CABARET VOLTAIRE REDUX
STEPHEN MALLINDER & CHRIS WATSON
ANNOUNCE NEW SHOW FOR 2026 DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND
ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON – 22 OCTOBER 2026
SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED FOR OCT / NOV 2025 DATES
[Cabaret Voltaire credit Pete Hill]
Due to phenomenal demand, Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder and Chris Watson have added a show at London’s Roundhouse on 22 October 2026 to their eagerly awaited series of dates that kick off with a performance in Sheffield on 25 October for Sensoria Festival before Cabs play Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Brighton – full details below.
The October and November dates celebrate 50 years since Cabaret Voltaire first performed live. The performance, at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975, was the live launch of one of Britain’s most influential and pioneering electronic bands.
Support for the autumn dates has been confirmed: Soborgnost, lo-fi dubwave dancepunk mutation from Jim Osman, will join the bill at Sheffield’s FORGE Warehouse and London’s ICA; dark experimental pop musician, producer and performer Greta Caroll aka CURRENTMOODGIRL will support at Glasgow’s SWG3 Warehouse, Manchester bass-pushing experimentalist and member of Afro-Futurist performance collective Brownton Abbey, I Am Fya, will support at Manchester Gorilla; engineer turned artistic world builder, Gareth Smith, brings Vanishing’s evocative music and resonant lyrics to Birmingham’s Xoyo and Alexander Tucker’s electronic guise, MICROCORPS, brings heavy mutant techno modular systems to Brighton’s ACCA.
CABARET VOLTAIRE LIVE - 2025
25 Oct – Sheffield, FORGE Warehouse (Sensoria Festival) w/ Soborgnost – SOLD OUT
17 Nov - Glasgow, SWG3 Warehouse w/ CURRENTMOODGIRL – SOLD OUT
18 Nov - Manchester, Gorilla w/ I Am Fya – SOLD OUT
19 Nov - Birmingham, Xoyo w/ Vanishing – FINAL TICKETS AVAIL
21 Nov – London, ICA w/ Soborgnost – SOLD OUT
22 November – Brighton, ACCA w/ MICROCORPS – SOLD OUT
CABARET VOLTAIRE LIVE – 2026
22 October – London, Roundhouse – TICKETS ON SALE 10AM FRI 15 AUG
In the current climate of social turmoil and political manipulation, the prescient work of Cabaret Voltaire continues to be necessary. The sounds, words, images and films of the band still resonate loudly, continuing to challenge the status quo.
The events in 2025 and 2026 will curate this essential work and to acknowledge the timeless energy and to mark the continuing significance and power of what Cabaret Voltaire achieved. Original members Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder are committed to stay true to the enduring vision of Cabaret Voltaire. The performance will cover the arc of their formidable output - from early experiments, and the first Rough Trade / Factory releases, through the band's Doublevision video label and into the work with renowned producers such as Adrian Sherwood and Marshall Jefferson.
Stephen Mallinder explains, “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 goes on to say, “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.”
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