Refused have announced their final ever UK and European shows as part of their 2025 farewell tour. See all the dates and ticket information below.
The Swedish punk band confirmed news of their split in September last year, alongside a 25th-anniversary edition of their seminal third album ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’.
It followed their first famous break up 1998, in the midst of their North American tour in support of ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’. They later reunited in 2012 and released 2015’s ‘Freedom’ and 2019’s ‘War Music’, but have now brought Refused to an official end.
Earlier this month, they kicked off the ongoing US leg (see further details here) of their farewell tour, and now they’ve unveiled plans for one in the UK and Europe, too.
They’ll kick things off in Berlin on June 15, with more German shows in Frankfurt and Hamburg before they head to Biarritz, France, and Zurich, Switzerland, in July. Then, in October they’ll play shows in the UK and Ireland, including a performance at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, before wrapping up in Leipzig, Germany on October 11.
“Gotta love festivals but of course we want to come and sweat and dance with you one last time. We could not be more excited, let’s make sure that we celebrate the demise of Refused in grand fashion!!!,” frontman Dennis Lyxzén says.
Tickets go on sale on April 9, and you’ll be able to find them here for UK and Ireland dates and here for EU dates. Check out a full list of dates below.
Refused’s final 2025 UK and EU tour dates are:
JUNE
15 – Berlin, Huxleys
24 – Frankfurt, Batschkapp
25 – Hamburg, Docks
JULY
9 – Biarritz, Atabal
11 – Zurich, X-tra
OCTOBER
1 – Glasgow, SWG3
2 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
3 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
5 – Dublin, 3Olympia
8 – Paris, Elysée Montmartre
9 – Lille, L’Aéronef
11 – Leipzig, Felsenkeller
The band’s drummer David Sandström shared that they were initially going to announce the breakup earlier in 2024, with their headline slot at Stockholm’s Rosendal Garden Party, which was billed as “their last festival gig in Sweden. Ever.”
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. Next morning I get a call from Dennis’ wife and a couple of tumultuous hours later it’s confirmed that he’s had a heart attack at the hotel.”
Lyxzén took to social media to announce their festival appearance was cancelled following his heart attack. He shared a photo of himself while in the hospital recuperating.
At the time of the US tour announcement, Sandström shared that Lyxzén is doing great and that his recuperation will be swift. “Needless to say, he’s itching to get back on tour to play shows and he even suggested we should keep preliminary dates set up for the late fall and winter, but we decided to postpone those shows and instead start up in the spring,” he wrote.
In 2019, Lyxzén gave an exclusive interview to NME, where he spoke about the band’s motivations for their surprise comeback. “From the beginning our band was never about making money or getting famous,” he said “The agenda was to create a platform for us to be creative and radical. We were raised on the language of punk and hardcore and it continues to be crucial to the identity of Refused.
“We’re privileged to be in a position where some people are interested in the music and the ideas expressed by our band and we don’t take that lightly,” he continued. “Both myself and David [Sandström, drums] grew up in working class families. I think in some way I still feel like nobody wants to hear what I have to say. Now I have a platform I’m definitely going to use it.”
As well as their ongoing tour, the band are on the lineup for a string of festivals this summer, including Electric Castle, ØYA and Rock For People.