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Ghost Upgrade All Venues on Upcoming Australian Tour

By Alex Gallagher

Theatrical Swedish rockers Ghost have announced that all three venues on their upcoming Australian tour – originally announced back in April – have been upgraded due to demand.

The Sydney show on Tuesday, 3rd October has moved to Qudos Bank Arena, while the band’s Melbourne concert the following evening has been upgraded to John Cain Arena. Finally, the band’s Brisbane show on Saturday, 7th October has moved to Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

Ghost – ‘Mary on a Cross’ (Live in Tampa 2022)

All previously-purchased tickets for shows on the tour will remain valid for the new venues. New tickets will go on sale next Thursday, 6th July at 10am AEST. There’s also a pre-sale kicking off a day earlier which you can sign up for here .

Alongside news of the new venues, Ghost have also confirmed that they will be bringing their full international production over for all three shows, with fans receiving the full Ghost concert experience.

The upcoming tour will mark Ghost’s first run of Australian shows in over four years. The band last toured the country in 2019, when they performed as part of that year’s Download Festival in Sydney and Melbourne, along with a headline show in Brisbane. Since then, the band have released their fifth studio album, last year’s Impera .

Ghost 2023 Australian Tour

• Tuesday, 3rd October – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney (venue upgrade)
• Wednesday, 4th October – John Cain Arena, Melbourne (venue upgrade)
• Saturday, 7th October – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane (venue upgrade)

Previously-purchased tickets remain valid, new tickets on sale Thursday, 6th July

Further Reading

Ghost’s Tobias Forge On Putting Together A Ghost Live Show & The Band’s Identity Crisis

Ghost Take on Tina Turner, Iron Maiden and More on Upcoming Covers EP

Ghost Release New Single ‘Twenties’

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GHOST Announce First Australian Headline Tour

24 April 2023 The Rockpit

One of the world’s most exhilarating and esteemed creative forces, Grammy-winning Swedish theatrical rock band  GHOST  are delighted to announce their first Australian headline tour this October.

Kicking off in Sydney on Tuesday, October 3 at the Hordern Pavilion, the tour will then head down to Melbourne on Wednesday, October 4 at Margaret Court Arena before making its way to Brisbane on Saturday, October 7 at the Riverstage.

In command of well over a billion streams and masters of infectious musical delights, GHOST are a band truly deserving of the word “spectacle”; from their hulking yet glamorous and expertly-crafted sonic output to their otherworldly live performances, GHOST continue to grow their ravenously adoring fanbase, relentlessly luring fans in and beyond the heavier realms with each new release and performance.

Brandishing theatricality with a spellbinding twist on a diverse array of genres, the GHOST mystique and staggering prowess equally flows onstage as well as across five full length albums and multiple EPs, including a brand new covers EP  PHANTOMIME  due out this May. Armed with five tracks that cover classics and deep cuts by Television, Genesis, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner,  PHANTOMIME  will also ultimately bridge the glistening foundations of the group’s internationally chart-smashing 2022 album  Impera , which debuted at #1 in a sweep of the US album charts.

Helmed over the years by Tobias Forge and an ever-shifting identity as various incarnations of the demonic Papa Emeritus, and briefly as Cardinal Copia, GHOST’s fluctuations also burrow deeply into an ambitious and innovative DNA. Spanning everything from heavy metal to hard rock, doom metal, psychedelic rock, pop and more, GHOST have enamoured and challenged the status quo throughout their career while also sweeping critical acclaim, from their current status generating over 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone to snagging the award for Breakthrough Band at 2012’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards and taking out the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2016 via their single  Cirice .

Boasting the macabre sensuality by Forge and accompanied by an army of instrumentalists known as Nameless Ghouls, GHOST’s notorious performances gleefully break free of any preconceived notions of a typical live metal show, with confetti cannons, disco lights, a razor-sharp aesthetic and everything in between taking centre stage over the years on both festival runs and gargantuan arena tours. 2023 marks the first headline appearance for Swedish sorcerers – and if you thought you’d seen it all before, prepare yourself for a wild ride like no other this October.

