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The post Refused Announce Last-Ever Shows, Unveil Plans to Form New Band with Same Members<\/a> appeared first on Consequence<\/a>.<\/p>\n Legendary hardcore band Refused<\/a> have announced the final shows of their ongoing farewell tour, set to take place in their home country of Sweden. Additionally, drummer David Sandstr\u00f6m has revealed plans for the members of Refused to form a new band.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n In a lengthy post on Instagram, Sandstr\u00f6m explained why Refused are breaking up, citing the band\u2019s negative effect on his friendship with singer Dennis Lyxz\u00e9n, while announcing plans for the new band:<\/p>\n \u201cHello, 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\u2019t, and i feel the need to elucidate.<\/p>\n 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: \u201cThe hatchet is buried \u2026 we\u2019re going home\u201d, for plausible deniability, because we weren\u2019t 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:<\/p>\n 1. Refused was never good for mine and Dennis\u2019 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\u2019d rather be friends than play in a popular band.<\/p>\n 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\u2019re very excited about getting around to taming this new wild beast.<\/p>\n But before all that, we have some business to attend to. The last of the last shows are soon upon us and it\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n The post continues with details about the various opening acts, before signing off with, \u201cThis is going to be an absolute blast of a finale\u2026 Go tell it on the mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n