When Refused announced they fired longtime guitarist Jon Brannstrom, we asked does that mean they'll reactive soon?
There was evidence of a new album being worked on, but now we can confirm the reactivation, as moments ago the band announced a new tour this summer:
We are bringing Freedom to North America through a series of club dates May 25 – June 5 following Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival in Las Vegas on May 24.
Tickets will be available on Friday at 10:00AM local time, with the exception of Bowery Ballroom in New York and the Sinclair in Boston which will go on sale at 12:00PM local time.
The band's full line up of shows include:
May 2 GROEZROCK, Meerhout, Belgium
May 22 RUHRPOTT RODEO Open Air Festival, Hunxe, Germany
May 24 Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival, Las Vegas, NV
May 25th The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
May 26th The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA
May 28th Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
May 29th Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
May 30th The Crocodile, Seattle, WA
May 31st Double Door, Chicago, IL
June 1st The Sinclair, Boston, MA
June 3rd Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
June 4th Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
June 5th Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
June 20 Amnesia Rockfest, Montebello, QC, Canada
June 27 Provinssirock Seinäjoki, Findland
July 11 Rock im Ring Festival – Ritten/Italy Collalbo, Italy
July 16 RESURRECTION FEST Viveiro, Spain
July 17 Slottsfjell , Tonsberg, Norway
July 18 Buktafestivalen , Tromso, Norway
Aug 28 Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
Aug 29 Pure&Crafted Festival Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Aug 30 Reading Festival, Reading, UK
These will be the first Refused shows since 2012. You can read Frank's review of Refused playing NYC twice in one night right here.
[h/t to Sid]
