Shihad released Love Is the New Hate in May 2005, with the related tour beginning with a free concert in Auckland’s Aotea Square and comprised an extensive tour of Australia and New Zealand. In July they took to the main stage at Byron Bay ‘s Splendour in the Grass , in front of an audience of 20,000. Love Is the New Hate reached No. 2 in New Zealand and No. 11 in Australia. It provided five singles but only “Alive” (January 2005) had any chart success, which peaked at No. 5 in New Zealand and top 40 in Australia. The band also toured with Cog , the Datsuns , and opened for Evanescence on part of their 2006 to 2007 world tour.
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