[CANCELLED: July 30, 2020] Kraftwerk 3-D
Kraftwerk are one of the most influential bands of all time–and most people don’t know them.
I know a lot of their songs, although I’m sure at a Kraftwerk concert I probably wouldn’t know half of the songs.
And yet, when they announced a North American tour to celebrate their 50th anniversary in which they will bring their beloved 3D visuals, music, and performance art on the road to play a career-spanning set this summer, I grabbed tickets immediately.
Normally I wouldn’t want to see a band that wasn’t full of original members. Kraftwerk really only has one–Ralf Hütter is the only guy still in the band from the beginning/ of the other three, Fritz Hilpert has been on board since 1987, Henning Schmitz since 1991 and Falk Grieffenhagen since 2012. Florian Schneider another co-founder just died this year but he had left the band twelve years ago.
Nevertheless, Kraftwerk is decidedly not about the musicians, they are about the music. And the spectacle. And a 3-D show is pure spectacle.
I was really holding out hope that this show would not be cancelled. I hope they decide to try again next year, (Hütter is only 73, after all) because a 51st anniversary is just as good!
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