Kraftwerk to tour UK and Ireland in 2026 with a 15-date multimedia show

Kraftwerk, led by founder Ralf Hütter, will return to the UK and Ireland in May and June 2026 for a 15-date Multimedia Tour, the group’s first full tour of the region since 2017. The run opens in Dublin on May 17 and closes at Edinburgh Playhouse on June 9, with stops that include Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow and two nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Organisers said the tour will begin in Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on May 17 and proceed to Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on May 18, followed by shows in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Glasgow, Stockton, Sheffield, Brighton, Bristol, Bournemouth, two dates at the Royal Albert Hall on June 4 and 5, Liverpool, Nottingham and Edinburgh. General tickets are scheduled to go on sale at 9 a.m. on Friday, October 10, and some venues will offer presales beginning earlier in the week, organisers added.

The concerts will present the Multimedia or 3D Catalogue format that Kraftwerk introduced in 2012 with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Part performance and part digital installation, the show pairs live renditions of the band’s work with synchronized, high‑definition visuals and three-dimensional graphics. The format...