Refused Announce Final Shows, Reveal New Band With Same Members
Hardcore band Refused have announced that the final shows of their farewell tour will take place in their home country of Sweden.
After a tour of the UK and Europe in October, along with three shows in South America, Refused will close out their farewell tour with eight shows in Sweden, finishing off with a final concert in their hometown of Umea on December 21st. Each show will feature a different combination of support acts, including Youth Code, Fireside, Harrowed, and more.
Though Refused will come to an end, the band members won’t be taking a break, according to drummer David Sandström. On Instagram, Sandström revealed that members of Refused will form a new band. He also explained why the band is calling it quits, highlighting the band’s negative impact on his friendship with Dennis Lyxzén:
“Hello, this is David speaking. A few people have insinuated that like some other bands who, in the fashion of the great Larry David, quit with bells, whistles (and blood raining from a lacerating sky) only to return within a few years as if nothing had happened, Refused would do the same. Well, we won’t, and i feel the need to elucidate.
We only broke up once and it was involuntary. Most of you might not remember but at the end of our reunion year 2012 we kept things ambigious in our final statement: “The hatchet is buried … we’re going home”, for plausible deniability, because we weren’t sure our attempt at a permanent reunion would fly. It did, but only so far. The reasons for ending the band are legion, but the two most important ones are:
1. Refused was never good for mine and Dennis’ relationship, we both have our own idea of what the band should be and how we should behave and never the twain shall meet. And we’d rather be friends than play in a popular band.
2. A new band has been born within the band and we (Mattias, Magnus, Dennis and me) want to explore that, a band with no baggage, no fans to please, limited only by our wildest musical hopes and dreams. We’re very excited about getting around to taming this new wild beast.”
Read his entire statement below.
Refused will resume their farewell tour in Glasgow on October 1st. See all their dates here.
Photo by Tim Tronckoe
