Paul Westerberg tells festival audience The Replacements have played their last gig together

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The Replacements have played their last gig together according to band member Paul Westerberg. Reportedly Westerberg told fans from the stage at Primavera Porto on June 5th that the festival show would be the last time he and his bandmates play together before smashing his guitar. He described the group as "lazy bastards to the end" after admitting that they chose to stay in their hotel rather than soundcheck for the gig.

Westerberg has suggested at an unease with the band's reunion and comeback gigs with a series of t-shirts worn at recent gigs spelling out the message "I have always loved you. Now I must whore my past" one letter at a time. However there was talk of new material from the band with co-manager Darren Hill saying earlier this year that the group have laid down "seven or eight" new songs.

The Replacements first formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 and played their final live show before breaking up in Chicago on July 21, 1991. They have since been hailed as a major influence by a number of well known musicians. The band's original lead guitarist Bob Stinson passed away in 1995.