Kraftwerk, the pioneers of the electronic music scene in the UK for the last 50 years, have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in around a decade. They are bringing their celebrated ‘Multimedia Tour’ to stages across the nation in May and June next year.
The first leg of the tour will see the band travelling around Ireland, kicking off everything in Dublin’s Bord Gáis’ ‘Energy Theatre’ on the May 17, followed by Belfast, before venturing over the mainland UK; Belfast, Wolverhampton, Manchester, and onwards, wrapping up the tour in Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh on 9 June. The run includes two nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall, one of the most prestigious venues in the city.
This marks Kraftwerk’s first UK/Ireland tour since 2017, and forms an ongoing branch to their recent ‘Multimedia Tour’. The show thus far has included a combination of music, visuals and a kinetic stage design, creating an utterly immersive performance experience. Through the years, Kraftwerk’s concerts have continually grown into audi0-visual spectacles, increasingly incorporating video projections, lightings and synchronised visuals as an integral part of their live experience.
Still fore-fronted by their founding member Ralf Hütter, Kraftwerk continues to remain at the forefront of modern concert technology, utilising multimedia formatting as a means to curate a fully sensory events. Through this theatrical framework – their classic catalogue, with the likes of ‘Autoban’, ‘The Man-Machine’, ‘Computer World’ and beyond, will likely be revisited within this tour.
Tickets to this tour will open 10 October 2025, 9am. All details will be available through their official channels. The tour itself presents the first opportunity in almost a decade for UK audiences to see the band in a more sustained live format, rather than one-off festival appearances.
Both longtime fans and newcomers see’s this announcement as a chance to witness how a band whose influence underpins so much of modern electronic music still values live innovation. In an era when many acts scale back visual ambition for touring efficiency, Kraftwerk’s return feels like a statement: the fusion of technology and performance remains central to its sound, not just a stage effect.
Kraftwerk will play:
May, 2026
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, 2026
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
