On Sunday (December 21st), the Swedish hardcore icons played their final farewell show at Väven in their hometown of Umeå, bringing their second and truly final chapter to an end in front of a hometown crowd that understood exactly what was being buried.
The show capped off Refused’s global farewell tour and was livestreamed worldwide, a replay of the performance is available online, giving fans across the globe to witness the band draw a hard line under a legacy that reshaped punk, hardcore, and heavy music at large.
Following the performance, vocalist Dennis Lyxzén shared a brief but loaded message.
‘The weekend is over and it’s been overwhelming to say the least.
I need a couple of days to process everything and I will post more on the matter.
But for now: thanks to everyone that came to the shows, or watch the live stream or just made all of this possible. I love you all.
Refused is dead. Long live Refused.’
The set itself leaned heavily into the band’s full arc, moving from early material through to the records that detonated expectations and permanently altered the shape of hardcore.
It was tight, emotional, and confrontational in the way only Refused ever managed to balance.
The main set ran 21 songs, closing with the blunt statement-piece ‘Refused Are Fking Dead’**, before the band returned for an encore that left nothing unsaid.
Final Setlist
- Circle Pit
- The Shape Of Punk To Come
- The Refused Party Program
- Rather Be Dead
- Malfire
- Liberation Frequency
- Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine
- The Deadly Rhythm
- Re-Fused
- I Wish
- Hate Breeds Hate
- Pretty Face
- Life Support Addiction
- Coup D’état
- Refused Are F**king Dead
- Elektra
- Worms Of The Senses / Faculties Of The Skull
Encore
- Burn It
- Everlasting
- Pump The Brakes
- New Noise
Ending the night with ‘New Noise’ felt inevitable, while some bands fade out, Refused walked away on their own terms.
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