KMFDM to tour Europe in 2026
KMFDM to tour Europe in 2026
Industrial rock heavyweights KMFDM have announced a long‑awaited return to mainland Europe. Under the banner “Europe 2026”, the Hamburg‑founded band will play 16 shows across Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden and Denmark from 21 February to 12 March 2026. The tour marks the group’s first European trek in several years; a planned 2022 run with Jesus On Extasy was postponed and eventually cancelled, a setback frontman Sascha Konietzko attributed to financial and logistical difficulties.
Chicago‑based multi‑instrumentalist I Ya Toyah (who describes herself as a “one woman army”) will provide direct support at all shows, while German cyber‑rock outfit Jesus On Extasy will appear on selected dates.
The European run follows a particularly busy period for KMFDM. In 2024 the band celebrated its 40th anniversary with two tours of North America and the release of a new album titled “Let Go“. That year also saw the remastered “Juke Joint Jezebel” video and the third solo album “No God Here” from co‑vocalist Lucia Cifarelli. This spring the group issued “Hau Ruck 2025”, a remixed 20th‑anniversary edition of their 2005 album. Cifarelli toured the United States as the opener for Lords of Acid, drummer Andy Selway joined Cold Slither, and guitarist Andee Blacksugar released new material through his Black Sugar Transmission and Sheer Velocity projects.
KMFDM’s European dates are expected to coincide with a new studio album, slated for release in February 2026. Support act I Ya Toyah, whose stage name means “it’s just me” in Polish, will bring a blend of industrial, pop and darkwave. Jesus On Extasy will use the tour to promote their forthcoming album “Between Despair and Disbelief“, due 12 September 2025.
KMFDM 2026 tourdates
- 21.02.26 Oberhausen (DE) Kulttempel
- 22.02.26 Eindhoven (NL) De Effenaar
- 24.02.26 Paris (FR) Petit Bain
- 25.02.26 Lausanne (CH) Les Docks
- 26.02.26 Winterthur (CH) Gaswerk
- 27.02.26 Milan (IT) Legend Club
- 01.03.26 Budapest (HU) A38
- 03.03.26 Bratislava (SI) Majestic Club
- 04.03.26 Prague (CZ) Palac Akropolis
- 05.03.26 Krakow (PL) Hype Park
- 06.03.26 Berlin (DE) Gretchen
- 07.03.26 Warsaw (PL) Proxima
- 08.03.26 Leipzig (DE) Moritzbastei
- 10.03.26 Gothenburg (SE) Pustervik
- 11.03.26 Stockholm (SE) Slaktkyrkan
- 12.03.26 Copenhagen (DK) venue TBC
About KMFDM
KMFDM (an acronym that the band loosely translates as “no pity for the majority”) began in 1984 as a performance‑art project conceived by Sascha Konietzko in Paris. Early releases were recorded in Germany before the group relocated to Chicago and signed to Wax Trax!,. A constantly shifting line‑up propelled KMFDM into the mainstream during the 1990s; the 1995 single “Juke Joint Jezebel” became a Billboard hit and featured on the soundtracks of films such as “Bad Boys” and “Mortal Kombat”. Acts like Rammstein and Korn served as support bands on KMFDM tours before establishing their own careers.
After a hiatus in 1999, Konietzko resurrected KMFDM in 2002 with a new line‑up that included American vocalist Lucia Cifarelli and Swedish multi‑instrumentalist Tim Skold. The duo moved back to Germany in 2008 and continued to tour and record regularly.
Today, KMFDM boasts more than 25 studio albums and a roster of collaborators that reads like a who’s‑who of industrial and metal music.
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