GHOST UNVEILS “CHAPTER 6: THE VISIT”
FROM THE BAND’S WEBISODE SERIES
Today, multi-Grammy-nominated Swedish rock band Ghost releases “Chapter 6: The Visit,” the latest video in the band’s narrative webisode series. In “Chapter 5: The Call,” Sister Imperator, who was recuperating from a horrible car crash, discussed the merits and failings of “The Omen” feature film franchise while on the phone with Papa Nihil. In “Chapter 6: The Visit,” the story continues. Check it out HERE.
Twenty-nineteen is already looking to be a stellar year for Ghost. Following the band’s critically-acclaimed Fall 2018 North American tour where the itinerary included the band’s first headline – and sold out – arena shows – the Los Angeles Forum and Montreal’s Place Bell – Ghost will take its “A Pale Tour Named Death” to Europe, launching on February 3 in Lyon, France. Front man Cardinal Copia will take a short break for a quick trip to Los Angeles where he will attend The Grammys on February 10 as the band is nominated in two categories: Best Rock Album for Prequelle and Best Rock Song for “Rats,” the song that held the 2018 record for most weeks at #1 at Rock Radio, a total of eight. In 2016, Ghost took home its first Grammy for its song “Circe” as “Best Metal Performance.” This summer, Ghost will be Special Guest on all four legs of Metallica’s “Worldwired” European Stadium tour that starts May 1 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Initial 2019 Ghost tour dates are as follows:
February (Ghost headline dates)
- 3 FRA, Lyon Tony Garnier
- 5 HOL, Amsterdam AFAS Live
- 6 BEL, Antwerp Lotto
- 7 FRA, Paris Zenith
- 14 GER, Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
- 15 GER, Bochum Ruhrkongress
- 17 GER, Hannover Swiss Life Hall
- 18 GER, Hamburg Sporthalle
- 20 SWE, Gothenburg Scandinavium
- 21 NOR, Oslo Spektrum
- 23 SWE, Stockholm Ericsson Globe
Special Guest/Metallica’s “Worldwired” European Stadium Tour
May
- 1 POR, Lisbon Estadio do Restelo
- 3 SPA, Madrid Valdebebas
- 5 SPA, Barcelona Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys
- 8 ITA, Milan Ippodromo SNAI San Siro
- 10 SWI, Zurich Letzigrund
- 12 FRA, Paris Stade de France
June
- 8 IRE, Dublin, Slane Castle
- 11 HOL, Amsterdam Johan Cruijff Arena
- 13 GER, Cologne RheinEnergieStadion
- 16 BEL, Brussels Koning Boudewijnstadion
- 18 ENG, Manchester Etihad Stadium
- 20 ENG, London Twickenham Stadium
July
- 6 GER, Berlin Olympiastadion
- 9 SWE, Gothenburg Ullevi
- 11 DEN, Copenhagen Telia Parken
- 13 NOR, Trondheim Granasen
- 16 FIN, Hameenlinna Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto
- 18 EST, Tartu Raadi Airfield
- 21 RUS, Moscow Luzhniki Stadium
August
- 14 ROM, Bucharest Arena Nationala
- 16 AUT, Vienna Ernst-Happel-Stadion
- 18 CZE, Prague Airport Letnany
- 21 POL, Warsaw PGE Narodowy
- 23 GER, Munich Olympiastadion
- 25 GER, Mannheim Maimarktgelande
ABOUT GHOST
The Swedish-born Tobias Forge, who has been referred to as “the Andrew Lloyd Webber of Rock,” is Ghost’s creative force, singer, songwriter, musician, and architect of the elaborate storylines that are woven through the band’s four full-length studio albums, EPs, music videos, webisodes, and live shows, all of which advance the Ghost storyline. Forge grew up listening to a wide array of 70s and 80s rock – Alice Cooper, Journey, Kansas, Boston, Black Sabbath, Jefferson Starship, Iron Maiden, and Foreigner. He’s a hardcore music junkie; at home in Sweden, he has a most impressive collection of vinyl, cassettes, CDs, and VHS tapes, and when on tour, he regularly arranges for visits to local record haunts and ships back even more treasures. He plays guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and kazoo. Ghost’s new album, Prequelle, is loosely based on The Black Plague of 14th century Europe, a metaphor Forge hopes will apply to the societal ills of today.
Ghost’s music began as being much heavier, harder and “more metal,” but over the band’s recent history, their songs have evolved to embrace a more catchy, rock sound. Four of the band’s songs have hit Billboard’s Top 5 Rock chart – “Circe” claimed the #4 spot in 2015, “From The Pinnacle to the Pit” went to #5 in 2016, and both “Square Hammer” (2017) and “Rats” (2018) held the #1 spot on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Ghost’s music retains its rock edge as well as its dark lyrical themes like The Black Plague, the Antichrist, the Inquisition, avarice, and the Apocalypse. Ghost won a Grammy Award in 2016 for “Cirice” in the category of Best Metal Performance.
