The groundbreaking, highly influential Swedish hardcore band Refused have announced a series of shows scheduled for summer 2012.
This is the band’s first appearance since their breakup in the late ‘90s and will include performances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 13th and 20th and the Way Out West Festival in Sweden Aug 9-11.
A statement from the band read: "It's been a motley 14 years since our band came apart. We've all kept busy in our respective endeavors but we've all remained friends and kept in touch.
"There have been offers, and lots of jokes about these offers. We've sort of looked down from our high horses and made fun of people who've just wanted to share the psychopathic intensity that we would deliver on a nightly basis in our post-pubescent prime.
"A reunion has just seemed irrelevant to us. Too much other shit to do.
"We never did "The Shape of Punk To Come" justice back when it came out, too tangled up in petty internal bickering to really focus on the job.
"And suddenly there's this possibility to do it like it was intended. We wanna do it over, do it right. For the people who've kept the music alive through the years, but also for our own sakes."