It’s the beginning of the end once again for Refused. The revolutionary Swedish post-hardcore band launched their farewell tour tonight, March 20th, at Atlantis in Washington, DC. Last fall, the group announced that they would once again be hanging it up, this time winding down their career later this year. They previously had called it quits in 1998, before reuniting in 2014.
This opening night of the North American leg of their final year of touring found them performing their 1998 track “Poetry Written In Gasoline” live for the first time, while also dusting off their early cut “Blind” for its first performance since 1993. Notably, the show was also Refused‘s first since their vocalist Dennis Lyxzén suffered a heart attack last year. Here’s how tonight’s setlist ran:
“Poetry Written In Gasoline” (live debut)
“The Shape Of Punk To Come”
“The Refused Party Program”
“Rather Be Dead”
“Life Support Addiction”
“Pump The Brakes”
“Blind” (first performance since 1993)
“Malfire”
“Liberation Frequency”
“Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine”
“Refused Are Fucking Dead”
“The Deadly Rhythm”
“Protest Song ’68”
“Elektra”
“New Noise”
Encore:
“Coup d’etat ”
“Circle Pit”
“Worms Of The Senses/Faculties Of The Skull”
While the band have yet to announce their final planned live performance, they have indicated in the past that they intend to wind things down in their home country of Sweden towards the end of 2025. Until then, they have the following shows announced at the moment:
With Quicksand:
03/21 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount (feat. Orange 9mm)
03/22 Buffalo, NY – Electric City (feat. Dion Lundadon)
03/23 Toronto, ON – HISTORY (feat. Sundowner)
03/25 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed (feat. Racetraitor)
03/27 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield (feat. Slaughterhouse)
03/28 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall (feat. Slaughterhouse)
03/29 Del Mar, CA – The Sound (feat. Deaf Club)
03/30 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
04/01 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre (feat. Cleaner)
04/02 Salt Lake City, UT – Union Event Center (feat. Villain)
04/04 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory (feat. Plum Vision)
04/05 Seattle, WA – The Showbox (feat. Midwestlust)
04/07 Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre (feat. Actors)
04/08 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall (feat. Help)
04/10 Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades (feat. Slaughterhouse)
Refused:
06/11-14 Hradec Kralove, CZE – Rock For People
06/13 Nickelsdorf, AUT – Nova Rock
06/19-22 Clisson, FRA – Hellfest Open Air
06/26-28 Ysselsteyn, NET – Jera On Air
06/27-29 Munster, GER – Vainstream Rockfest
07/10-12 Madrid, SPA – Mad Cool Festival
07/11-13 Lille, BEL – Sjock Festival
07/16-20 Bontida, ROM – Electric Castle Festival
07/18-19 Gijon, SPA – Tsunami Xixon
07/18-19 Sano Domingo de la Calzada, SPA – Rock Land Fest
08/05-08 Tolmin, SLO – Punk Rock Holiday
08/06-11 Budapest, HUN – Sziget Festival
08/06-09 Olso, NOR – Oya Festival
08/07-09 Gothenburg, SWE – Way Out West
08/08-10 Rimini, ITA – Bay Fest
08/08-09 Oberbildein, AUT – Picture On Festival
