Cabaret Voltaire have expanded their Final USA + Canada Tour, confirming a second wave of North American dates for September 2026. Following the announcement last month of their West Coast farewell scheduled in May, the tour now stretches across the continent, forming a two-part closing chapter that will bring the group’s five-decade live legacy to its final North American conclusion.
Originally formed in Sheffield in the early 1970s by Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder, Chris Watson, and Richard H. Kirk, Cabaret Voltaire dismantled rock convention and rebuilt it from tape loops, found sound, surveillance aesthetics, and machine rhythm. Their early experiments helped shape industrial music, post-punk, electronic body music, and the DNA of contemporary electronic culture itself.
Following the previously announced May run — covering Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco — the band will return in September for dates across Texas, the Midwest, the Northeast, and Eastern Canada. I Speak Machine remains confirmed as special guest throughout the North American leg.
Alongside the tour expansion, Cabaret Voltaire has announced an official live album titled “But What Time Is It Really?” featuring iconic tracks like “Nag Nag Nag,” “Crackdown,” and “Do Right.” The album was recorded live in 2025 during their farewell performances at various UK shows, capturing the intense, immersive atmosphere of their final concerts. Following Richard H. Kirk’s death in 2021, Mallinder and Watson confirmed that no new studio recordings will be released under the Cabaret Voltaire name.
But What Time Is It Really?
1 24-24
2 Animation
3 Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
4 Tinsley Viaduct
5 The Set-Up
6 Landslide
7 Crackdown
8 Spies In The Wires
9 Just Fascination
10 Taxi Music
11 Yashar
12 Sex Money Freaks
13 Easy Life
14 Do Right
15 Nag Nag Nag
16 Sensoria
Listen to “Nag Nag Nag” live below:
Tickets for the newly announced September dates are on sale now.
Final USA + Canada Tour — May 2026:
- May 4, 2026 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
- May 6, 2026 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
- May 8, 2026 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
- May 10, 2026 – Denver, CO – Summit
- May 12, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
- May 15, 2026 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
Final USA + Canada Tour — September 2026:
- September 11, 2026 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
- September 15, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Metro
- September 16, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Metro
- September 18, 2026 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
- September 19, 2026 – Montreal, QC – SAT
- September 21, 2026 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur
- September 23, 2026 – Washington, DC – The Howard Theatre
- September 25, 2026 – New York, NY – Knockdown Center
- September 26, 2026 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
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