Cabaret Voltaire mark final UK show with exclusive Henderson’s Relish bottle
Cabaret Voltaire mark their final UK show at Sheffield Octagon on 25 October 2026 with an exclusive limited-edition Henderson’s Relish bottle.
Cabaret Voltaire (Photo by Pete Hill)
Sheffield electronic group Cabaret Voltaire will mark their final UK performance with an exclusive limited-edition bottle of Henderson’s Relish. Founders Stephen “Mal” Mallinder and Chris Watson play the Sheffield Octagon on 25 October 2026, the closing date of the band’s final tour, and the Cabaret Voltaire “Henderson’s Relish” bottle will be available to Sheffield ticket holders only, with collection at the venue.
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A Henderson’s Relish bottle for Cabaret Voltaire’s final Sheffield show
Henderson’s Relish is a Sheffield-made condiment produced in the city since 1885, and the commemorative Cabaret Voltaire “Henderson’s Relish” bottle ties the band’s farewell to their home city. The bottles are strictly limited to Sheffield ticket holders, who receive a collection link from the ticketing agent. The Sheffield Octagon date on 25 October 2026 is the final stop of the band’s last tour and falls just over 50 years after their first live performance, at the Sheffield University Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975, an anniversary the band marked with an exclusive Sheffield show in 2025. Tickets for the Sheffield Octagon show remain on sale.
‘But What Time Is It Really?’: the Cabaret Voltaire live album
The final tour follows the live album “But What Time Is It Really?“, recorded during Cabaret Voltaire’s sold-out 2025 UK tour and issued in 2026 on Memetune on CD and vinyl. Mallinder and Watson were joined on the 2025 dates by Eric Random and Oliver Harrap, and the recording was engineered and mixed by Benge, recorded by Joe Peat and mastered by James Trevasus.
The album presents new arrangements of “Sensoria”, “Crackdown”, “Do Right” and “Spies in the Wires” alongside “Tinsley Viaduct”, a piece of musique concrète by Chris Watson. The band also shared a live version of “Yashar”, a track first issued on the 1982 album “2×45”. On the recording, Mallinder said it was “an opportunity to capture the shows as a unique moment in time but also give people the opportunity to have a memento,” adding that it presented sounds and music “with respect to Richard’s memory, that also transcended time.”
Cabaret Voltaire final UK and Ireland tour dates 2026
The 2026 itinerary opens with European dates in June and a North American leg in September before the UK and Ireland run in October, which closes in Sheffield. Gazelle Twin (Elizabeth Bernholz) is the support act across most UK dates, with Fader, the duo of Neil Arthur of Blancmange and Benge, opening in Cardiff and Bath. Te October UK and Ireland dates are:
- 7 October – Dublin, The Academy
- 8 October – Belfast, Limelight
- 10 October – Birmingham, Town Hall
- 11 October – Liverpool, Arts Club
- 13 October – Nottingham, The Palais
- 14 October – Cardiff, The Globe
- 15 October – Bath, Forum
- 17 October – Newcastle, Boiler Shop
- 18 October – Glasgow, Barrowland
- 19 October – Manchester, Albert Hall
- 21 October – Brighton, Chalk
- 22 October – London, Roundhouse
- 25 October – Sheffield, Octagon
About Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire formed in Sheffield in 1973 around Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson, working with tape, electronics and found sound at a time before the wider arrival of industrial and synth-based music. The group gave its first public performance at the Sheffield University Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975 and went on to release early records through Rough Trade and Factory, later running their own Doublevision video label. Watson left the group in 1981; the 1982 album “2×45” was the last to feature him.
Across the 1980s the band worked with producers including Adrian Sherwood and Marshall Jefferson, moving from their early experimental work toward electro, funk and house-influenced material. Mallinder remained until the group wound down in 1994 and moved to Australia the following year. Kirk continued as the sole member, returning for a 2014 performance at Berlin’s Atonal festival and releasing “Shadow of Fear” (2020) along with “BN9Drone” and “Dekadrone” in 2020 and 2021. Kirk died on 21 September 2021, aged 65.
In 2025 Mallinder and Watson reunited to mark 50 years since the band’s first concert, a run that produced the 2026 live album “But What Time Is It Really?” and the final tour. Mallinder and Watson have stated that there will be no new recordings under the Cabaret Voltaire name. The final UK date at the Sheffield Octagon on 25 October 2026, accompanied by the limited-edition Henderson’s Relish bottle, closes the band’s live history in the city where it began.
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