GHOST – New Album, Skeletá, Due In April Via Loma Vista Recordings
"...Ghost has confirmed the release of its feverishly awaited new album: Skeletá, the Grammy-winning Swedish theatrical rock icons’ first full length offering of new material since 2022’s international #1 charting Impera, will manifest April 25 via Loma Vista Recordings.
Skeletá’s impending arrival is heralded by anthemic first single “Satanized”, and its unsettling new video featuring a first glimpse of Ghost’s newly anointed ringleader Papa V Perpetua — whose ascension was foreshadowed by the recent V is Coming! campaign, which culminated in the recent Sin City conclave that saw him crowned. “A demonic possession unlike any before” has never sounded so sweet as it does here — an avalanche of infectious hooks and harmonies is buoyed by a hypnotic shuffle, as the narrator succumbs to dark forces within and without, helplessly acknowledging their own blasphemy and heresy as it inexorably consumes them. By the time the song’s opening lines “There is something inside me and they don’t know if there is a cure” have moved from the inner monologue of the possessed to the ears of the hapless listener, it will already be too late: You will have been “Satanized”.
Today also marks the debut of The Satanizer, a first of its kind music video experience for fans who wish to be “Satanized”. Developed in partnership with Jason Zada (Elf Yourself), The Satanizer will morph its users into characters featured in the song’s melodramatic video. With a quick upload of their photo, The Satanizer will send out a personalized music video clip featuring the participant, who can in turn share via social media that they too have been “Satanized”...."
"...Skeletá will be brought to life over the course of Ghost’s impending Skeletour World Tour 2025. The most ambitious incarnation of the Ghost live ritual to date, Skeletour World Tour 2025 recently revealed a first wave of more than 55 dates — including a historic first-ever headlining show at New York’s hallowed Madison Square Garden — with more to be announced. With tickets already selling at a brisk pace, the Skeletour World Tour 2025 ritual experience promises to expand the Ghost community to attract its largest and most diverse audiences to date. From lifelong disciples to the curious uninitiated first-timers to the outcasts and others who find solace in the ritual, all are welcome to escape the travails of daily life and to become one with the phantasmagoric spectacle that is Ghost live in concert...."
July
5 – Birmingham, UK – Back To The Beginning
9 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
11 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
12 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
13 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
15 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
17 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
18 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
19 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
24 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
25 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
26 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
29 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
30 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
August
1 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
2 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
3 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
5 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
7 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
9 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
10 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
11 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
14 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
15 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
16 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
