Refused confirm their split and announce ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’ 25th anniversary edition
nme.comRefused have confirmed their split and have announced the 25th-anniversary edition of their third album ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’.In 1998, in the midst of their North American tour in support of ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come,’ the Swedish punk band famously broke up but went on to reunite in 2012 and release 2015’s ‘Freedom’ and 2019’s ‘War Music’.
Today (September 10), the band announced their official split, bringing Refused to an official end.Confirming the split in a press release, the band’s drummer David Sandström shared that the band were initially going to announce the breakup earlier this year starting with their headline slot at Stockholm’s Rosendal Garden Party which was billed as “their last festival gig in Sweden.
Ever.”A post shared by REFUSED (@refused)He went on to say that following that performance, the group were supposed to do a “few shows here and there before calling it quits end of year.” Sandström added that the show rehearsals were magnificent, and revealed that Refused had played a secret show two days prior to Stockholm’s Rosendal Garden Party at Kulturhuset Femman in Uppsala.“There were no pictures taken and it wasn’t filmed but it was a great show in front of maybe 60 local scenesters.
We hung out afterwards, I had a few beers and me and [Refused frontman] Dennis [Lyxzén], still vegan and basically straight edge, traded stupid stories about bands we love,” he said.“It was a fine evening.
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