Legendary German electronic act Kraftwerk will begin a five-week world tour with a May 30-31 stand at Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club. The quartet will also play New York, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles, before 11 European dates through July 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
Kraftwerk broke a 17-year break between albums with the 2003 release of “Tour de France Soundtracks” (Astralwerks), which peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Electronic Albums chart. And while a series of vintage album reissues have been in the works for some time, a label spokesperson says there is no update on their status, or that of any other new releases, at present.
Here are Kraftwerk’s tour dates:
May 30-31: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
June 1: New York (Hammerstein Ballroom)
June 2: Detroit (State Theatre)
June 4: Chicago (Riviera Theatre)
June 6: Los Angeles (Greek Theatre)
June 11: Venice (Biennale Palagalileo)
June 13: Belgrade (Kalemegdan Fortress)
June 14: Sofia, Bulgaria (Palace of Culture)
June 16: Skopje, Macedonia (Skopsko Lizgaliste)
June 17: Thessaloniki, Greece (Theatro Gis)
June 18: Athens (Lycabettus)
June 20: Istanbul (Rock Istanbul)
June 30: Werchter, Belgium (Werchter Festival)
July 3: Bavilliers, France (Les Eurockeennes)
July 4: Montreux, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival)
Source billboard.com.
