Shihad Frontman Jon Toogood Announces Australian Tour + Debut Solo Album

Prolific Shihad frontman Jon Toogood will return to Australia this November for a run of shows around the country to celebrate his first solo record, Last Of The Lonely Gods, out October 11 via Warner Music Australia. Pre-order the album here.

Alongside the news comes his soulful new single “Gravity”. The second offering from the album sees Jon return to his acoustic guitar, contemplating the crossroad in life – deliberating between where you thought you’d end up versus where you are.

“Losing both parents lead me to thinking a lot about my own mortality which in turn lead to me writing this tune. I’d been hiding away from the world after my mum passed away and was trying to work out what I wanted my life to look like going forward” says Jon, talking to the new single.

“I wrote the tune to help me work some of that out.”

As the founding frontman of legendary, multi-platinum NZ rock band Shihad and supergroup The Adults, Toogood has spent 30 years at the forefront of Aoteara’s music scene, writing, singing, performing, mentoring, managing, directing, producing, DJ-ing, programming and promoting – all with enormous energy and humanity.
Toogood’s next chapter reveals him at his most up close and personal. Last Of The Lonely Gods is a rousing and optimistic collection of songs that sees him back on the acoustic guitar, making meaning out of a series of challenges he has faced in the last few years. Watch the video for the hopeful, piano-driven title track here.

Produced by ARIA award-winning producer Scott Horscroft (Empire of the Sun, Silverchair and Shihad’s Beautiful Machine), Last Of The Lonely Gods is a journey through grief, the loss of loved ones while being separated by lockdowns, the pain of not being able to say goodbye and looking for silver linings.

Tickets for his intimate Australian tour are on sale Monday July 29 via jontoogood.com.