Archive:News

6 December 2008 - Shihad Wiki has had over 20000 hits now!

Thanks to everyone who has visited this site since its creation. Makes all our work worthwhile. We are currently in the process of making a ShihadWiki YouTube account, which will feature all of the official videos and a few other things that you probably haven't seen before.

It has been a very slow few months on the Shihad news front. There has been one more concert announced since our last update.

• 21 Mar - Western Springs Speedway, Auckland, NZ

29 October 2008 - A handful of gigs and an interview!

Well, it may of been a dead news month, but here's a post and a half that's bound to make a few people happy.

Shihad are to embark on a 4 show tour in Queensland in November, no support acts have been announced at this stage, check the following pages for ticket information etc.

• 27 Nov - Macguires Hotel, Mackay, QLD, AU
• 28 Nov - Sugarland Tavern, Bundaberg, QLD, AU
• 29 Nov - The Sands Tavern, Maroochydore, QLD, AU
• 30 Nov - Southport RSL, Southport, QLD, AU

Shihad have also announced another show on their NZ Summer Tour, this is happening in Whitianga, which for those of you who don't know is on the Coromandel. They will be joined with a solid line up consisting of The Datsuns and Deja Voodoo. Tickets for this show are now on sale, as are the ones for the Hawea show.

• 28 Dec - Coroglen Tavern, Whitianga, NZ
• 31 Dec - Rhythm and Vines, Gisborne, NZ
• 02 Jan - Lake Hawea Hotel, Lake Hawea, NZ

Shihad will be playing 2 shows at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival. One show consisting of Shihad material and the other a full tribute show to AC/DC.

• 05 Dec - Elder Park (Adelaide International Guitar Festival), Adelaide, SA, AU
• 07 Dec - Elder Park (Adelaide International Guitar Festival) (AC/DC Tribute) , Adelaide, SA, AU

And last but certainly not least; We finally have the fully Shihad Wiki interview up on YouTube for you all to watch, we tried to include as many questions as we could so hopefully you won't be disappointed. A full copy of this interview will be avaliable for download off the Wiki in a few days.

• Part 1
• Part 2

1 October 2008 - Hawea Confirmed and recap of what is happening this NYs

Shihad have now confirmed a date at Hawea. They will be playing with Supergroove and Elemeno P. Tickets will be $70 from the usual outlets.

Shihad are also playing Rhythm and Vines in Gisborne on the 31st of December. No more dates have been said at this stage, but if they happen we will keep you informed.

• 31 Dec - Rhythm and Vines, Gisborne, NZ
• 02 Jan - Lake Hawea Hotel, Lake Hawea, NZ

16 September 2008 - Shihad Online Merch Store

Shihad.com now has an online merch store, they have a few goodies up already which include T-Shirts, Hoodies and their latest CD " Beautiful Machine."

http://shihad.bigcartel.com/

Also the official Shihad.com forums will be down later on this week (thu-fri) as they are going to get a new upgrade of software and a brand new skin that's a bit more current with the new albums theme.

13 September 2008 - Shihad Wallpapers

We now have a good collection of downloadable wallpapers for your desktop. Check them out here - Downloads.

On other non-related Shihad news, a band that a lot of Shihad fans also like has reformed. Weta is doing a few shows in November.

20 Nov 2008 - Galatos - Auckland 21 Nov 2008 - The San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

The above shows have been confirmed and a Christchurch show is reportedly on the cards.

Weta's Official MySpace

16 August 2008 - Peoples Choice award at VMAs

Shihad are in the running for the Peoples Choice Award at this years Vodafone Music Awards. Anyone can vote this year and you can vote once a day. So lets make everyone know that Shihad is in fact the most awesome band in the country.

http://www.vnzma.co.nz

21 July 2008 - NZ Tour Lowdown and Downloads

Well half the NZ tour is already over, and what a half its been!

Seen a lot of people from the Had Squad rocking it.

