Refused Announce Last-Ever Shows, Unveil Plans to Form New Band with Same Members

Legendary hardcore band Refused have announced the final shows of their ongoing farewell tour, set to take place in their home country of Sweden. Additionally, drummer David Sandström has revealed plans for the members of Refused to form a new band.

After embarking on a a fall tour of UK and Europe in October, as well as playing three shows in South America, Refused will end their career with eight shows in Sweden, culminating with a final concert in their hometown of Umea on December 21st. Each of the gigs in Sweden will feature a different combination of opening acts, with Youth Code among them.

In a lengthy post on Instagram, Sandström explained why Refused are breaking up, citing the band’s negative effect on his friendship with singer Dennis Lyxzén, while announcing plans for the new band:

“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.

But before all that, we have some business to attend to. The last of the last shows are soon upon us and it’s come together better than we could have hoped for. The lineups are stacked with old friends, comrades and collaborators as well as some of the best newer bands in the heavy, punk and/or violent music spectrum.”

The post continues with details about the various opening acts, before signing off with, “This is going to be an absolute blast of a finale… Go tell it on the mountain.”

See Refused’s last-ever tour dates below, and pick up tickets to their upcoming concerts at this location.

Refused’s Remaining 2025 Tour Dates:
10/01 – Glasgow, GB @ SWG3 *
10/02 – Manchester, GB @ O2 Victoria Warehouse *
10/03 – London, GB @ O2 Academy Brixton *
10/05 – Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia *
10/07 – Tilburg, NL @ Poppodium 013
10/08 – Paris, FR @ Elysee Montmartre *
10/09 – Lille, FR @ L’Aéronef
10/10 – Cologne, DE @ Burgerhaus Stollwerck
10/11 – Leipzig, DE @ Felsenkeller
10/12 – Munich, DE @ Muffathalle
10/28 – Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 1
10/29 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Riviera
10/31 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Terra SP
11/01 – Palermo, AR @ Palermo Groove
11/03 – Santiago, CL @ Teatro Coliseo
12/11 – Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik (feat. Division of Laura Lee & Spøgelse)
12/12 – Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik (feat. Rome Is Not a Town & Darla)
12/13 – Norrkoping, SE @ Arbis (feat. Fireside & Lost Faith)
12/17 – Stockholm, SE @ Fallan (feat. Abhinanda & Twin Pigs)
12/18 – Stockholm, SE @ Fallan (feat. Youth Code & Harrowed)
12/19 – Umea, SE @ Vaven (feat. Youth Code, Left Hand of Darkness & Millencolin)
12/20 – Umea, SE @ Vaven (feat. Fireside, Mattias Alkberg, Top 10 Babies & Deppa)
12/21 – Umea, SE @ Vaven (feat. Abhinanda, Final Exit, Nix & Dream Warriors)