Swedish punks Refused have recently announced a forthcoming performance that will mark their “last festival performance in Sweden” as they look to wind down. The performance will take place at Stockholm’s Rosendal Garden Party on Friday, June 14. The festival line-up will also include Turnstile and M.I.A.
Despite a now-deleted statement from the Rosendal Garden Party website, Refused have not commented on the potential disbandment or another hiatus. The performance will be the band’s first live show in four years. The festival, taking place from June 14 to 16, will feature the likes of Massive Attack, RAYE, The Cardigans, Grace Jones and more.
Refused’s last release was their 2020 EP, The Malignant Fire. It was their fourth release since reuniting in 2014, following the albums Freedom and War Music and the EP Servants Of Death. Speaking to NME in 2019, Refused’s frontman Dennis Lyxzén discussed how the band’s politics have changed over the years.
“When I was younger I was, ‘fuck this, fuck that, fuck everything’ and now I’m older, I just can’t do that. I’m more focused in my politics now. Oh, and I dunno, when we were younger, being straightedge was very important to us because drinking was such an integral part of the culture we found ourselves opposed to. Now we’re older it’s not as important to us anymore.”
Refused were one of the many Swedish artists who have called for Israel to be banned from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Tickets for Rosendal Garden Party are now on sale, with both single day and weekend passes available on their website
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