Editing The Cardigans (section)

===Reunion, touring and future: 2012–present===
In 2012, the Cardigans received a lucrative offer from [[Hultsfred Festival]] to perform the album ''[[Gran Turismo (album)|Gran Turismo]]'' in full.<ref name="smartbeijing.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/nightlife/interview-magnus-sveningsson-the-cardigans |title=Interview: Magnus Sveningsson, The Cardigans |website=SmartBeijing.com |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> After initial hesitation, the band decided to accept the offer "as it felt like a good way of tearing us out of our strange new everyday life," according to Persson.<ref>{{cite news|author=Helienne Lindvall |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/apr/26/nina-persson-cardigans-reunion |title=Nina Persson: knitting the Cardigans back together  |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> Peter Svensson declined to participate, although he had no objection to the band touring without him. They recruited singer-songwriter [[:sv:Moto Boy|Oskar Humlebo]] to fill in for Svensson, and asked their agent to seek more shows for them to play.<ref name="smartbeijing.com"/> Ultimately, the band made their live comeback with shows in Lund and Copenhagen ahead of Hultsfred, before playing in Poland, Finland, Russia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Japan, with a scheduled concert in Israel cancelled by the promoter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheCardigansofficial/posts/10151098305190428  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/12070995427/10151098305190428 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Cardigans – MAYDAY MAYDAY! The Tel Aviv show on august 4... |via=Facebook |date=18 July 2012 |access-date=29 December 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Most of these shows involved performing ''Gran Turismo'' in full, followed by an assortment of hits from their other albums.

Still with Humlebo in place of Svensson, the band played career-spanning sets when touring resumed during late 2013 with shows in Japan, China and Russia, followed by more dates in 2015 which took them to South Korea, Europe and Latin America. In interviews promoting her 2014 solo album ''[[Animal Heart]]'', Persson suggested that the success of their most recent live dates opened the possibility for future Cardigans recordings, though there were no firm plans. "It's really fun to do greatest hits things, since there's nothing else, but I think if we continue having this much fun we would like to make another record, because we like to create new things," said Persson.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Andrew Hampp |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5901103/nina-persson-talks-animal-heart-solo-lp-the-cardigans-future |title=Nina Persson Talks 'Animal Heart' Solo LP, The Cardigans' Future |magazine=Billboard |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> The band's only scheduled show for 2016 was at [[Qstock]] ([[Oulu]], [[Finland]]) on 29 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songkick.com/concerts/26597154-cardigans-at-kuusisaari |title=Qstock 2016 Oulu Line-up, Photos & Videos Jul 2016 – Songkick |website=Songkick.com |date=29 July 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> In 2017, they performed in Stockholm, in Turku, and at the Yammatovo 3 festival in Croatia.

In June 2018, the band announced their only live shows of the year: a four-date UK tour in December to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ''Gran Turismo'' in which they would perform the album in full again.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardigans-announce-20th-anniversary-uk-tour-gran-turismo-2340957|title=The Cardigans announce 20th anniversary UK tour for 'Gran Turismo'|first=Andrew|last=Trendell|work=NME|date=19 June 2018|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref> In an interview to promote the tour, Persson stated, "There won't be any more Cardigans records, I'm pretty sure. But we'll keep doing little tours and shows as long as it's fun, as long as we can do it well and feel that it's something that's current to us."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://writewyattuk.com/2018/11/23/the-cardigans-from-indie-roots-to-gran-turismo-and-beyond-the-nina-persson-interview/|title=The Cardigans: from indie roots to Gran Turismo and beyond – the Nina Persson interview|first=Malcolm|last=Wyatt|publisher=writewyattuk.com|date=23 November 2018|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>

In May 2023, Nina Persson confirmed Peter Svensson would never rejoin the band, and that as a result there would be no new Cardigans albums. The idea of making new music without Svensson was overruled too.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2023-05-26/hela-the-cardigans-kommer-aldrig-att-aterforenas?fbclid=IwAR1qtHVvXSS8a8_cKN8g_jvf5mbZVk9M6z240VcU5solnsTvECMNSCDY8pc/|title=Hela The Cardigans kommer aldrig att återförenas|work=Sydsvenskan|date=23 May 2023|access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref> The band keeps on touring sporadically.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=the+cardigans|title=Search for setlists : The Cardigans|publisher=setlist.fm|date=17 August 2023|access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>

On September 6, 2024, the band released the two-volume B-sides compilation ''[[The Rest of the Best]]''.