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KORN TO PLAY AUSTRALIAN SOLO SHOWS MELBOURNE, BRISBANE & SYDNEY

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS - SHIHAD & SYDONIA

Andrew McManus Presents can reveal that internationally renowned progressive metal band, Korn who have sold in excess of 30 million albums and played countless sold-out shows worldwide have been confirmed to play three (3) solo shows in Australia for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in December this year.  Korn are the special guests for Guns N' Roses who are also touring Australia in December this year.

Korn have just released their ninth studio album, Korn III —Remember Who You Are, which is their first effort for brand new label home...

Short Biography
KORN TO PLAY AUSTRALIAN SOLO SHOWS MELBOURNE, BRISBANE & SYDNEY

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS - SHIHAD & SYDONIA

Andrew McManus Presents can reveal that internationally renowned progressive metal band, Korn who have sold in excess of 30 million albums and played countless sold-out shows worldwide have been confirmed to play three (3) solo shows in Australia for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in December this year.  Korn are the special guests for Guns N' Roses who are also touring Australia in December this year.

Korn have just released their ninth studio album, Korn III —Remember Who You Are, which is their first effort for brand new label home, Roadrunner Records.

Joining Korn in Sydney and Melbourne is one of New Zealand's greatest rock bands that were ever created, Shihad, who have had three #1 albums and who hold the record for the most Top40 Single Chart appearances for a New Zealand artist.   Fans can expect to hear all their biggest hits and also songs off Shihad's eighth studio album, Ignite.  Shihad was formed by vocalist and guitarist Jon Toogood and drummer Tom Larkin in 1988 with Phil Knight on guitars and Karl Kippenberger on bass guitar rounding out a line-up that hasn't changed in more than two decades.

Melbourne based band, Sydonia who have built up a great local following and who define diversity will join Korn on all three (3) Australian shows. The band has released 4 EP's and a full-length album titled, Given To Destroyers which was released through MGM.  Sydonia have toured with notable bands such as Stone Sour, Slipknot, Machine Head and Lamb Of God, as well as fellow Australians Dead Letter Circus and Mammal.

Korn emerged from the depths of Bakersfield, California with a sound unlike any other in 1994.  They have been able to cement themselves as one of the most important bands in rock n' roll history.  Over the course of eight full-length releases, Korn sold over 30 million albums, have won two Grammys—one for Best Short Form Video for  "Freak on a Leash" from 1998's Follow the Leader and one for Best Metal Performance for "Here to Stay," from 2002's Untouchables—and have launched a massively successful festival of their own, The Family Values Tour. However, despite all their massive success and accolades, Korn haven't lost hold of the savage, raw energy that made them such a crucial band for diehard rock and metal fans. Korn are one of the preeminent voices of this generation.

Shihad, one of New Zealand's greatest rock bands that was ever created, will be sharing the bill with metal band, Korn, in Melbourne this December. 
Shihad have had three #1 albums and also hold the record for the most Top40 Single Chart appearances for a New Zealand artist.   Fans can expect to hear all their biggest hits and also songs off Shihad's eighth studio album, Ignite. 
After 22 years in the business Shihad are not only a dominating presence on the stage but also in the studio.  This is reflected not only across their most recent tours of Australia and New Zealand where they sold out venues across both countries to rave reviews; but as well as in their album sales to date.  2010 has been huge for Shihad so far, starting the year supporting AC/DC on their Black Ice World Tour and then playing Homegrown music festival in Wellington. Since then the boys have been putting the finishing touches on their highly anticipated 8th album, which is due out this month through, Roadrunner Records.
The highlights for Shihad in the last few years have included: three no 1 studio albums and three top 10 singles in New Zealand.  Shihad are ranked equal 1st (alongside Split Enz) for most Top 40 charting singles in New Zealand.  The band has Platinum sales in New Zealand and they are winners of 2005 New Zealand Music Award for Best Rock Album.
Shihad was formed by vocalist and guitarist Jon Toogood and drummer Tom Larkin in 1988 with Phil Knight on guitars and Karl Kippenberger on bass guitar rounding out a line-up that hasn't changed in more than two decades.


AUSTRALIAN SOLO TOUR DATES: KORN

Sunday 5th December
Melbourne - Festival Hall

In-depth Biography
Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during the post-grunge era. Korn began their existence as the Bakersfield, California-based metal band LAPD, which included guitarists James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch, bassist Reginald "Fieldy Snuts" Arvizu, and drummer David Silveria. After issuing an LP, the members of LAPD in 1993 crossed paths with Jonathan Davis, a mortuary science student moonlighting as the lead vocalist for the local group Sexart. They soon asked Davis to join the band, and upon his arrival the quintet rechristened itself Korn.

After signing to Epic's Immortal imprint, they issued their debut album in late 1994; thanks to a relentless tour schedule that included stints opening for Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and 311, the record slowly but steadily rose the charts, eventually going gold. Its 1996 follow-up, Life Is Peachy, was a more immediate smash, reaching the number three spot on the pop album charts. The following summer, they headlined Lollapalooza, but were forced to drop off the tour when Shaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis. While recording their best-selling 1998 LP Follow the Leader, Korn made national headlines when a student in Zeeland, Michigan was suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the group's logo (the school's principal later declared their music "indecent, vulgar, and obscene," prompting the band to issue a cease-and-desist order). Their annual Family Values tour also started in 1998, featuring a lineup that consisted of Korn collaborators such as Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube and like-minded artists such as Rammstein. The tour was an enormous success, so much so that it continued on with Korn overseeing the lineup for years after.

Issues followed in 1999, and in typical Korn fashion they debuted their new single in an episode of South Park. The band toured behind the album into the next year, but their efforts were cut short by an injury that took out drummer David Silveria. They hired former Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin to help them finish the remaining shows, and took a short rest before joining a summer tour with Metallica, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000, and System of a Down. (Silveria later returned amid rumors of leaving the band for a fashion career, but these stemmed from some modeling work he had done before his injury.) In the meantime, Fieldy released a gangsta rap album and Davis scored the film Queen of the Damned, but at the end of 2001 the band reunited as a unit and entered the studio. A few shows with Static-X helped iron the wrinkles out of the new material, and by the next summer they had Untouchables ready for release. Korn did a run of Ozzfest dates in support, and the album was another smash hit. The self-produced Take a Look in the Mirror arrived in 2003. Billed by the band as a reconsideration of their sound, the album was accompanied by a tour of smaller venues called Back to Basics.

In 2005, Welch left the band, evidently due to his newfound Christian faith. But Korn continued on, playing shows that summer as a quartet and signing an expansive recording and development deal with Virgin. The following December they released See You on the Other Side, a number three hit that featured a batch of songs co-written with hitmaking production team the Matrix. Live & Rare, an aptly titled disc of live recordings and rarities, was released in May 2006 with the live acoustic recording MTV Unplugged following in March 2007. Later that year, after returning to the studio, this time without drummer David Silveria, the band resurfaced with an underwhelming album appropriately named Untitled. The band found a permanent drummer by way of Army of Anyone's Ray Luzier. In 2010, it was announced that the band had signed with Roadrunner Records, and later that year they released their ninth studio album, Korn III: Remember Who You Are. Looking to expand their sound in new directions, Korn sought out electronic producers like Skrillex and Noisia, who helped them infuse their already heavy sound with pounding dubstep on their electronic-tinged tenth album, The Path of Totality. ~ Jason Ankeny & Bradley Torreano, Rovi