Announcing their split and swansong tour today, all four band members of Shihad tell the Herald’s Karl Puschmann why the iconic Kiwi band are calling it quits. If you’re reeling from today’s news that ...

Shihad have announced their farewell tour, which will bring them back to Australia for the final time in February 2025. The tour, dubbed Loud Forever, will mark Shihad’s last-ever shows after nearly ...

A rock band which released 10 albums to great success here in Australia are calling it a day, citing “members’ inability” to commit to the band. The Wellington rockers, led by frontman Jon Toogood ...

New Zealand powerhouse Shihad have been part of the antipodean rock'n'roll furniture for what seems like forever. Early next year, after almost 40 years of tearing up stages the world over, the band ...

Usually bands cite the old “musical differences” for calling it a day. But Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin, Karl Kippenberger and Phil Knight have called time after 37 years because they couldn’t agree on ...

Forged in the fires of 1988’s thrash metal scene, Wellington’s SHIHAD quickly evolved into one of Aotearoa’s most beloved bands. The group broke through with its second album Killjoy (1995), which ...

Shihad documentary provides an all-access pass to the legendary band’s fights with fame, fortune, the industry and themselves Rialto Distribution and Pacific Lightworks present the highly anticipated ...

As he prepares to release his first solo album, Shihad's Jon Toogood reflects on a career spent in one of New Zealand's most iconic bands. Video / Dean Purcell Kiwi musician Jon Toogood says being ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. In the orange corner, Icelandic songstress Bjork, in the blue, the freshly-reformed Rage Against the ...

Ask Shihad frontman Jon Toogood to describe the feeling onstage when the New Zealand band play live and his eyes widen. “It’s like riding a f---ing dragon,” starts the 53-year-old, his long hair ...