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Original Message Subject: 	SHIHAD ON EVANESCENCE NATIONAL TOUR Date: 	Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:46:26 +1300 (NZDT)

SHIHAD ANNOUNCED AS VERY SPECIAL GUESTS ON EVANESCENCE NATIONAL TOUR

Shihad have been announced as the very special guest support act on the Evanescence Australian tour which kicked off in Brisbane last night. Shihad accepted the tour last week after being personally invited by Evanescence to join them on the tour.

Audiences in their tens of thousands are expected to attend the seven date tour and Shihad use it as an opportunity to road test a selection of material from their forthcoming album they’re calling Beautiful Machine. Beautiful Machine will be Shihad’s seventh studio album and the band will commence work on it in mid March. The Producer and studios where the album will be recorded will be announced in the coming weeks.

The upcoming Evanescence shows will be Shihad’s first lap around the country since the Big Day Out 2006. Shihad spent most of the last year writing and demoing new material for Beautiful Machine, the follow up to 2005’s Love Is The New Hate. On the live circuit, the last year saw Shihad play a selection of Australian festivals including Rock It, Dusty Days and Groovin’ The Moo. Attention was also given across the Tasman with several New Zealand shows throughout the year, culminating in a full NZ tour in December with supports from The Datsuns.

Shihad fans attending the Evanescence tour are encouraged to get to the venues early to catch the band’s set and doors open at 7pm each night with Shihad onstage around 7.45pm here are the dates:

Thursday February 8 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Saturday February 10 – Vodafone Arena, Melbourne Sunday February 11 – Vodafone Arena, Melbourne Tuesday February 13 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre Thursday February 15 – Challenge Stadium, Perth Saturday February 17 – Sydney Entertainment Centre Sunday February 18 – Sydney Entertainment Centre

A limited amount of tickets to the tour are still available to all shows on the tour, for information and tickets go to www.coppel.com.au

www.shihad.com www.myspace.com/shihad www.alohamusic.com.au