Are you on the square? Are you on the level? Don’t delay, tickets will not last long for what is set to be one of the most anticipated tours of 2023

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Ghost Announce First Australian Headline Tour

Grammy-winning Swedish theatrical rockers Ghost are heading downunder for the very first time as a headline act this October.

With three killer shows including Sydney's Hordern Pavillion, Melbourne's Margaret Court Arena and Brisbane's Riverstage, the influential band Ghost have never visited Australia for their own shows. 

That all changes today. 

Ghost are a true spectacle: part rock band, part performance art, the band have become one of the most influential acts in metal today. 

Helmed over the years by Tobias Forge and an ever-shifting identity as various incarnations of the demonic Papa Emeritus, and briefly as Cardinal Copia, GHOST's fluctuations also burrow deeply into an ambitious and innovative story arc. Spanning everything from heavy metal to hard rock, doom metal, psychedelic rock, pop and more, GHOST have never stuck to the script, creating a new world for their fans to explore and gathering a loyal following of over 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. 

The band were awarded Breakthrough Band at 2012's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards and took out the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2016 via their single Cirice.

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The band will cross the country fro October 3-7, from Sydney to Melbourne to Brisbane. The group have five full-length albums to their name thus far, including their latest, a covers EP titled  Phantomime , out this month. They also released  Impera   in 2022.

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GHOST AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023 TOUR DATES:   TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER - QUDOS BANK ARENA, SYDNEY VENUE UPGRADE WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER - JOHN CAIN ARENA, MELBOURNE VENUE UPGRADE SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER - BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE VENUE UPGRADE

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Ghost Announce 2023 Australian Tour

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Swedish rock congregation Ghost are headed to Australia in October to play their biggest shows in the country, with the band announcing a trio of east coast dates. Papa Emeritus IV and his group of Nameless Ghouls will kick off their first run of Australian shows in over four years on Tuesday, 3rd October with a gig at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion.

They’ll bring their theatrical live show to Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne the following night, before wrapping up the tour at Riverstage in Brisbane on Saturday, 7th October. Tickets are on sale this Friday, 28th April at 9am local time, with a pre-sale kicking off Wednesday, 26th April. Register for that here .

Watch Ghost Perform ‘Mary on a Cross’ Live in 2022

Ghost were last in Australia in 2019, when they performed as part of that year’s Download Festival in Sydney and Melbourne, along with a headline show in Brisbane. Since then, the band have released their fifth studio album, last year’s Impera.

Next month, Ghost will release a covers EP titled Phantomime featuring their own renditions of songs by Genesis , Television , The Stranglers , Iron Maiden and Tina Turner . That’s set to arrive on Thursday, 18th May, and has been previewed with one single: a cover of Genesis’ ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ .

Ghost 2023 Australian Tour

Tuesday, 3rd October – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney

Wednesday, 4th October – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne

Saturday, 7th October – Riverstage, Brisbane

Tickets on sale Friday, 28th April

Further Reading

Ghost’s Tobias Forge On Putting Together A Ghost Live Show & The Band’s Identity Crisis

Ghost Take on Tina Turner, Iron Maiden and More on Upcoming Covers EP

Ghost Release New Single ‘Twenties’

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Ghost Announce First Australian Headline Tour

With over a billion streams and a knack for crafting infectious musical delights, GHOST is a band that truly lives up to the term “spectacle.” From their imposing yet elegant and finely-crafted sonic output to their ethereal live performances, the group continues to grow their fan base and captivate audiences with each new release and show. Their brand of theatricality incorporates a mesmerizing twist on a range of genres, and the GHOST mystique and breathtaking skill is evident both on stage and across their five full-length albums and multiple EPs, including their upcoming covers EP, PHANTOMIME , set to release this May.

PHANTOMIME will feature five tracks covering classic and deep cuts by Television, Genesis, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden, and Tina Turner. The EP will also serve as a bridge between the group’s internationally chart-topping 2022 album Impera, which debuted at #1 on various US album charts.

