Paul Westerberg Says The Replacements Just Played Their Final Show

Photo by Chris Tuite

During the band’s performance at Primavera Porto today, The Replacements‘ Paul Westerberg announced that this would be the last time that the band plays together. After saying that the band stayed at the hotel instead of coming in for sound check, he also reportedly said “lazy bastards to the end” and smashed his guitar.

During the Replacements’ reunion tour over the past two months, Paul Westerberg has worn a white t-shirt every night with a letter spray painted onto the front and back, spelling out two different sentences with each side. Fans have pieced together the sentences on the Facebook page Paul’s Shirt, according to which the message reads: “I have always loved you. Now I must whore my past.”

According to a Billboard article last month, the reunited band has produced seven or eight songs over two recording sessions. “It’s just a question of what the band wants to ultimately do with them,” the band’s co-manager, Darren Hill, had said. 

Now, a more recent Billboard article cites a source close to the band that says their reunion may be short-lived, and the band announced that it was canceling two make-up shows that were scheduled for next month.

Listen to “Whole Foods Blues”, a new song that the band has been playing at some of their recent concerts:

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