Okay, so I was on vacation in the frozen climes of Akron, Ohio when the new popped that longtime PPM icons Cabaret Voltaire had in fact dropped dates for the first half of a North American tour for their final victory lap before calling it a day. I was hoping that the East Coast dates would be more quickly forthcoming, but we’ll work with what we have here right now.

I know there will be some naysayers over the fact that the late Richard Kirk never would have done this. But the fact remains that Stephen Mallinder was intrinsic to my greater enjoyment of the band, and when he was marginalized off the playing field that was the point where Cab Volt went in one direction, and I went in another. So I cannot stress how exciting it is to think that I might have the chance to see the current version of the band perform live. It was nothing that I ever held any hopes for, but things sometimes change for the better!

When we last posted about the European and UK tours this year, we had snaps from commenter DJShelf, who had moved from the US to Manchester last year in time to catch their alleged “final” fall tour. He was even thoughtful enough to have snagged the amazing Brody design T-shirt for me while at the gig and it had arrived in my mail during the time we were out of town. The mere notion of a Cab Volt t-shirt with the “Micro-Phonies” image on a lush, pure cyan tee would have been enough to push me over the top into Cab Volt bliss, but now there is the North American Tour to really deliver a payload of thrills. Where can they be seen?

CABARET VOLTAIRE | WORLD TOUR | 2026

EUROPE

NORTH AMERICA

UNITED KINGDOM

• 03/06 | Elevate Festival | Graz, AT
• 05/04 | Moore Theatre | Seattle, WA
• 05/06 | Commodore | Vancouver, WA
• 05/08 | Roseland Theater | Portland, OR
• 05/10 | Summit | Denver, CO
• 05/12 | The Bellwether | Los Angeles, CA
• 05/15 | The Warfield | San Francisco, CA
• 06/02 | Betonhalle | Berlin, DE
• 06/05 | Élysée Montmartre | Paris, FR
• 06/12 | AB | Brussels, BE
• 06/13 | Paradiso | Amsterdam, NL
• 06/19 | Docks | Lausanne, CH
• 10/10 | Town Hall | Birmingham, UK
• 10/11 | Arts Club | Liverpool, UK
• 10/13 | Rock City | Nottingham, UK
• 10/14 | Tramshed | Cardiff, UK
• 10/15 | Forum | Bath, UK
• 10/17 | Boiler Shop | Newcastle, UK
• 10/18 | Barrowland | Glasgow, UK
• 10/19 | Albert Hall | Manchester, UK
• 10/21 | De La Warr Pavilion | Bexhill, UK
• 10/22 | Roundhouse | London, UK
• 10/25 | Octagon | Sheffield, UK

And the best part of this is that against all odds, Cabaret Voltaire have obtained US work visas and I will not have to think I should have sold a kidney to attend a show! As I do when reflecting on the major tours that I have missed in the past. I’m anticipating at the very least a Washington D.C. event; possibly at the 9:30 Club [which would be great!] that was no more than a day’s drive away. Barring that I will definitely go to New York City to see them. And there may even be an Atlanta date for the least amount of travel necessary.

Wherever the East Coast dates will touch down, I am on pins and needles awaiting their announcement. Watch this space.

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