German electronic music legends Kraftwerk will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first U.S. tour and their iconic album Autobahn on a 2025 outing dubbed MULTIMEDIA CONCERTS. The trek gets underway March 6 in Philadelphia and wraps April 24 in Dallas, shortly after previously announced appearances at both weekends of the Coachella festival in Indio, Ca.
Kraftwerk, which now features 78-year-old lone original member Ralf Hütter, announced the tour in a humorous video starring skateboard hero and longtime fan Tony Hawk. The group played nine shows earlier this year at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, which included complete performances of Autobahn and seven of their other albums.
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SPIN ranked Autobahn No. 4 in a 2003 list of the 15 most influential albums of all time, noting that it had a clear impact on Devo, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Detroit techno, Daft Punk and Radiohead: “Nattily dressed, classically trained Germans, Kraftwerk couldn’t actually become robots, but their sleek, synthetic ‘robot pop’ changed everything. Before Kraftwerk, rock prized the idea of soul above all else; Autobahn was proudly inorganic music that nonetheless dealt with deeply human issues, reflecting technology’s capacity to simultaneously liberate and alienate. Every time a contemporary musician makes his laptop cry synthetic tears, you can hear the echo of this album’s bleeps.”
Tickets for MULTIMEDIA CONCERTS go on sale Dec. 13.
Here are Kraftwerk’s 2025 tour dates:
MAR 06 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
MAR 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors
MAR 08 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
MAR 10 – Montreal, QC – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
MAR 11 – Boston, MA — Boch Center Wang Theatre
MAR 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
MAR 14 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
MAR 16 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
MAR 17 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
MAR 19 – Orlando, FL – Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center
MAR 20 – Miami, FL – Adrienne Arsht Center
MAR 23 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
MAR 24 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
MAR 25 – Memphis, TN – Overton Park Shell
MAR 26 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
MAR 28 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theatre
MAR 29 – Chicago, IL – The Auditorium
MAR 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
MAR 31 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre
APR 02 – Denver, CO – Ellie Caulkins Opera House
APR 06 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium
APR 07 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
APR 13 – Indio, CA – Coachella
APR 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
APR 20 – Indio, CA – Coachella
APR 23 – Austin, TX – Bass Concert Hall
APR 24 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
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