Imperatour

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Imperatour
Tour by Ghost
Ghost - Imperatour concert tour poster (Europe 2022).jpg
Poster for the European leg of the tour
Location
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated album Impera
Start date25 January 2022
End date7 October 2023
Legs7
No. of shows129
Ghost concert chronology

The Imperatour was a concert tour by the Swedish rock band Ghost in support of their fifth studio album, Impera . Following its announcement on 20 September 2021, the tour began on 25 January 2022 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada, and concluded at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia on 7 October 2023.

Contents

The tour featured lead singer Tobias Forge performing under the persona of "Papa Emeritus IV". Since the band's inception, Forge has performed under several incarnations of pope-like personas bearing the title of "Papa Emeritus". For the release of the band's 2018 album Prequelle , as well as their 2018–2020 concert tour A Pale Tour Named Death, Forge performed in the persona of "Cardinal Copia", a character who, at the final show of that tour, was promoted to Papa Emeritus IV. [1] For Imperatour, as with previous tours, Forge was backed by a band of masked musicians known as "Nameless Ghouls". [2]

Imperatour encompassed seven legs: a United States leg co-headlined with the Danish band Volbeat, and featuring Twin Temple as special guests, which spanned from January to March 2022; a European leg featuring Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Twin Temple, from April to June; a North American leg, with Mastodon and Spiritbox, from August to September; a second European leg which features a span of headlining and festival performances, from May to July 2023; a second United States leg with Amon Amarth as special guests from August to September; a South American leg in September which was their first time headlining in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, and an Australian leg in October.

Background and overview

Ghost performing in Tampa, Florida, on 6 September 2022 Ghost performing "Faith" during Imperatour at Yuengling Center, Tampa, Florida, 6 September 2022 (02).jpg
Ghost performing in Tampa, Florida, on 6 September 2022

On 30 December 2020, Ghost announced that "several big things" were being developed for 2021, indicating new live performances. [3] In September 2021, a United States tour co-headlined with Volbeat and featuring special guests Twin Temple was announced, and would become the first leg of Imperatour, kicking off in January 2022. [4] [5] During the first show, at Reno, Nevada's Reno Events Center on 25 January, Ghost performed "Kaisarion", the second song from their 2022 album Impera, for the first time. [6] Each of the subsequent Imperatour concerts had featured "Kaisarion" as the first song on Ghost's setlist. The show also marked the introduction of new steampunk-inspired costumes worn by the Nameless Ghouls. [7] Volbeat's planned appearance on the third show of the US tour was cancelled when their drummer Jon Larsen tested positive for COVID-19. [8] [9] The first leg of the tour concluded in March 2022 at Anaheim, California's Honda Center.

Ghost headlined the second leg of the tour, which took place in Europe from 9 April to 18 June 2022, supported by Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Twin Temple. [10] [11] During Ghost's performance on 9 April, at Manchester's AO Arena, the songs "Spillways" and "Call Me Little Sunshine" made their live debuts. [12] The show on 18 June took place in Clisson, France, as part of the Hellfest music festival. The Hellfest show saw the band's live debut of their song "Griftwood". [13] The show's setlist was cut short due to Forge losing his voice, and concluded with the song "Dance Macabre" rather than the initially planned show closer, "Square Hammer"; [13] after performing "Dance Macabre", Forge thanked the audience and stated, "My voice is completely fucked. I cannot take one other song for you." [13] [14]

The third leg of the tour, spanning the US and Canada, featured Mastodon and Spiritbox as the opening acts; [15] this leg began on 26 August and concluded on 23 September. During Ghost's performance on 26 August, at San Diego's Pechanga Arena, the song "Watcher in the Sky" made its live debut. [16] At the 2 September show at Huntsville, Alabama's Von Braun Center, during a performance of the song "Year Zero", one of the Nameless Ghouls (later identified as Justin "Jutty" Taylor) fell from atop a platform; after the concert, Taylor jokingly tweeted, "I meant to do that." [17] [18]

During an interview on 12 September 2022, Forge confirmed that that there would be more touring in 2023, with a European leg in the summer hinted in a video. [19] [20] Ghost later announced that they would perform at both the Sweden Rock Festival on 10 June 2023 in Sölvesborg, Sweden and the Tuska Open Air in Helsinki, Finland. [21] [22] The band later announced a third US leg dubbed the "Re-Imperatour" on 13 February 2023, which featured Amon Amarth as special guests. [23] A second show at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles was announced following a video, giving fans speculation that the Papa Emeritus IV character would be "killed off" at the end of the tour. [24] [25] A South American leg was later announced, acknowledging it as their first time headlining in Brazil and Argentina. [26] The band then performed an Australian leg shortly after, which took place in October, concluding the tour in Brisbane, [27] which was Papa Emeritus IV's final performance. [28]

Preceding Ghost's setlist at most stops on the tour are taped recordings of the Jan Johansson composition "Klara stjärnor" and Gregorio Allegri's setting Miserere mei, Deus . [29] The exact setlist for Imperatour has varied, but has consistently utilized "Kaisarion" as an opening number and included songs from each of the band's albums released thus far— Opus Eponymous , Infestissumam (only one song from Infestissumam has appeared in any of the setlists, that being "Year Zero"), [12] [30] Meliora , Prequelle , and Impera. [12] [16]