Led by Tobias Forge and the ever-changing identities of the demonic Papa Emeritus and, briefly, Cardinal Copia , GHOST’s evolution is rooted in their ambitious and innovative DNA, spanning heavy metal, hard rock, doom metal, psychedelic rock, pop, and beyond. Throughout their career, they have challenged the status quo and garnered critical acclaim, boasting over 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, winning Breakthrough Band at the 2012 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, and earning the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2016 for their single, “Cirice.”

With Forge’s macabre sensuality and a legion of instrumentalists known as Nameless Ghouls , GHOST’s infamous shows boldly break free from the confines of a traditional metal concert. Over the years, their performances have featured confetti cannons, disco lights, and a razor-sharp aesthetic, captivating audiences on festival runs and massive arena tours. This Australian tour marks the band’s first-ever headlining appearance, promising a wild ride like no other in October.

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GHOST AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023 TOUR DATES:

TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER – HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER – MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER – RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE

General tickets on sale Friday 28 April @ 9am local time Tickets from  destroyalllines.com

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Ghost will return to Australia in October for their first headline tour.

Sweden’s Ghost last played in Australia for Download in 2019. The band formed in Linköping, Sweden in 2006. With five albums in their two most recent ‘Prequelle’ (2018) and ‘Impera’ (2022) were both Top 10 in Australia.

GHOST AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023 TOUR DATES:

Tuesday 3 October – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Wednesday 4 October – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Saturday 7 October – Riverstage, Brisbane

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GHOST Announces 2023 Australian Tour

• Owais 'Vitek' Nabi
• April 23, 2023
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Swedish rock ensemble Ghost is making a triumphant return to Australia in October, marking their grandest appearance in the country to date. The band has unveiled a series of concerts along the east coast, promising an electrifying experience for fans Down Under. The tour kicks off on Tuesday, 3rd October, at Sydney’s renowned Hordern Pavilion.

The following evening, they will grace Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena with their spectacular live performance, before concluding their Australian tour at Brisbane’s Riverstage on Saturday, 7th October. Tickets for these highly anticipated shows will be available for purchase starting Friday, 28th April at 9 am local time. Don’t miss the chance to secure your spot – a pre-sale will commence on Wednesday, 26th April, so be sure to register early. Register for that  here .

Ghost last visited Australia in 2019, where they took the stage at the Download Festival in Sydney and Melbourne, in addition to a headline performance in Brisbane. Since then, the band has delighted fans with their fifth studio album, “Impera,” released last year.

In the coming month, Ghost will drop a covers EP titled “Phantomime,” featuring their unique renditions of tracks by Genesis, Television, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden, and Tina Turner. This exciting release is scheduled for Thursday, 18th May, and has been teased with their rendition of Genesis’ classic hit, ‘Jesus He Knows Me.’

Mark your calendars for Ghost’s 2023 Australian Tour:

• Tuesday, 3rd October – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
• Wednesday, 4th October – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
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One of the world’s most exhilarating and esteemed creative forces, Grammy-winning Swedish theatrical rock band  GHOST  kick off their mind blowing Australian headline tour with their full international production tonight with special guests   SOUTHEAST DESERT METAL .

SOUTHEAST DESERT METAL  are a band on a mission. Since their formation over a decade ago in the remote community of Santa Teresa, they’ve taken their music across the nation.

In command of well over a billion streams and masters of infectious musical delights,  GHOST  are a band truly deserving of the word “spectacle”; from their hulking yet glamorous and expertly-crafted sonic output to their otherworldly live performances,  GHOST  continue to grow their ravenously adoring fanbase, relentlessly luring fans in and beyond the heavier realms with each new release and performance.

Brandishing theatricality with a spellbinding twist on a diverse array of genres, the  GHOST  mystique and staggering prowess equally flows onstage as well as across five full length albums and multiple EPs, including their brand new covers EP  PHANTOMIME  released in May. Armed with five tracks that cover classics and deep cuts by Television, Genesis, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner,  PHANTOMIME  bridges the glistening foundations of the group’s internationally chart-smashing 2022 album  Impera , which debuted at #1 in a sweep of the US album charts.

