HOT ON THE VAPOUR TRAIL OF THEIR CHART-TOPPING ALBUM BEAUTIFUL
MACHINE, THE FINELY-TUNED RHYTHM-AND-POWER UNIT SHIHAD ARE
THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE A RETURN HOME FOR A NATIONAL TOUR IN JULY.
THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE TOUR WILL SEE THE GROUP PLAY SIX CITIES ACROSS NEW ZEALAND.
THOSE WHO MISSED THE BAND�S TRIUMPHANT HEADLINE SLOT AT APRIL�S HOMEGROWN
FESTIVAL NOW HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE SHIHAD IN WHAT IS FAST SHAPING
UP TO BE THE GROUPS�S MOST SUCCESSFUL AND UNFORGETTABLE YEAR SO FAR.
SUPPORT ACTS ON ALL TOUR DATES WILL BE EX-PAT HEROES THE MINT CHICKS, RETURNING
FROM PORTLAND, OREGON FOR THEIR SECOND NZ VISIT OF 2008; AND LUGER BOA,
THE HARD-HITTING NEW ACT FORMED BY JIMMY XMAS, FORMERLY OF THE D4.
ALL SHOWS WILL BE MC�D BY MR DAI HENWOOD, OF TV�S C4.
