Tim Burgess to host Kraftwerk listening party today in memory of late co-founder Florian Schneider

07 May 2020, 11:14 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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(Tim Burgess) (Kraftwerk)

Tim Burgess has announced a last-minute Twitter listening party addition for later today (7 May), and it'll be a silent listening party for Kraftwerk to pay tribute to their late co-founder Florian Schneider.

The Charlatans' singer has been keeping music fans united on Twitter during the coronavirus pandemic by hosting listening parties on the social media site, normally with live updates from band members about the album being listened to.

Earlier today (7 May), in light of the news of Florian Schneider's passing yesterday (6 May), Burgess announced that he will be hosting a last-minute Kraftwerk listening party on Twitter at 6pm BST today, writing, "Let’s listen to Computer World by Kraftwerk, together. No tweets from me, no guests, no insights. Just a shared listening experience in memory of Florian Schneider."

Tonight 6pm

Let’s listen to Computer World by @Kraftwerk, together.

No tweets from me, no guests, no insights. Just a shared listening experience in memory of Florian Schneider#TimsTwitterListeningParty if you would like to share memories during the playback pic.twitter.com/AH7nSZyuPR
— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) May 7, 2020

Kraftwerk were due to reunite for a 50th 3D anniversary tour this summer. They would've played London's All Points East festival later this month before it was cancelled due to the coronavirus.

Tim Burgess will host the Kraftwerk Twitter listening party today (7 May) at 6pm BST. Visit timstwitterlisteningparty.com for more information.