Helmed over the years by Tobias Forge,  GHOST ‘s fluctuations also burrow deeply into an ambitious and innovative DNA. Spanning everything from heavy metal to hard rock, doom metal, psychedelic rock, pop and more,  GHOST  have enamoured and challenged the status quo throughout their career while also sweeping critical acclaim, from their current status generating over 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone to snagging the award for Breakthrough Band at 2012’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards and taking out the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2016 via their single  Cirice .

Boasting the macabre sensuality by Forge and accompanied by an army of instrumentalists known as Nameless Ghouls,  GHOST ‘s notorious performances gleefully break free of any preconceived notions of a typical live metal show, with confetti cannons, disco lights, a razor-sharp aesthetic and everything in between taking centre stage over the years on both festival runs and gargantuan arena tours. 2023 marks the first headline appearance for Swedish sorcerers – and if you thought you’d seen it all before, prepare yourself for a wild ride like no other.

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Ghost Announce First Australian Headline Tour

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Kicking off in Sydney on Tuesday, October 3 at the Hordern Pavilion, the tour will then head down to Melbourne on Wednesday, October 4 at Margaret Court Arena before making its way to Brisbane on Saturday, October 7 at the Riverstage.

In command of well over a billion streams and masters of infectious musical delights, GHOST are a band truly deserving of the word “spectacle”; from their hulking yet glamorous and expertly-crafted sonic output to their otherworldly live performances, GHOST continue to grow their ravenously adoring fanbase, relentlessly luring fans in and beyond the heavier realms with each new release and performance.

Brandishing theatricality with a spellbinding twist on a diverse array of genres, the GHOST mystique and staggering prowess equally flows onstage as well as across five full length albums and multiple EPs, including a brand new covers EP PHANTOMIME due out this May. Armed with five tracks that cover classics and deep cuts by Television, Genesis, The Stranglers, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner, PHANTOMIME will also ultimately bridge the glistening foundations of the group’s internationally chart-smashing 2022 album Impera , which debuted at #1 in a sweep of the US album charts.

Helmed over the years by Tobias Forge and an ever-shifting identity as various incarnations of the demonic Papa Emeritus, and briefly as Cardinal Copia, GHOST ‘s fluctuations also burrow deeply into an ambitious and innovative DNA. Spanning everything from heavy metal to hard rock, doom metal, psychedelic rock, pop and more, GHOST have enamoured and challenged the status quo throughout their career while also sweeping critical acclaim, from their current status generating over 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone to snagging the award for Breakthrough Band at 2012’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards and taking out the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2016 via their single Cirice .

Boasting the macabre sensuality by Forge and accompanied by an army of instrumentalists known as Nameless Ghouls, GHOST ‘s notorious performances gleefully break free of any preconceived notions of a typical live metal show, with confetti cannons, disco lights, a razor-sharp aesthetic and everything in between taking centre stage over the years on both festival runs and gargantuan arena tours. 2023 marks the first headline appearance for Swedish sorcerers – and if you thought you’d seen it all before, prepare yourself for a wild ride like no other this October.

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• Song played from tape Klara stjärnor ( Jan Johansen  song) Play Video
• Song played from tape Miserere mei, Deus ( Gregorio Allegri  song) Play Video
• Song played from tape Imperium Play Video
• Kaisarion Play Video
• Rats Play Video
• Faith Play Video
• Spillways Play Video
• Cirice Play Video
• Absolution Play Video
• Ritual Play Video
• Call Me Little Sunshine Play Video
• Con Clavi Con Dio Play Video
• Watcher in the Sky Play Video
• Year Zero Play Video
• Song played from tape Spöksonat Play Video
• He Is Play Video
• Miasma Play Video
• Mary on a Cross Play Video
• Mummy Dust Play Video
• Respite on the Spitalfields Play Video
• Kiss the Go-Goat Play Video
• Dance Macabre Play Video
• Square Hammer Play Video
• Song played from tape Sorrow in the Wind ( Emmylou Harris  song) Play Video
• Song played from tape Så länge skutan kan gå ( Per Myrberg  song) Play Video

