In the organizer's words:

See Cabaret Voltaire one more time - the "Final EU Tour" is coming to Germany

On May 13, 1975, one of the most exciting chapters in British music history began: Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder took to the stage of the Sheffield Students Union Refectory with their band Cabaret Voltaire. Named after the Zurich Cabaret Voltaire, which was founded in 1916 and is regarded as a hotbed of Dadaism, it was clear from the outset that anything could happen with this band. For example, an eight-and-a-half-minute track called "The Dada Man", which already made the noises in the mid-1970s that you could only hear from your Gameboy decades later. In their active phases from 1973 to 1994 and 2009 to 2021, they developed their very own sound between industrial, proto-punk and electro. Later, in tracks such as "Just Fascination" and "Sensoria", they even moved between techno, goth and pop.

In this, their 50th anniversary year, Cabaret Voltaire founding members Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder got back together - and are announcing a final goodbye. This month, they will play a series of selected concerts in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Brighton - followed in 2026 by further shows in the UK and the "Final EU Tour", which will also take them to Berlin on June 2, 2026 in the Betonhalle im silent green. Mallinder and Watson promise in advance that they will try to bring "the essence of Cabaret Voltaire" to the stage on this tour. The setlist will "span from early experiments to the first releases on Rough Trade and Factory to the band's video label Doublevision and collaborations with renowned producers such as Adrian Sherwood and Marshall Jefferson."

Stephen Mallinder explains: "The live set has been completely rebuilt but remains true to the original tracks. Everything has been carefully reconstructed using the original technology and processes to preserve the tracks. But as with all of our live shows, there is an element of the unpredictable, the new. Chance meets causality."

02.06.2026 Berlin - silent green / Betonhalle

Ticket price: 48,- Euro plus fees

Tickets available at eventim.de

Price information:

48,00 € plus fees