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Cabaret Voltaire
Upcoming dates
Opening acts: Gazelle Twin
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- Liverpool, United KingdomArts Club Liverpool - TheatreView details
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- Cardiff, United KingdomThe GlobeView details
- Bath, United KingdomBath ForumView details
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- Brighton, United KingdomChalk, BrightonView details
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- Sheffield, United KingdomOctagon CentreView details
Dates Wanderistan tracks for Cabaret Voltaire, from ticketing and venue listings — upcoming: 11, past: 4. Cabaret Voltaire may play other dates that are not listed here yet, so check the official tour page for the full schedule.
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Past shows
4 past shows
- Belfast, United KingdomThe Limelight 1View details
- Washington, United StatesHoward TheatreView details
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- Austin, United StatesThe Far Out LoungePerformers: Molchat Doma, Peter Hook and the Light, Automatic, I Speak MachineView details
About Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire is an English band formed in Sheffield in 1973 by Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson, taking their name from the Zurich...
Cabaret Voltaire is an English band formed in Sheffield in 1973 by Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson, taking their name from the Zurich nightclub associated with the Dada art movement. Working initially with tape recorders, homemade electronics, and found sound, the trio became pioneers of industrial music, later folding in post-punk, electronic body music, electro, acid house, and techno as their sound evolved across five decades.
The band's early albums built a reputation for unpredictable structures, manipulated vocals, and non-Western sound sources over mechanical rhythms. After signing to Virgin Records in the early 1980s, the group moved toward more accessible, rhythm-driven material on albums such as The Crackdown (1983), while the earlier Red Mecca had already reached number one on the UK independent albums chart. Their influence has been cited by artists including New Order's Bernard Sumner, Trent Reznor, and Skinny Puppy, and Sheffield's Sensoria Music & Film Festival is named after a Cabaret Voltaire song.
Watson departed the group in 1981, after which Kirk and Mallinder continued as a duo, exploring house and techno production before pursuing solo projects and disbanding in 1994. Kirk later revived the Cabaret Voltaire name as a solo project in 2009, performing and recording under that banner until his death in September 2021.
In October 2025, original members Watson and Mallinder reunited to mark the band's fiftieth anniversary, later announcing a final run of original-lineup performances continuing through 2026. The reunion follows Kirk's 2021 death and marks the first time in over four decades that Watson has performed live under the Cabaret Voltaire name.