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Kraftwerk kicked off their eight-night residency at London's Tate Modern, performing their 1974 album Autobahn in full last night (6 February, 2013).
The German quartet were playing their 1974 album Autobahn in its entirety during a two hour show, and also played single 'The Robots' from their 1978 album The Man Machine.
The show was their first London concert since 2008 and, according to the BBC, fans described it as "mesmerising," "phenomenal," and added that it "lived up to the hype."
The audience was mostly made up of middle-aged men, and the band also played an updated version of track 'Radioactivity' which now referred to the Fukushima disaster, which occurred in Japan in 2011.
Jane Wilson, a fan who attended, told the BBC, "When 'Radioactivity' came on it did feel extraordinary emotional.
"It was just brilliant to hear a piece that's been reworked from the 1970s - at a point when there was such an optimism - and then to see the reality of it now, in hindsight, was incredibly moving."
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark were influenced heavily by the band, and member Andy McCluskey attended the gig.
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He called it the "best multimedia arts project on the planet," continuing, "I saw them three-and-a-half years ago at the Manchester Velodrome and now that the whole show is in 3D and with surround sound, it's incredible."
He finished by adding, "It's amazing that 40 years into their career, they're still relevant."
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