Kraftwerk brought 50 years of innovative synthpop to Beacon Theatre (pics, video setlist)

It was a night of motorik synthpop classics

Mar 17, 2025 - 20:54

Kraftwerk brought 50 years of innovative synthpop to Beacon Theatre (pics, video setlist)

Synth pioneers Kraftwerk are currently on their Multimedia Tour that also doubles as a 50th anniversary celebration of their landmark album Autobahn. They hit NYC last week for shows at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on March 13 and Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre on March 14.

Co-founder Ralf Hütter, along with 30-year veteran Henning Schitz and newer members Georg Bongartz and Falk Grieffenhagen, hit the Beacon Theatre stage promptly at 8 PM, positioning themselves behind their T-shaped consoles, clad in LED jumpsuits and ankle boots. Despite the nods to “Autobahn,” which they played in a short (nine minute) version, the Multimedia Tour is basically a Greatest Hits show, and their set includes “The Model,” “Computer World,” “Trans-Europe Express,” a medley from “Tour De France” and more. It all sounded amazing with Beacon’s very impressive Sphere Immersive Sound system.

There were matching visuals of course (though not in 3-D this time), which ranged from representations of their iconic design and artwork from the last five decades to playful moments like video of a UFO landing outside Beacon.

Check out photos from Beacon Theater by Toby Tenenbaum, plus full fan-shot video of the show and the setlist below.

photo by Toby Tenenbaum

Kraftwerk (photo by Toby Tenenbaum)

SETLIST: Kraftwerk @ Beacon Theatre 3/14/2025
Numbers / Computer World / Computer World 2
Home Computer / It’s More Fun to Compute
Spacelab
Airwaves
Tango
The Man-Machine
Electric Café
Autobahn
Computer Love
The Model
Neon Lights
Geiger Counter
Radioactivity
Tour de France / Tour de France Étape 3 / Chrono / Tour de France Étape 2
La Forme
Trans-Europe Express / Metal on Metal / Abzug

Encore:
The Robots
Planet of Visions
Boing Boom Tschak / Techno Pop / Musique Non Stop