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• Call Me Little Sunshine
• Respite on the Spitalfields
• Watcher in the Sky
• Dance Macabre
• Con Clavi Con Dio
• Kiss the Go-Goat
• Mary on a Cross
• Square Hammer

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• Sep 27 2023 Movistar Arena Santiago, Chile Start time: 9:05 PM 9:05 PM
• Oct 03 2023 Qudos Bank Arena Sydney, Australia Start time: 8:45 PM 8:45 PM
• Oct 04 2023 John Cain Arena This Setlist Melbourne, Australia Start time: 9:05 PM 9:05 PM
• Oct 07 2023 Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Australia Start time: 8:45 PM 8:45 PM

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Live Review: Ghost Unleashes Australian Tour in Spectacular Fashion!

Sydney welcomes back Papa – Ghost Australian tour, Sydney Qudos Arena, 3 October 2023

After a four year COVID-enforced hiatus, Papa Emeritus IV and his Group of Nameless Ghouls were back in town promoting their fifth album, Impera. True to satirically satanic form, the stage provided a demonic church backdrop for the ever present and entertaining masked Ghouls, charged with stealing the congregations attention at every moment. The Papa himself, dressed to impress in oversized mask and an overdrawn black smile, running off stage between songs to change into past incarnations, each one met with louder cheers.

The crowd are literally all ages – it’s the school holidays and there are tiny kids on their parents shoulders with disproportionately giant industrial ear protectors, through to the diehards attending in old tour shirts, living for the sound that is so 80s in nature, born firmly in the 00’s. Most resplendent in black clothing, some dedicated to face paint and breaking up the dark, the occasional pop of highlighter bright hair colour.

But first – Southeast Desert Metal take to the stage. That’s right – the band who proudly proclaim to be the most isolated heavy metal band in the world, based out of an Arrernte indigenous community, an hour out of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), NT. While they may be isolated geographically, it is clear they have been surrounded by inspiration their entire lives – and it flows through their music. Whether it be storytelling steeped in family, community and eagle totem connection or the likes of Bon Scott, Ozzy Osbourne and Bruce Dickenson, this band are using metal to express themselves and it sounds great! Fresh from ‘Off the Rails’ street festival, new tunes like Boogeyman lifted the crowd, and Sacred Land, a reminder of the importance of Country. Southeast Desert Metal are accompanying Ghost on all their Aussie arena tour dates – get amongst it if you can!

Every false alarm of Papa taking to the stage, was met with screams over Gregorian style chants filling the room, until the newest incarnation made his entrance. When the ghoulishly grand, Ghost took to the stage, opening with Imperium , running into Rat , Pinnacle to the Pit and Call me Sunshine the crowd didn’t take their eyes off them, loving every theatrical moment including special guest, Sax loving Papa Nihil! And it’s clear lead singer, Tobias Forge loves them back – ‘Hello, Sydney!! Sydney, did you feel it?” and Sydney chanting back “Beelzebub! Lucifer!” And when one more song becomes three more songs, you definitely know it’s mutual.

If you can get to the Melbourne or Brisbane shows, you won’t be disappointed. This must see Swedish masterclass in theatrical metal is not to be missed!

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Words by Hannah Lewis Dalby. Photos by Sergio Martin

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GHOST – Gig Review & Photo Gallery 3rd October @ Qudos Bank Arena, Syd NSW

Posted on October 4, 2023 by duanejames

GHOST Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney NSW October 3, 2023 Support: Southeast Desert Metal 

I should have bought shares in black eyeliner, fishnet stockings, pink hair dye and nun dresses ahead of last night’s show.

It’s an hour before doors and you’d think, given the doom and gloom attire sported by the thousands of Ghost fans conjuring outside of Qudos Arena, that they’d be a miserable lot. But after striking up conversation with a handful of them, you’d have to excuse me for thinking that I’m actually talking to a bunch of Swifty’s decked out in black dresses and corpse paint. This long line of mostly young women are beyond excited to be here and their dedication to Papa Emeritus IV and his group of Nameless Ghouls is to be commended.

