn” in its entirety in any respect exhibits (together with a handful of best hits). To get a greater thought of what that may imply, right here’s a have a look at what the group carried out at their most up-to-date gig in Dresden, Germany on Sept. 14, in accordance with Set Checklist FM.
01.) “Nummern / Computerwelt / Computerwelt 2”
02.) “Heimcomputer / It’s More Fun to Compute”
03.) “Spacelab”
04.) “Ätherwellen”
05.) “Tango”
06.) “The Man-Machine”
07.) “Electric Café”
08.) “Autobahn”
09.) “Computer Liebe”
10.) “Das Model”
11.) “Neonlicht”
12.) “Geigerzähler”
13.) “Radioaktivität”
14.) “Tour de France / Tour de France Étape 3 / Chrono / Tour de France Étape 2”
15.) “Trans-Europa Express / Metall auf Metall / Abzug”
16.) “Planet der Visionen”
17.) “La Forme”
18.) “Vitamin”
19.) “Boing Boom Tschak / Musique Non Stop”
Encore
20.) “Die Roboter”
“Autobahn”
Kraftwerk’s fourth album marked an evolution of their sound. Previous to “Autobahn’s” November 1974 launch, the group was identified for experimental krautrock; right here, they embraced an synth and drum machine-heavy digital pop sound.
Consisting of simply 5 tracks — the shimmery, hypnotic “Autobahn,” ambient but melodic “Kometenmelodie 1,” dance-y, futuristic “Kometenmelodie 2,” creepy, sparse “Mitternacht” and achingly stunning “Morgenspaziergang” — the file modified music perpetually.
Within the Spin Different Document Information, Simon Reynolds wrote “Esoterics will claim they prefer the first three albums: they’re excellent, but truthfully Autobahn is when Kraftwerk’s muzak-of-the-sphere starts to matter.”
To listen to for your self, you may hearken to “Autobahn” in its superb entirety right here.
Enormous acts on tour in 2024-25
Though no artist sounds fairly like Kraftwerk — as a lot as all of them attempt — listed below are 5 we predict you may prefer to see reside these subsequent few months in case you depend your self among the many many followers of Ralf Hütter.
• LCD Soundsystem
• 4 Tet
• Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Darkish
• Justice
• Rüfüs Du Sol
Who else is out and about? Check out our record of all of the 2025 Grammy nominees on tour to search out the present for you.
This text was written by Matt Levy, New York Put up reside occasions reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the newest tour bulletins out of your favourite musical artists and comedians, in addition to Broadway openings, sporting occasions and extra reside exhibits – and finds nice ticket costs on-line. Since he began his tenure on the Put up in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen live performance and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to call a couple of. Please word that offers can expire, and all costs are topic to vary