We have a present for all of you who love the had.

To download the recording of the Dunedin gig follow this link. Gig 20080717

A video of the Dunedin and Wellington gig plus a special interview done with the band and an awesome photo gallery will be released onto a special DVD created by the fans for the fans sometime after the tour is over. We will keep you posted!

(if you have any pictures from any of the gigs email them through to us shihadwiki@gmail.com)

14 July 2008 - Beautiful Machine video to be released this week on C4

You may have read earlier that Shihad have had funding for a new video clip and its finally hitting the tv at some time this week. This was directed by Sam Peacock. Keep your eyes pealed.

13 July 2008 - NZ Dates + Shameless self promotion

In other news, there is a big reminder that if you have not yet got tickets to the NZ gigs these are almost all gone, with Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland being this coming week.

I also have one spare ticket for the Christchurch show for sale. So help me out as I need the cash for the other shows.

Buy Nicks ticket!

13 July 2008 - Shihad to play another show in WA

Shihad will be playing at this years Hyperfest in Perth. This is to be held on the 31st of August and features other bands such as Birds of Tokyo and The Getaway Plan. Tickets are expected to be on sale from the middle of this month for a very cheap price of only $10!

31 Aug - Midland Gate (Hyperfest), Perth, WA, AU

03 July 2008 - Grazzhopper festival in October

Shihad will play in Geelong this October as apart of Grazzhopper Festival. The festival is being held at Beckley Park. Other bands playing include, Grinspoon, Faker, Operator Please, Dukes Of Windsor, The Galvatrons and Mammal.

Tickets are on sale now.

3 Oct - Beckley Park (Grazzhopper Festival), Geelong, VIC, AU

08 June 2008 - Shihad to support Gyroscope on their Aussie tour this August

"Gyroscope on the move.

Having gone number 1 with their new album, Breed Obsession, Perth band Gyroscope is hitting the road with a national tour, kicking it off at August's Splendour in the Grass.

Supported by Shihad and Sugar Army, Gyroscope will play a string of dates in Sydney, including The Metro, on August 26.

See Gigs for full dates.

08 June 2008 - Beautiful Machine to be third single

Shihad are shooting their third video off the album for Beautiful Machine in NZ on Tuesday in Auckland the video is to be directed by Sam Peacock who has done videos for King Kapisi and the Mint Chicks who have both had cool videos in the past.

22 May 2008 - Shihad to play headlining show in London

Shihad and COG are to play a headlining show at Shepherds Bush Empire on the 5th of July tickets are avaliable now from http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

This show is bound to bring heaps of ex-pat kiwis and aussies from all over England, so be in quick!

• 5 Jul - Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK

20 May 2008 - Shihad Wiki Shihad interview

We here have got an interview set up with the boys from Shihad. And we thought we'd pass the interview onto the fans to ask a few questions. So if you've ever had a question you want to ask the boys go ahead and email us on shihadwiki@gmail.com

17 May 2008 - UK Show

Shihad are heading up to the northern hemisphere in July for a festival called GuilFest, this is located in Surrey, England. Cog are also heading up to this festival with them. Hopefully a few more dates will be announced.

• 6 Jul - Stoke Park (GuilFest), Guildford, Surrey, UK

16 May 2008 - WA Tour Dates

Shihad are going over to Western Aussie for a 3 gig visit. Not a lot of details have been released about these gigs yet, but here are the dates.

• 28 Aug - Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA, AU
• 29 Aug - Prince of Wales, Bunbury, WA, AU
• 30 Aug - Capitol, Perth, WA, AU

6 May 2008 - NZ Tour announced

Shihad are coming over to NZ for a 6 stop tour this July. They are touring with the Mint Chicks, Luger Boa and comedian MC Dai Henwood.

Tickets are on sale tomorrow (7 May), the price is unknown at this stage.

