Background
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, Germany, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums.
By the mid 1970’s Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic ‚sound scapes’ 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.
Their compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices and computerised rhythms, have had a major international influence across an entire range of music genres: from Electro to Hip Hop, from Techno to SynthPop.
In their live performances, Kraftwerk illustrate their belief in the respective contributions of both man and machine.
Starting with the retrospective of their Catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2012, in recent years Kraftwerk have returned full circle back to their origins within the Düsseldorf art scene of the late Sixties. The 3-D concert series at MoMA was followed by further presentations at Tate Modern Turbine Hall (London), Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) Opera House (Sydney), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), Neue National Galerie (Berlin) and Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao).
“These are art-event spectaculars to which everyone wants entry because no other band since the Beatles has given so much to pop culture. Kraftwerk’s beats laid the foundations for club music: for hip-hop, synth-pop, techno and house. The sounds they invented have been sampled by hundreds of artists, from Madonna to R.E.M, from Missy Elliott to Fergie. Coldplay and Jay-Z have had hits with their elegant melodies and their image has influenced David Bowie, Daft Punk and Kanye West. We also now live in the kind of world their future-obsessed lyrics predicted: we find Computer Love online, models smile from time to time and Europe Endless exists.” – The Guardian on Kraftwerk’s Tate Modern Performances
06 MAR 2025 T.B.A. PHILADELPHIA FRANKLIN MUSIC HALL
07 MAR 2025 T.B.A. PITTSBURGH STAGE AE
08 MAR 2025 T.B.A. TORONTO MASSEY HALL
10 MAR 2025 T.B.A. MONTREAL PLACE DES ARTS
11 MAR 2025 T.B.A. BOSTON BOCH CENTER WANG THEATRE
13 MAR 2025 T.B.A. BROOKLYN KINGS THEATRE
14 MAR 2025 T.B.A. NEW YORK BEACON THEATRE
16 MAR 2025 T.B.A. WASHINGTON THE ANTHEM
17 MAR 2025 T.B.A. CHARLOTTE OVENS AUDITORIUM
19 MAR 2025 T.B.A. ORLANDO DR. PHILLIPS CENTER
20 MAR 2025 T.B.A. MIAMI ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER
23 MAR 2025 T.B.A. ATLANTA THE EASTERN
24 MAR 2025 T.B.A. NEW ORLEANS ORPHEUM THEATRE
25 MAR 2025 T.B.A. MEMPHIS OVERTON PARK SHELL
26 MAR 2025 T.B.A. NASHVILLE THE PINNACLE
28 MAR 2025 T.B.A. DETROIT MASONIC CATHEDRAL THEATRE
29 MAR 2025 T.B.A. CHICAGO THE AUDITORIUM
30 MAR 2025 T.B.A. MINNEAPOLIS ORPHEUM THEATRE
31 MAR 2025 T.B.A. KANSAS CITY THE MIDLAND THEATRE
02 APR 2025 T.B.A. DENVER ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE
06 APR 2025 T.B.A. PORTLAND KELLER AUDITORIUM
07 APR 2025 T.B.A. VANCOUVER QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE
13 APR 2025 T.B.A. INDIO CALIFORNIA COACHELLA FESTIVAL
16 APR 2025 T:B:A: SALT LAKE CITY THE UNION
20 APR 2025 T.B.A. INDIO CALIFORNIA COACHELLA FESTIVAL
23 APR 2025 T.B.A. AUSTIN BASS CONCERT HALL
24 APR 2025 T.B.A. DALLAS MAJESTIC THEATRE
22 JUN 2025 T.B.A. MILTON KEYNES BOWL FOREVER NOW
08 JUL 2025 T.B.A. STUTTGART JAZZ OPEN
25 JUL 2025 T.B.A. TAORMINA TEATRO GRECO
