On 13 November 2024, the band announced their final tour, which started in December and ended on 16 March 2025 in Wellington.
Throughout the first months of 2021, the band regularly updated Facebook with the progress of their 10th studio album, which was produced by Birds of Tokyo ‘s Adam Spark. “Tear Down Those Names” was released to streaming services as the lead single to the band’s tenth studio album, entitled Old…
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In November 2020 Shihad signed with UNIFIED, the announcement coincided with the release of the group’s cover version of Split Enz ‘s ” I Got You “, the lead single from a tribute album by various artists, True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz , due in February…
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Shihad performed their second album, Killjoy , to support its re-release as a remastered version at The Powerhouse, Auckland in May 2015. Together with Carl Cox they co-headlined the 2015 Rhythm & Alps festival at Cardrona Valley , Wānaka on New Years Eve. The band celebrated their 30th anniversary with…
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FVEY , the band’s ninth album was released on 8 August 2014 via Warner Music New Zealand, and Toogood referred to FVEY as Shihad’s best album in 15 years. It is their fifth number-one album, and they share the honour for most number-one records for any New Zealand artist with…
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The first single, “Think You’re So Free”, which was described by Double J’s writer as sounding “more furious now than they ever have.” Its music video was published on YouTube on 5 July 2014. Prior to the release of the album, Toogood explained that anger towards social injustice was a…
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For the production of their ninth studio album, Shihad worked with Jaz Coleman , of English post-punk band Killing Joke . Coleman produced Shihad’s debut album, Churn , but a disagreement with the band occurred after the release of the album. Following a 15-year period in which Coleman and Shihad…
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At the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards Shihad won the Legacy Award and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame . The group released a compilation album, The Meanest Hits , in October 2011, in two formats: a 20-track standard edition and a deluxe 38-track, two-disc edition.…
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Shihad supported AC/DC for the New Zealand leg of that group’s Black Ice World Tour in January and February 2010. Also in January Shihad’s new single “Cold Heart” was released, and was followed by “Sleepeater” (April) and “Lead or Follow” (July). “Sleepeater” is the only one to reach the local…
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During February and March 2008 the band completed their One Will Hear The Other Tour, along Australia’s east coast, playing 30 shows. “One Will Hear the Other” (January 2008) was released ahead of their seventh studio album, Beautiful Machine (April 2008), co-produced by the group with Alan Moulder ( Nine…
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