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Jon Toogood (Vocals, Guitar)

Phil Knight (Guitar, Backing Vocals)

Karl Kippenberger (Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals)

Tom Larkin (Drums, Backing Vocals)

Shihad Wiki Shihad Wiki is the biggest resource of information on the internet for the NZ band Shihad. This website was started in March 2007 and has steadily grown into a monster of a site. This site features information on past concerts, their discography, tabs, history and a whole lot more of history revolving around the band. If you would like to help out and get an account so you can help edit the site email Karit and he will sort you out with an account and what not. Why do you need and account to edit? isn't this a wiki? Well having people sign up is in hope to stop vandalism and spamming. There is more that we would like to do to make this site better and their there a great Team making this happen. If you like the site and want to help out in a different way have a read of this. News 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. 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 biography 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 News Archive Tour Dates 20 Jun - The Gaelic Theatre, Sydney, NSW, AU 21 Jun - Live On Light Square, Adelaide, SA, AU 05 Jul - Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK 06 Jul - Stoke Park (GuilFest), Guildford, Surrey, UK 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 05 Aug - Brother’s Leagues - Cairns, QLD, AU 06 Aug - Bombay Rock - Townsville, QLD, AU 07 Aug - Magnums Hotel - Airlie Beach, QLD, AU 08 Aug - Great Western Hotel - Rockhampton, QLD, AU 09 Aug - Young Australian Hotel - Gladstone, QLD, AU 10 Aug - Sugarland Tavern - Bundaberg, QLD, AU 12 Aug - The Arena - Brisbane, QLD, AU 13 Aug - Sawtell RSL - Sawtell, NSW, AU 14 Aug - Club Forster - Forster, NSW, AU 15 Aug - Blacktown RSL - Blacktown, NSW, AU 16 Aug - Waves - Wollongong, NSW, AU 19 Aug - Caringbah Bizzos - Caringbah, NSW, AU 20 Aug - Souths Juniors - Kingsford, NSW, AU 21 Aug - The Cube - Campbelltown, NSW, AU 22 Aug - Penrith Panthers - Penrith, NSW, AU 23 Aug - Newcastle Panthers - Newcastle, NSW, AU 26 Aug - The Metro - Sydney, NSW, AU 27 Aug - Castle Hill RSL - Castle Hill, NSW, AU 29 Aug - Revesby Worker’s Club - Revesby, NSW, AU 30 Aug - Capitol - Perth, WA, AU 02 Sep - ANU Bar - Canberra, ACT, AU 03 Sep - Station Resort - Jindabyne, NSW, AU 05 Sep - Edge Hotel - Buronga, NSW, AU 06 Sep - Pretoria Hotel - Mannum, SA, AU 07 Sep - HQ - Adelaide, SA, AU 09 Sep - Billboard The Venue - Melbourne, VIC, AU 12 Sep - Ferntree Gully Hotel - Ferntree Gully, VIC, AU 13 Sep - The Pier Live - Frankston, VIC, AU 14 Sep - Hallam Hotel - Hallam, VIC, AU 17 Sep - Batman Fawkner - Launceston, TAS, AU 18 Sep - Warehouse Night Club - Devonport, TAS, AU 19 Sep - Sirocco’s Bar & Night Club - Burnie, TAS, AU 20 Sep - Showroom (Wrestpoint) - Hobart, TAS, AU 03 Oct - Beckley Park (Grazzhopper Festival), Geelong, VIC, AU Random Fact Of The Week Shihad have had the most singles out of any NZ band, even more then the likes of Split Enz. 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