The history of electronic music inevitably passes through Düsseldorf. It was there that, more than half a century ago, the adventure of Kraftwerk began, the group founded by Ralf Hütter that redefined the relationship between technology and popular music. On May 1 and 2, 2026, the German band will come to Tokyo with two concerts at SGC Hall Ariake, events included in the Multimedia Tour 2026. The two evenings represent the Japanese leg of an international tour that will visit several Asian cities before continuing to other continents. The tour will also take the group to other cities in Japan and to metropolises such as Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangkok. The Tokyo concerts are scheduled for May 1st, with doors opening at 6 pm and a 7 pm start, while the second concert on May 2nd will open at 4 pm and start at 5 pm. Both concerts will take place at SGC Hall Ariake, one of the new concert venues in the Tokyo Bay area. For decades, Kraftwerk have been considered among the leading architects of contemporary electronic music. Albums like Autobahn, Trans-Europe Express, and The Man-Machine have influenced generations of artists, from synth-pop and techno to hip-hop and 21st-century digital music. The group has transformed live performances into a complete audiovisual experience, in which synthetic sound, digital projections, and light displays merge into a single language. The Multimedia Tour follows precisely this tradition. The concerts are not simply musical performances but true visual experiences in which images and digital graphics interact with the rhythmic structures of the music. The result is a show that preserves the group's minimalist aesthetic while also leveraging contemporary visual technologies. In Tokyo, audiences will be able to experience more than fifty years of musical history. From the hypnotic pulse of Numbers to the synthetic landscapes of Computer World to the mechanical rhythms of The Robots, Kraftwerk’s repertoire continues to demonstrate how the idea of the music of the future imagined in the 1970s has become the sonic language of the present.
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