CABARET VOLTAIRE REDUX
STEPHEN MALLINDER & CHRIS WATSON
ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF CABARET VOLTAIRE LIVE ALBUM
OUT VIA MEMETUNE ON 24 APRIL FROM CABS STORE, BANDCAMP, AND ON THE TOUR
LISTEN TO ‘NAG NAG NAG’ LIVE HERE
PLUS DETAILS OF FINAL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR + FINAL TOUR DATES FOR UK AND EUROPE
UK DATES WITH SUPPORT FROM GAZELLE TWIN*
NA DATES WITH SUPPORT FROM I SPEAK MACHINE^
[Cabaret Voltaire, credit Leon Chew]
“It’s rare for a band to be able to lean on material that is abrasive, gritty, jagged and hellishly noisy as easily as they can pull out industrial funk, electro pop, via nods to grinding techno, slippery acid house or ghostly post-punk. Tonight, they deftly glide between the lot.” – The Quietus live review
Ahead of their final tour as Cabaret Voltaire, Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder and Chris Watson have announced details of a live album, But What Time Is It Really?, due to be released on 24 April 2026 via Memetune.
The album - which will be available on vinyl and CD via the band’s webstore and on the 2026 tour - was recorded during last year’s jubilant sold-out UK tour. Marking 50 years since the live launch of one of Britain’s most influential electronic bands (at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975), Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson were joined by Eric Random and Oliver Harrap for an eagerly anticipated and long-awaited tour.
Listen to ‘Nag Nag Nag’ live HERE
But What Time Is It Really? perfectly captures the mood of the UK dates. Fans travelled across the world to see the band present new arrangements of classic Cabs tracks such as ‘Sensoria’, ‘Crackdown’, ‘Do Right’ and ‘Spies in the Wires’ alongside ‘Tinsley Viaduct’, a contemporary piece of musique concrète composed by Chris Watson. The album was engineered and mixed by Benge, recorded by Joe Peat, mastered by James Trevasus with artwork by Dan Conway and Paul Burgess, based on Conway’s live visuals on the tour.
Says Chris Watson, “This record captures the powerful essence of contemporary live performance and establishes a visceral connection to the history of the band.”
Stephen Mallinder goes on to say, ‘It was an opportunity to capture the shows as a unique moment in time but also give people the opportunity to have a memento. Something that presented sounds and music, with respect to Richard’s memory, that also transcended time.”
News of the album is accompanied today by details of the final North American tour that will round off a series of dates that start this week in Norwich. The North American tour will see the band on the West Coast in May, returning to the East Coast in September. Support across the dates will come from I Speak Machine, and ISM’s Tara Busch will stand in for Chris Watson.
Tara Busch says, “Cabaret Voltaire have always been a huge influence on ISM - the grit, the raw electricity, not to mention their visuals and art direction - and it’s truly thrilling to be supporting them in the US. I’m also very excited to be standing in for Chris Watson on synths & samples. I relish this as someone that loves performing and getting a deeper, “nerdier" look at how sounds and songs are created and executed live by bands I love - and Cabaret Voltaire is as good as it gets!”
Composer, producer, and performance artist Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin, will be special guest across the UK tour in October: “Pinch me. Go on. I’m feeling excessively lucky at the prospect of touring with Cabaret Voltaire in 2026. They are electronic music pioneers, but also the loveliest, kindest folk in music that I could ever hope to share the stage with.”
CABARET VOLTAIRE FINAL TOUR – 2026
21 Feb – Norwich (UK), Synth East Festival – SOLD OUT
6 March – Graz (AT), Elevate Festival
4 May – Seattle, WA (US), Moore Theatre^
6 May – Vancouver (CA), Commodore^
8 May – Portland, OR (US), Roseland Theater^
10 May – Denver, CO (US), Summit^
12 May – Los Angeles CA (US), The Bellwether^
15 May – San Francisco CA (US), The Warfield^
29 May – Malmö (SW), Plan B
30 May – Stockholm (SW), Slaktkyrkan
31 May – Oslo (NO), Søn
2 June – Berlin, Betonhalle
5 June – Paris, Elysée Montmartre
12 June – Brussels, AB
13 June – Amsterdam, Paradiso
18 June – Barcelona, Sónar
19 June – Lausanne, Docks
26 June – Zagreb, Tvornica Kulture
11 September – Dallas, TX (US), Granada Theater^
15 September – Chicago, IL (US), Metro^
16 September – Chicago, IL (US), Metro^
18 September – Toronto, ON (US), Phoenix Concert Theatre^
19 September – Montreal, QC (US), Sat^
21 September – Boston, MA (US), The Wilbur^
25 September – New York, NY (US), Knockdown Center^
26 September – Philadelphia, PA (US), Underground Arts^
7 October – Dublin, The Academy
8 October – Belfast, Limelight
10 October – Birmingham, Town Hall*
11 October – Liverpool, Arts Club*
13 October – Nottingham, Rock City*
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 – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion*
22 October – London, Roundhouse*
25 October – Sheffield, Octagon*
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