While waiting for the ample security to let us in, I talked to the front group in the queue and discovered they’d been here since 5am. A few of them actually got here last night to line up but were shooed away by security and told to come back at 6am. Without the means to front for a hotel room in Sydney at short notice (an expensive venture to be sure) the girls opted to sleep in the park opposite the arena on what was, by all accounts, a nice warm night. Does it all sound mental? It absolutely does, but such is the passion these young fans have for this band and their music.

After finally getting inside, I grab a beer and head to the arena floor to watch openers Southeast Desert Metal. Touted as the most isolated heavy metal band in the world, this proud aboriginal band from Ltyentye Apurte, Northern Territory headed out onto the massive stage, lay the aboriginal flag out behind the drums and hit the ground running. With heaps of low end and a shed load of volume, these guys get a rousing applause from a massively excited crowd. They have a bouncing chug in their guitar that reminds me of Iron Maiden . Let it be known that these blokes can shred as shown during the song ‘Spirit Woman’. This very excited crowd get right behind the lads and one tall bloke in an Airbourne shirt bunkers down and starts headbanging like it’s 1985. They go to finish up before being faced with a sea of “one more song” chants because let’s face it, they have been unreal. They rip in and it’s fair to say that Southeast Desert Metal have earned themselves a few more fans today.

On the way to the bar, I notice that there are a LOT of kids walking around with their parents. There are dads who lined up all day with their teenage daughters in the beating down sunshine who wished that they’d brought an esky with them. It fills my heart to see heavy metal become a generational activity. Take Frankie for example. She’s 8 and this is her first show ever. I ask her dad Aaron, 33 if his folks ever brought him to a rock show? “FUCK NO!!!” replied Aaron, before apologising to Frankie for his language.  

I also meet Elliot, a 4-year-old who is camped out at the front of the pit with his mum and dad. Elliot’s favourite song is ‘Zombie Queen’ and he also likes Metallica. Then I run into Daniel Silk from local legends Red Bee. He is here with his young daughter who, despite not even being 10 yet, is an old hand at this whole live music thing. Then when I think the kids can’t get any younger I spot a bloke walking about with a newborn strapped to his front. I could have brought my 3-year-old son and also won parent of the year alongside all these stone-cold legends passing down the brilliance of heavy metal.

It also occurs to me that despite having travelled down under on several occasions for music festivals, this is Ghost’s first full headlining full stage tour and given the NSW Government’s restrictions for music festivals to be strictly 18+, this is the first chance that most have these fans have had to see this mob live. The growing popularity of this band is also exemplified by venue upgrades at all three of their Australian shows.

A big white sheet covers the front of the stage as Gregorian-styled vocal chants ring through the speakers and I got flashbacks from my Catholic upbringing. The lights dim and the largely female audience squeal with the volume of 10,000 corpse-painted Taylor Swift fans. I look down and see a 9-year-old who can’t see the stage for shit and I suggest to her dad to put her on his shoulders. Turns out that security have banned that as well, under penalty of being thrown out.  

‘Imperium’ plays through the speakers as the big white hankie drops and the Nameless Ghouls emerge playing the opening riffs to ‘Kaisarion’. The kids in the pit go berserk as Papa Emeritus IV emerges and says “Hello Australia”. The whole arena collectively loses their minds as they rip through ‘Rats’, ‘From The Pinnacle To The Pit’ and ‘Spillways’. It’s only early in the set and there are already a few bodies being carried out by security. I just hope it’s not my mates that have been here since 5am. It’s a long wait to hear only 3 or 4 songs.

This stage set is incredible. The backdrop alone resembles the front of an old gothic European church with all the grace of what Notre Dame used to have, with changing stained glass windows that have some of the coolest visuals I’ve seen on any stage. With the huge drum riser protruding from the centre of the stage, the insane light show and the interactions between Emeritus and his Nameless Ghouls, this production carries all the weight of something like Phantom Of The Opera but with a way better soundtrack.  

