Refused have announced a farewell tour of North America in March and April 2025, with support from Quicksand. The Swedish post-hardcore greats will also reissue their landmark album The Shape of Punk to Come on November 8 for its 25th anniversary, including a 3xLP version with unreleased demos and rare alternate versions, plus an album of covers by artists including Fucked Up, Idles, Touché Amoré, Quicksand, Zulu, and Gel. Dubbed The Shape of Punk to Come Obliterated, that and the reissue are out November 8 via Epitaph. Check out the covers album’s tracklist below, along with the Refused Are F**king Dead Tour dates.
Today’s announcement follows frontperson Dennis Lyxzén’s recovery from a heart attack in June, which forced the band to cancel a show billed as their last-ever Swedish festival set. Refused drummer David Sandström said in a press release, “Dennis is doing great. He’s one of the healthiest dudes I know, he can’t sit still, exercises a lot and it follows that his recuperation would be swift. He’s gotten excellent care and his doctor has run all the physical tests on him and they all indicate he’s making a full recovery.… We’re coming to the U.S. in March/April 2025, and we’re looking at what else we can do with the rest of the year, all we know is that we want to finish back home in Sweden at the end of the year.”
Read about Refused’s “New Noise” at No. 245 in “The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s.”
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The Shape of Punk to Come Obliterated:
01 Gel: “Worms of the Senses / Faculties of the Skull”
02 Quicksand: “The Liberation Frequency”
03 Brutus: “The Deadly Rhythm”
04 Snapcase: “Summer Holidays vs. Punkroutine”
05 Idles: “New Noise (Remix)”
06 Ho99o9: “New Noise”
07 Fucked Up: “Refused Party Program”
08 Zulu: “Protest Song ’68”
09 Cold Cave: “Refused Are Fucking Dead”
10 Igorr: “The Shape of Punk to Come”
11 Cult of Luna: “Tannhäuser / Derive”
12 Touche Amore: “The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax”
Refused:
03-21 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount #
03-23 Toronto, Ontario – History #
03-25 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed #
03-27 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield #
03-28 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall #
03-29 Del Mar, CA – The Sound #
03-30 Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre #
04-01 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre #
04-02 Salt Lake City, UT – Union Event Center #
04-04 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory #
04-05 Seattle, WA – The Showbox #
04-07 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre #
04-08 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall #
04-10 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades #
# with Quicksand