Photos by Greg Maki
LIVE PHOTOS: Ghost – 10/24/19 – Giant Center – Hershey, Pennsylvania
Photos by Greg Maki
Ghost announces fall 2019 North American tour dates
Ghost has announced a six-week North American headline tour that will see the Swedish rock band's elaborate rock theater presentation metamorphose into a full-on arena production. Billed as the "Ultimate Tour Named Death" and produced by Live Nation, the tour is due to kick off Friday, Sept. 13, in at the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield,... Continue Reading →
Ghost scores second straight #1 active rock single
"Dance Macabre," the current single from Ghost's Grammy-nominated "Prequelle" album, has become the album's second consecutive track to hit number one on Active Rock Radio chart. The record's first single, "Rats," held the number 1 spot at rock radio for eight straight weeks, setting a record for 2018. Having taken a short break from Ghost's... Continue Reading →
Ghost’s ‘Dance Macabre’ gets Carpenter Brut remix
With 15 million streams worldwide, "Dance Macabre" already is one of the most popular tracks from "Prequelle," the new album from Grammy Award-winning Swedish rock band Ghost. But now, "Dance Macabre" is reborn with a remix by the eclectic and mysterious French synthwave band Carpenter-Brut. You can check out the track and its companion animated visual below. ... Continue Reading →
Ghost’s ‘Rats’ is longest running #1 track at rock radio this year
"Rats," the latest single from the Grammy Award-winning Swedish hard rock band Ghost, has entered its seventh consecutive week as the number one song at Rock Radio, becoming the longest-running track to top that chart this year. Released this past spring, "Rats" has accumulated more than 25 million streams worldwide, and the music video has logged more than 11... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: Ghost – ‘Prequelle’
Review by Greg Maki ------ Ghost’s third album, “Meliora” (2015), is a masterpiece, one of my favorites of the current decade. Its fourth, “Prequelle,” is the record that will take the occult-themed, formerly niche band into the stratosphere of superstardom. Outed last year in a lawsuit brought against him by former bandmates as the man... Continue Reading →
Ghost to release ‘Prequelle’ on June 1
Ghost will release its fourth full-length studio album, "Prequelle," on June 1 via Loma Vista Recordings. The band is led on the effort by its "new" frontman, Cardinal Copia, replacing Papa Emeritus III, its leader throughout the "Meliora"/"Popestar" album cycle. Watch the video for the record's first single, "Rats," and see the "Prequelle" cover art... Continue Reading →
INTERVIEW: Tobias Forge of GHOST
Ghost is much more than a gimmick, even though the band members themselves acknowledge the gimmick has gone a long way toward establishing its broad fan base. The Swedish group’s recently released third album, “Meliora,” borders on masterpiece quality, a musical statement more powerful than the macabre appearance of “new” frontman Papa Emeritus III and... Continue Reading →