All eyes are locked on Papa himself as he prances about the stage looking like the The Joker from The Batman ’66 TV series, only dressed in a silver suit and slathered in corpse paint. Despite not being the wildest frontman I’ve ever seen there’s no denying the presence he has on stage as he rips through belters such as ‘Cirice’, ‘Absolution’ and ‘Ritual’

But that’s not to say that the nameless ghouls are a bunch of statues on stage. Despite not saying a bloody word, these guys are hilarious and their body language is killer. As they tear through a 16-song set including ’ Year Zero’, ‘Miasma’ and Mummy Dust’, they absolutely SHRED and as they close out the main portion of the performance with ‘Respite on the Spitalfields’ it all becomes clear to me. As a casual listener of Ghost, I never understood the extreme fascination a lot of their fans have, but now, after seeing them live in this capacity, I absolutely get it.

One fake encore later where Papi negotiates with the punters on hand the number of songs that will be played in the encore, and Ghost destroys with ‘Kiss the Go-Goat’, the try-not-to-boogie-along-witchu ‘Dance Macabre’ and their massive closer ‘ Square Hammer’. Big Papa Em struts around like Christopher Walken cosplaying as a silver-clad corpse-painted Elvis and I wish church was like this growing up.  

The band farewells the audience with explosions of gold confetti and falling fireworks and Ghost ’s first ‘real outing in Australia’ finishes with a bang. There are smiles on every dial as we all leave and only a small handful of kids that are asleep on their parent’s shoulders. A monumental night. Well worth the wait to see this full Ghost production.

Gig Review by  Duane James   @duanejames666

Photo Gallery by  Mick Goddard .  Insta:  @mickg_photography Please credit  Wall of Sound  and  Mick Goddard  if you repost.

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Ghost Announce 2023 ‘Re-Imperatour’ U.S. Tour Dates With Amon Amarth

Ghost have announced their first set of U.S. tour dates for 2023. Dubbed the  Re-Imperatour,  the 27-date tour will feature Amon Amarth as the opener.

The run will kick off Aug. 2 in Concord, Calif. and wrap up Sept. 11 in Los Angeles at the renowned Kia Forum. Amon Amarth will join Ghost throughout the entirety of the tour, except for the Los Angeles show. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Feb. 17 at 10AM local time.

Earlier this year, Ghost leader Tobias Forge teased that "good change" would be coming to the band prior to embarking on any of their 2023 tours.

“We’re going to come out with a little bit of change before that – good change," the vocalist told Metal Hammer . "We’re not going to go silent. Some things are public, other things not in public view, but there are a lot of things brewing.”

While it's unclear what Forge was alluding to, Ghost have undergone quite a bit of change as it is over the last several months, especially when their 2019 song "Mary on a Cross" went viral on TikTok , which exposed the band to a whole new fanbase.

As per Setlist.fm , Ghost's most recent concert took place in September. They have a European tour scheduled throughout May and June before returning to the U.S. in August. Check out tickets for the European shows here .

Ghost 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

Aug. 2 – Concord, Calif. @ Concord Pavilion Aug. 4 – Auburn, Wash. @ White River Amphitheatre Aug. 5 – Airway Heights, Wash. @ BECU Live at Northern Quest Aug. 7 – West Valley City, Utah @ USANA Amphitheatre Aug. 8 – Denver, Colo. @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Aug. 11 – St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Aug. 12 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater Aug. 14 – Clarkston, Mich. @ Pine Knob Music Theatre Aug. 15 – Chicago, Ill. @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Aug. 16 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center Aug. 18 – Syracuse, N.Y. @ St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview Aug. 19 – Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity Center Aug. 20 – Bridgeport, Conn. @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Aug. 22 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park Aug. 23 – Burgettstown, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Star Lake Aug. 24 – Bristow, Va. @ Jiffy Lube Live Aug. 25 – Camden, N.J. @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion Aug. 27 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Ascend Amphitheater Aug. 29 – Simpsonville, S.C. @ CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park Aug. 30 – Jacksonville, Fla. @ Daily’s Place Aug. 31 – Tampa, Fla. @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Sept. 2 – The Woodlands, Texas @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman Sept. 3 – Austin, Texas @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater Sept. 5 – Irving, Texas @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Sept. 7 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amphitheater Sept. 8 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre Sept. 11 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Kia Forum ^

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