# Sheffield music ‘really healthy’ says Cabaret Voltaire veteran

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sheffield-music-really-healthy-says-cabaret-voltaire-veteran/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:08:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T07:56:22+00:00
- Original publisher: feeds.bbci.co.uk (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckd7q0wrxwl2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, Sheffield

## Key points

- Cabaret Voltaire ended its 50-year career in Sheffield.
- Watson called the city’s music future “really healthy”.
- The band’s experimental sound influenced several music genres.

## Summary

Cabaret Voltaire founding members Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder ended the band’s 50-year career with a sold-out show in Sheffield, where they began in the mid-1970s. Watson said the city was the right place to close the chapter and described its music scene as “really healthy”.

The group helped pioneer experimental electronic music, drawing on Dadaism and the sounds of Sheffield. Journalist Daniel Dylan Wray said their influence reached across electronic, dance, industrial and post-punk music; the third founding member, Richard H Kirk, died in 2021. Watson left the band in 1981 and later made sound programmes for BBC radio and wildlife documentaries.

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