• 17 Jul - Otago Uni, (Union Hall), Dunedin, NZ
• 18 Jul - Town Hall, Christchurch, NZ
• 19 Jul - Town Hall, Auckland, NZ
• 24 Jul - Altitude, Hamilton, NZ
• 25 Jul - Town Hall, Wellington, NZ
• 26 Jul - Pettigrew Green Arena,, Napier, NZ

More info to come.

28 April 2008 - Vampires Video

In regards to the news post below, it seems Homegrown was filmed for the new upcoming video for Vampires.

26 April 2008 - Homegrown Set Filmed

The set at Homegrown was professional filmed. There is currently no information on the destination of the video. It is Shihad's 20th birthday this year so maybe it is time for the mythical Shihad DVD which has been talked about for a very long time. Here hopes the C4 people are no where near it and don't butcher it like with the Aoeta Square gig in 2005 by chopping songs out and rearranging the set order.

24 April 2008 - NZ, UK & US Tour rumours + Biography

In a recent article on stuff.co.nz Jon and Karl have talked about plans for touring NZ in winter, a UK tour is on the cards and that they'll only look at playing US shows if someone else gets elected into parliament. Apparently there is also a biograpghy on the way, nothing was said as to when this will be released.

Article

21 April 2008 - Beautiful Machine Aussie tour announced

Shihad will be touring some main centers of Australia throughout June. Click the below dates for more info.
13 Jun - Bar 388, Brisbane, QLD, AU
14 Jun - HiFi Bar, Melbourne, VIC, AU
20 Jun - The Gaelic Theatre, Sydney, NSW, AU
21 Jun - Live On Light Square, Adelaide, SA, AU

21 April 2008 - Beautiful Machine released!

Beautiful Machine was released in New Zealand today! The lyrics have all been corrected on the site, so if you don't have the album yet, feel free to check out the songs off of the Beautiful Machine album to see what our favourite lads are now singing about. Don't forget to get your hands on a copy of the Limited Edition release of the album too, for the bonus disk!

18 April 2008 - Lyrics & 'Had Squad

We have got some of the lyrics for the new songs up on the Beautiful Machine page which you can study up before singing them all on Monday.

Also we would like to make note that there is now a MySpace page for the 'Had Squad street team, join up if you would like to be apart of promoting the band in greater depth. www.myspace.com/hadsquad

17 April 2008 - Vampires to be second single

Shihad record label have confirmed that Vampires will be the second single off this album.

17 April 2008 - Beautiful Machine iTunes release

The iTunes release will feature 3 new tracks that are not being released in anyway other then on iTunes.
The tracks are:

1. Violence + Bloodshed
2. Easy Life Romance
3. No Religion (Getting Nowhere Fast)

This will be available to download from next week.

11 April 2008 - NZ Ltd Edition Special Order

Marbecks online store is offering for a very limited time the chance to order the 2CD Digipak Beautiful Machine. This comes with a free T-Shirt.

10 April 2008 - 'Had to play HiFi

Shihad will be playing at the Hifi Bar in Melbourne on the 14th of June. We are unsure if there is a tour surrounding this or if its a one off. Tickets for this gig go on sale on April 28.

Click here for up to date details.

7 April 2008 - Vodafone Homegrown Sells Out

Yes, thats right unfortunately Vodafone Homegrown, in Wellington this month has now sold out. So for those who have missed out on tickets, take out your life savings and be prepared to fork out big bucks on Trade Me. C4 is giving away VIP passes, so head over there and see if you can win one.

6 April 2008 - Aussie Release Date Slips

The Beautiful Machine release in Aussie has slipped to 16 May. NZ is still on track for 21 April. Speculation is that there is a delay in getting a single release to help the Aussie sales. In NZ Shihad will sell single or not so chances are that is why the NZ date is still the same.

4 April 2008 - Violence + Bloodshed!

You can now listen to another new song, Violence + Bloodshed. Although this is not featuring on any of the new releases at this stage, it was written whilst Beautiful Machine was. Check it out, its pretty cool.

