The Reunion Tour is a

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by Swedish

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band

Refused Refused (also known as the Refused) is a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå and formed in 1991. Refused is composed of vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, guitarist Kristofer Steen, drummer David Sandström, and bassist Magnus Flagge. G ...

, celebrating the band's reunion, after breaking-up in 1998. The tour began with a secret warm-up shows in the band's hometown of

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

on 29 February 2012, as well as another small show in Stockholm, on 30 March, after which the band headed to start the official tour, in the United States. The tour was not intended to be a full reunion and the band announced their show at the Exel Arena in Umeå, Sweden on 15 December would be their final show for three years.

Background

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's "Punk Show" announced on 2 January 2012, that Refused would be reuniting this year for a series of show. This was confirmed on frontman

Dennis Lyxzén Sven Olov Dennis Lyxzén (born June 19, 1972) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for influential Swedish hardcore punk band Refused, as well as the bands INVSN and Fake Names. He is also a former member of band ...

's Facebook page on 9 January 2012, as well as announcing the band's first reunion show, at the

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. Later, some European festival appearances were announced, such as Way Out West Festival in Sweden, and

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in Belgium. The band was set to perform at the

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, being their only exclusive UK appearance on the tour, though after the festival was cancelled, the band was instead booked to appear on the

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Final shows

The band announced five final shows, one in Norway and four in Sweden; with the band's final show taking place in their hometown of Umeå, Sweden. Following the band's show at the Exel Arena in Umeå on 15 December, the band played four songs at an afterparty show the same night with the bands

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and

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playing reunion shows.

Return

On 25 November 2014, Refused announced that they will perform their first shows in three years at the

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and

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in the summer of 2015. They also headlined Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas in May 2015. The concerts were accompanied by the release of a new album called Freedom.

Set list

Tour dates

Support acts

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(22 April 2012) * Ceremony (23 April 2012) *

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(12 April 2012) *Hårda Tider (29 February 2012) *Les Big Byrd (30 March 2012) *

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( 15–26 July 2012) *Pettybone ( 12–13 August) * Sleigh Bells ( 27–31 August 2012) *

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(4 June 2012) *The Bots ( 13–14 August) *

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(18 April 2012; 22 August 2012; 25 August 2012) *

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(4 June 2012) *

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(18 April 2012) *U.X. Vileheads (29 February 2012) *BLKOUT! (9 November 2012) *Nuclear Summer (11 November 2012) *Endless Heights (13 November 2012) *Outright ( 15–16 November 2012) *Hightime (17 November 2012)

As a support act

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(4 June 2012)

Personnel

– lead vocals *

Kristofer Steen Kristofer Steen (born June 26, 1974) is a Swedish musician, who is the guitarist for hardcore punk band Refused. He directed '' Refused Are Fucking Dead'', a 2006 documentary charting the demise of Refused in 1998. After Refused's demise, Steen ...

– lead guitar, percussion *Jon Brännström – vocals, rhythm guitar (2012 shows only) *Magnus Flagge – bass guitar, cello *

David Sandström David Sandström (born 2 January 1975) is the drummer for hardcore punk group Refused. After Refused broke up, Sandström and the other members of Refused worked on a project entitled TEXT and released one album. Then David went on to do solo w ...

– drums, percussion

References

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