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.
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.
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.
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21 April 2008 - Beautiful Machine Aussie tour announced
Shihad will be touring some main centres 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's record label have confirmed that Vampires will be the second single off this album.
The iTunes release will feature 3 new tracks that are not being released in anyway other then on iTunes.
The tracks are:
- Violence + Bloodshed
- Easy Life Romance
- No Religion (Getting Nowhere Fast)
This will be available to download from next week.
6 April 2008 - Aussie Release Date Slips
The Beautiful Machine release in Aussie has slipped to 17 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.
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.
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
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