Refused announce 2025 farewell tour of North America

Quicksand will accompany the decorated Swedish group throughout the itinerary.

Refused have announced plans to embark upon a farewell tour of North America in 2025.

Commencing in March the itinerary will comprise fourteen dates and mark the Swedish punk outfit’s final live performances in the continent following news of their approaching dissolution. Featured stops will include concerts held in New York City, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland and more, all bolstered by support from Quicksand. Tickets for all tour dates will be available for purchase from September 13th at 10am; find further information here.

Elsewhere in advance of calling time on their celebrated second tenure Refused have detailed plans for an expanded 25th anniversary reissue of their breakthrough third album The Shape Of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts. Scheduled for release on November 8th and presented as a 5 LP box set, the reissue will contain unreleased demos, alternate versions and a tribute album featuring contributions from Gel, Quicksand and Touché Amoré among others.

View Refused’s 2025 North American tour itinerary and the track list for The Shape Of Punk To Come Obliterated below.

The Shape Of Punk To Come Obliterated

1 Gel – ‘Worms of the Senses / Faculties of the Skull’
2 Quicksand – ‘The Liberation Frequency’
3 Brutus – ‘The Deadly Rhythm’
4 Snapcase – ‘Summer Holidays vs. Punkroutine’
5 Idles – ‘New Noise (Remix’
6 Ho99o9 – ‘New Noise’
7 Fucked Up – ‘Refused Party Program’
8 Zulu – ‘Protest Song ’68’
9 Cold Cave – ‘Refused Are Fucking Dead’
10 Igorr – ‘The Shape of Punk to Come’
11 Cult of Luna – ‘Tannhäuser / Derive’
12 Touché Amoré – ‘The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax’

Words by Sam Wilkinson.

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