Shihad.com

3 April 2008 - Rip It Up gives 4.5/5

I guess it's a bit hard to review an album from a band that you're a huge fan of because it's always going to be slightly biased. But many time a band's fans can also be their their harshest critics. Not so for this record from Shihad because once again as they have done time and time before, they have completely re-invented their sound. This is why they are this country;s best band and also one of the greatest groups in the world today. There's been a mixed reaction to Beautiful Machine's first single, ' One Will Hear The Other' . Maybe it's due to their last effort Love Is The New Hate being quite a dark and heavy piece of work and certain fans expecting something in similar vein. But what you've got there is an amazingly crafted melodically driven album album, which displays Shihad for the competent and versatile group they are. I think the record will surprise many in a good way as some tracks showcase a side that we haven't yet seen from Shihad. The title track ' Beautiful Machine' is one of my favorite songs on the album. With the keys is has flickers of the Who's 'Baba O'Rielly', ' Count It Up', which you've probably become familiar with, is a short sharp rip-snorter of a rock track that will suit just nicely in a smelly club late at night. They've even (from memory) for the first time ever incorporated a string arrangement in the beautiful ' Waiting Around For God'. There are not many outfits that can go from songs like ' You Again' and ' All The Young Fascists' to a ballad like ' Waiting Around For God'. That thought made me appreciate a band that don't have just the one trick like so many now days. Shihad have a whole fucking bag of them. I could just talk though every track on Beautiful Machine but it may start to get a bit laborious. I will say though keep an eye out for ' When You Coming Home?' which i think may become the favorite of many. Rumour also has it there's a nationwide tour in the works for later this year. I'll see you there.

Reviewer - Jono Pyror for Rip It Up Magazine

For this article see the April/May issue of Rip It Up - In stores now, there is also a lovely Beautiful Machine ad, which you can cut out and put in your bathroom.

In other news, we previously mentioned that Count It Up will be the next single off Beautiful Machine, this is incorrect, it is only getting a small amount of radio play, and will not be released in any way at this stage.

28 March 2008 - Conformation of Release Dates

Shihad's MySpace page now states that Beautiful Machine is now to be released on the 21st of April in New Zealand and the 26th of April in Australia. It also appears that Beautiful Machine will have a UK and Holland release, speculated rumor of the release for that is currently 28th of April.

22 March 2008 - Release Date Made Earlier?

Shihad's MySpace page states that Beautiful Machine is now to be released on the 21st of April, 5 days earlier then originally stated. Both versions of cover art have now been released, looks like they gave the guys from Tool a ring, but all looks good.

12 March 2008 - Count It Up announced as the 2nd single off of Beautiful Machine

Radio Station The Rock aired the new single Count It Up at 8pm on the 12th of March. We hope to bring you details on a music video shortly.

Beautiful Machine Special Signed Edition Pre Order (Limited Time Only)

JB Hi-Fi online store is taking pre-orders for the limited edition of Beautiful Machine which features a second disc of 6 B-Sides and currently, JB Hi-Fi are selling this signed by the band for only AU$19.99. This will sell out quickly we guess so get in quick!

JB Hi-Fi - Beautiful Machine Special Edition

Beautiful Machine Release Date Announced

Shihad have set their release date for the new album, it will hit stores in New Zealand and Australia on the 26th of April, the same day as they play Home Grown Festival in Wellington.

Vote for One Will Hear the Other in AU

Request or Vote for Shihad's " One Will Hear the Other" using the links below:

Triple J Super Request
JTV Video Requests (Hottest 20)
Nova 969 Sydney
Nova 100 Melbourne
Nova 106.9 Brisbane
Nova 93.7 Perth
Nova 91.9 Adelaide
Hot 30
Channel V What U Want Vid Requests

One Will Hear The Tour

Shihad are on tour through out Australia as we speak, covering NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and QLD, this tour runs through till the 16th of March. Click on tour poster below or go to our Gigs page for more details on these gigs.