Refused live in concert.
ON TOUR

Refused

100
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 100 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Refused is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Refused concert reviews describe live shows and performances as magical and memorable.

ON TOUR

Brooklyn Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, United States (March 21); HISTORY, Toronto, Canada (March 23); The Salt Shed, Chicago, United States (March 25); The Warfield, San Francisco, United States (March 27); Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, Canada (April 7); Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA, United States (April 10)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

The Shape of Punk to Come Obliterated (8 November 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Umea, Sweden (1992 - present)
Bio
Refused is a hardcore band from Umea, Sweden, formed in 1991. Members include vocalist Dennis Lyxzen, guitarist Kristofer Steen, drummer David Sandstrom, and bassist Magnus Flagge.
Has Performed With
White Lung, The Coathangers, Sleigh Bells, Sick Of It All, OFF!

Critic Concert Reviews

Spectrum Culture (USA)

March 8, 2020
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The world still needs bands like Refused. Heres hoping their next Portland show isnt preempted by a pandemic and they get the turnout they shouldve had.

Consequence (USA)

May 21, 2019
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Refused and Distillers play tiny club show after weather nixes sets at Sonic Temple Festival (5/19)

Scenestr (Australia)

January 30, 2017
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So my first Sick Of It All gig, 30 years a coming. SOIA are crunching through their set and delighting the Enmore throngs (21 January).

The Music (Australia)

January 21, 2017
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Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

July 17, 2016
80
%
FESTIVAL 2000 Trees Festival

New Noise Magazine (USA)

May 31, 2016
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Touring in support of their monumental comeback album, 2015’s Freedom, Refused played a healthy mix of new and classic songs to their rabid audience of fans/disciples.

Spectrum Culture (USA)

June 7, 2015
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Here, two people at opposing points at an intersection will stop traffic to gently argue about letting the other person go first rather than succumb to any form of road rage.

Past critic reviews published in

The Scotsman (Scotland), Manchester Evening News (UK), Music-News.com (UK), Rolling Stone (UK), Evening Standard (UK) and more

Image Credit

Henry Laurisch [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons