Cabaret Voltaire hit the UK road again to celebrate 50 years of 1st live performance
Cabaret Voltaire (Photo by Pete Hill)
Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson have announced a limited run of UK live shows in November 2025 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ever Cabaret Voltaire first-ever performance. The announcement follows the immediate sell-out of their Sheffield show on 25 October at the Forge Warehouse, part of the Sensoria Festival.
The upcoming dates include:
- 17 Nov – Glasgow, SWG3 Warehouse
- 18 Nov – Manchester, Gorilla
- 19 Nov – Birmingham, Xoyo
- 21 Nov – London, ICA
Tickets go on general sale from 9am on Friday 6 June, with pre-sale already live.
Celebrating 1975 live debut Cabaret Voltaire
The tour commemorates Cabaret Voltaire’s debut on 13 May 1975 at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory.
The autumn shows promise a comprehensive retrospective, covering work from the early experimental period and foundational Rough Trade and Factory Records releases, through the audiovisual Doublevision label era, and into collaborations with figures like Adrian Sherwood and Marshall Jefferson.
Stephen Mallinder emphasized the integrity of the live show: “The live set is built from scratch but faithful to the original tracks. Everything has been painstakingly reconstructed with the original technology and processes to build the tracks. But as with all Cabs live shows there is an element of unpredictable, the new. Chance meets causality.”
Chris Watson added: “I’m delighted and totally thrilled to make a contribution to the band’s 50th anniversary. To share a stage once more with Mal and to honour Cabaret Voltaire’s legacy will be a unique privilege, whilst remembering that in the current times – as back then – the Dadaist interventions of Cabaret Voltaire remain essential.”
Here’s what you can expect.
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