Cabaret Voltaire's final UK tour: Brighton date at Chalk, last show in Sheffield Sunday

Cabaret Voltaire's Final UK Tour had a Brighton date at Chalk on Wednesday 21 October, and the last show is at the Sheffield Octagon on Sunday 25 October, according to the venue, Dice and the band's press release.

Tim

Published 00:29, Saturday, 24 October 2026 · Updated 00:42, Saturday, 24 October 20262 min read

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Cabaret Voltaire’s Final UK Tour included a Brighton date at Chalk in Pool Valley on Wednesday 21 October 2026, and the last show of the tour is due at the Sheffield Octagon this Sunday, 25 October. The dates and billing here come from the Chalk listing, the Dice ticket page, the band’s press release and the promoter’s tour page.

Date. Wednesday 21 October 2026. Dice gives doors at 6pm, and Chalk lists the evening as 6pm to 10pm.

Venue. Chalk, 13 Pool Valley, Brighton BN1 1NJ. Dice gives the capacity as 825.

Billing. Cabaret Voltaire’s Final UK Tour, with Gazelle Twin and a second support act, listed as Fadar by Chalk and Fader by Dice. The age limit is 14+.

Tickets. Dice shows the event as off sale.

How the final tour was announced

The tour was announced in a press release dated 28 October 2025, published by the music site Arcana. It says Stephen “Mal” Mallinder and Chris Watson announced the Final UK Tour after a sold-out performance at the Sensoria Festival in Sheffield. The run was to start at Birmingham Town Hall on 10 October 2026 and finish at the Sheffield Octagon on 25 October, with Gazelle Twin as special guest on every date.

The release quotes Mallinder calling it a “wonderful opportunity to go round the block one more time”. It also looks back to the band’s live launch at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975, which it says the band’s 2025 tour marked as 50 years on. That 2025 tour included Brighton’s ACCA on 22 November 2025, listed in the release as sold out.

The Brighton date

The October 2025 press release listed the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill for 21 October 2026. The Chalk and Dice listings now carry that date at Brighton. We have not found a statement from the band or the promoter explaining the change. We have also not found an official account of the night itself, so this report does not describe the performance.

What happens next

The promoter’s page lists Sheffield’s Octagon on Sunday 25 October as the final date of the tour. It says the live set draws on the band’s early experiments, its Rough Trade and Factory releases, the Doublevision video label and work with the producers Adrian Sherwood and Marshall Jefferson, rebuilt with original technology and an element of improvisation. The page does not say whether Sheffield tickets remain.