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CAKE
CAKE
About the event
CAKE live at Huxleys Neue Welt, presented by Trinity Music.
After 15 years, the legendary US band CAKE is releasing a new album—and bringing the tour to Berlin this September. This Sacramento-based genre-defying collective has spent three decades shattering musical conventions since their 1996 breakthrough Fashion Nugget.
CAKE's sound resists easy categorization: alternative, indie, funk, country, and ska all swirl together in their experimental arrangements, anchored by distinctive brass arrangements and the deadpan, deeply ironic vocals of frontman John McCrea. Where other bands rely on screaming lead guitars, CAKE leans into bold trumpet sections that deliver unexpected solo moments on stage.
The band's music has always carried a critical edge—their lyrics skewer economic inequality, corporate excess, and environmental destruction with surgical precision. Their upcoming album continues this tradition, with recently released tracks like "Hold You (Responsible)" and "Billionaire in Space" examining wealth disparity and ecological collapse.
A longtime champion of climate action, CAKE breaks from rock tradition by skipping encores at their shows, instead raffling off a tree as a gesture toward environmental protection. Catch them in Berlin and you might just leave with a sapling.
Doors: 19:00
Show starts: 20:00
