Krautrock
Music genre that originated in Germany in the late 1960s
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| December 4 2024 | Announced their Multimedia Tour to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of their first album, collaborating with professional skateboarder Tony Hawk. |
| July 27 2024 | At the Fuji Rock Festival, Kraftwerk performed their first-ever cover song, 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' by Ryuichi Sakamoto, followed by 'Radioactivity'. |
| May 2024 | Performed nine nights at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, presenting one of their eight albums each night. |
| February 9 2024 | Damo Suzuki died of cancer. |
| 2023 | Falk Grieffenhagen transitions to electronic percussion, and Georg Bongartz joins as a live video technician. |
| 2022 | Fritz Hilpert leaves the band after being an electronic percussionist since 1990. |
| 2022 | Falk Grieffenhagen concludes his role as live video technician. |
| May 27 2022 | Kraftwerk began a successful North American tour, performing in 24 cities from May 27 to July 10. |
| 2021 | Began a series of live recording releases, with recordings dating from 1973 to 1977. |
| October 30 2021 | Kraftwerk were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. |
| May 12 2021 | Kraftwerk were officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the class of 2021. |
| April 21 2020 | Florian Schneider died at age 73 after a brief battle with cancer. |
| 2019 | Appeared in the documentary film 'Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock', which explored the band's role in the Krautrock music genre. |
| October 2019 | Kraftwerk were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2020. |
| July 20 2018 | German astronaut Alexander Gerst performed 'Spacelab' with the band via live video link from the International Space Station during a concert in Stuttgart. |
| January 2018 | BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 30-minute documentary 'Kraftwerk: Computer Love', examining how their album Computer World changed people's lives. |
| January 28 2018 | Kraftwerk won their first Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album for 3-D The Catalogue. |
| 2017 | Released a historical live album 'Konzerte 1972/1977', documenting performances from earlier periods of the band. |
| September 5 2017 | Holger Czukay died of natural causes. |
| May 26 2017 | 3-D The Catalogue was released, available in multiple formats including a 4-disc Blu-ray set with a 236-page hardback book. |
| April 2017 | Kraftwerk announced 3-D The Catalogue, a live album and video documenting performances of all eight albums. |
| January 22 2017 | Jaki Liebezeit died of pneumonia. |
| 2015 | Completed a live tour in the United States, which was recorded and released as the live album 'USA Live'. |
| 2014 | Received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy. |
| 2014 | Released a 17 LP collection box titled 'Can'. |
| 2013 | Falk Grieffenhagen begins working with Kraftwerk as a live video technician. |
| 2012 | 'The Lost Tapes' was released, overseen by Irmin Schmidt and Daniel Miller, compiled by Schmidt and Jono Podmore. |
| 2011 | Released unreleased live music on the 40th Anniversary Edition of 'Tago Mago'. |
| December 5 2010 | Cluster's final concert took place in Minehead, Somerset, England. |
| November 17 2010 | Roedelius announced via email and social media that Cluster would split up at the end of 2010. |
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