| SHIHAD The Final Tour Loud Forever 1988 – 2025 With Special Guests Battlesnake & BodyJar (Melb Only) |
| Tickets on sale via shihad.com |
Late last year, Wellington’s globally beloved band SHIHAD announced they were calling it a day on their 37-year-long career with a final tour of Australia. Fans responded, snapping up tickets in record time, with shows in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney selling out.
So, in response and to ease the pain of those who missed out, SHIHAD are thrilled to announce second shows in Perth and Melbourne where they will play their iconic 1999 album, ‘The General Electric’ in full. And Brisbane, where they will play 2002’s epic opus ‘Pacifier’.
Forged in the fires of 1988’s thrash metal scene, Wellington’s SHIHAD quickly evolved into one of Australia’s most beloved bands. SHIHAD (Jon Toogood, Karl Kippenberger, Phil Knight, Tom Larkin) has sold over a quarter of a million records, released ten studio albums, received multiple ARIA nominations, won countless Aotearoa Music Awards and toured endlessly through the world’s most loved clubs, festivals, and arenas. Touring with metal icons like Faith No More, Tool, Back Sabbath, Motorhead and one of their biggest early influences, AC/DC. Live is where SHIHAD is truly an oversized presence.
In 2010 SHIHAD were inducted into the Aotearoa’s Music Hall of Fame, firmly establishing themselves as New Zealand’s biggest rock band.
With gaps between albums increasing, growing commitments outside the band, and band members’ inability to give SHIHAD the time, focus and dedication it needed and deserved, they made the hard call to end the band. While opinions within differ, they are united in agreement that half-assing SHIHAD was never an option.
To celebrate thirty-six years of memories and milestones, the band announces Loud Forever – The Final Tour.
“We’ve had as much fun as we’ve had moments of disappointment and of anger,” Karl says. “But we’ve also had some real special moments.”
“The fundamental chemistry and makeup of what makes SHIHAD special and what makes SHIHAD work requires certain things to be in place,” Tom explains. “When you can’t sustain those things or plan for those things, it takes away from SHIHAD being something that makes sense. It’s about a shared commitment and a shared energy.”
Phil muses. “You know, personal relationships and professional work don’t always survive forever. But we’ve lived it all. We really have. We’ve lived the life that so many musicians would give their right arm for.”
“We need to pay homage to the legacy of this band, because it’s meant so much to us and also to the people that have supported us,” Jon says, before adding, “We’re gonna fucking hit it!”
SHIHAD’s songbook is teeming with iconic tunes like Run, The General Electric, La La Land, Pacifier, My Mind’s Sedate, Deb’s Night Out, Gimme Gimme, Wait and See and the brutal I Only Said (1993), their highest charting single which pounded its way to No.3. And, you can’t forget Home Again, their instant classic that became an anthem not just for SHIHAD, but for all Kiwis abroad.
The upcoming LOUD FOREVER tour offers both the band and its nation of fans the opportunity of a fittingly loud and raucous farewell.
Discography:
Churn (1993)
Killjoy (1995)
Shihad (1996)
The General Electric (1999)
Pacifier (2002)
Love Is the New Hate (2005)
Beautiful Machine (2008)
Ignite (2010)
FVEY (2014)
Old Gods (2021)
SHIHAD
The Final Tour
Loud Forever 1988 – 2025
With Special Guests Battlesnake & BodyJar (Melb Only)
Thursday 13 Feb The Gov SELLING FAST Adelaide SA
With Special guests, Battlesnake tix on sale from https://bit.ly/4fcN4Br
Friday 14 Feb Round House SELLING FAST Sydney NSW
With Special guests, Battlesnake tix on sale from https://bit.ly/3UJierT
Friday 21 Feb Astor Theatre SOLD OUT Perth WA
With Special guests, Battlesnake tix on sale from https://bit.ly/3UJierT
Saturday 22 Feb Rosemount Hotel JUST ANNOUNCED Perth WA
Performing ‘The General Electric’ in full.
With Special guests, Battlesnake tix on sale from https://bit.ly/421NNkX
Thursday 27 Feb Crowbar JUST ANNOUNCED Brisbane QLD
Performing ‘Pacifier’ in full.
With Special guests, Battlesnake tix on sale from https://bit.ly/4aakuir
Friday 28 Feb The Tivoli SOLD OUT Brisbane QLD
With Special guests, Battlesnake tix on sale from https://bit.ly/3UG07Tp
Wednesday 5 Mar Corner Hotel JUST ANNOUNCED Melbourne VIC
Performing ‘The General Electric’ in full.
With Special guests, TBC tix on sale from https://bit.ly/3DGsueC
Friday 7 Mar Forum SOLD OUT Melbourne VIC
With Special guests, Bodyjar and Battlesnake tix on sale from https://bit.ly/3UJierT