The character of Papa Nihil, who was "unceremoniously 'killed off'" at the final show of the band's previous tour, A Pale Tour Named Death, in 2020, did not appear during any of the concerts in the first leg of Imperatour. [12] However, at the 9 April show in Manchester, the character was wheeled out onto the stage and brought "back to life", performing a saxophone solo during the song "Miasma". [12]

Reception

Ghost performing in San Diego, California, on 26 August 2022 GhostSanDiego3.jpg
Ghost performing in San Diego, California, on 26 August 2022

Reviewing the 14 February 2022 show at Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center, Scott Mervis of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette praised the band's sound as "somewhere in the zone between Metallica and Blue Öyster Cult" and their flexibility in regards to the genres of their songs, writing that they are "never shy to flash influences, to go from the '60s-scented psych-rock of 'Mary on a Cross' to the Slayer stomp of 'Cirice' to the dreamy pop-metal-prog of 'Hunter's Moon '". However, he called the concert "more like a Ghost greatest-hits show" than one in support of the Impera album, concluding: "As great as it all was, Ghost fans of Pittsburgh surely have one plea for the Papa: please return with the whole Impera package." [31]

The Guardian 's Chris Lord, reviewing the 9 April 2022 show at Manchester's AO Arena, gave the concert a score of five out of five stars. [32] He wrote that, by the second song on the setlist, "Rats", the band "already has a packed arena in raptures," and that "'Square Hammer' inspires the most frenzied singalong of the night." [32] Of the show's technical aspects and the band members themselves, Lord wrote: "There are confetti cannons, costume changes, flamethrowers and other forms of pyro, but the band is self-aware, preventing proceedings from ever getting too cartoonish. As one of the three guitarists relishes a solo spot on 'From the Pinnacle to the Pit' a little much for his liking, Forge playfully reprimands them with a wagging finger; this is pantomime as much as rock 'n' roll." [32]

Merlin Alderslade of Metal Hammer , also reviewing the Manchester show, wrote that the setlist was "absolutely stacked with songs designed to shake hips", and that, "They may attract their share of haters, but facts are facts: few modern bands in heavy metal know how to put on a massive, arena-worthy show like Ghost." [12]

Film

Footage from the two shows performed at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, on 11 and 12 September 2023 was featured in a concert film titled Rite Here Rite Now , directed by Forge and Alex Ross Perry. The film also includes a narrative story based on a web series produced by Ghost that incorporates fictional characters and lore surrounding the band. [33] The film was released theatrically by Trafalgar Releasing on 20 June 2024. [34]

Set list

Reno Events Center [35]
  • "Imperium" (taped)
  1. "Kaisarion"
  2. "Rats"
  3. "From the Pinnacle to the Pit"
  4. "Mary on a Cross"
  5. "Devil Church"
  6. "Cirice"
  7. "Hunter's Moon"
  8. "Faith"
  9. "Helvetesfönster" (abridged)
  10. "Year Zero"
  11. "Ritual"
  12. "Mummy Dust"
  13. "Kiss the Go-Goat"

Encore

  1. "Enter Sandman" (Metallica cover)
  2. "Dance Macabre"
  3. "Square Hammer"
AO Arena [12]
  1. "Kaisarion"
  2. "Rats"
  3. "From the Pinnacle to the Pit"
  4. "Spillways"
  5. "Devil Church"
  6. "Call Me Little Sunshine"
  7. "Miasma"
  8. "Cirice"
  9. "Hunter's Moon"
  10. "Faith"
  11. "Helvetesfönster"
  12. "Year Zero"
  13. "He Is"
  14. "Ritual"
  15. "Mummy Dust"
  16. "Kiss the Go-Goat"

Encore

  1. "Enter Sandman" (Metallica cover)
  2. "Dance Macabre"
  3. "Square Hammer"
Pechanga Arena [37]
  1. "Kaisarion"
  2. "Rats"
  3. "Faith"
  4. "Spillways"
  5. "Devil Church"
  6. "Cirice"
  7. "Hunter's Moon"
  8. "Ritual"
  9. "Call Me Little Sunshine"
  10. "Con Clavi Con Dio"
  11. "Prime Mover"
  12. "Watcher in the Sky"
  13. "Year Zero"
  14. "He Is"
  15. "Miasma"
  16. "Mary on a Cross"
  17. "Mummy Dust"

Encore

  1. "Dance Macabre"
  2. "Square Hammer"
Zénith de la Métropole Rouen Normandie [38]
  1. "Kaisarion"
  2. "Rats"
  3. "Faith"
  4. "Spillways"
  5. "Cirice"
  6. "Hunter's Moon"
  7. "Jesus He Knows Me" (Genesis cover)
  8. "Ritual"
  9. "Call Me Little Sunshine"
  10. "Con Clavi Con Dio"
  11. "Watcher in the Sky"
  12. "Year Zero"
  13. "He Is"
  14. "Miasma"
  15. "Mary on a Cross"
  16. "Mummy Dust"
  17. "Respite on the Spitalfields"

Encore

  1. "Kiss the Go-Goat"
  2. "Dance Macabre"
  3. "Square Hammer"
Concord Pavilion [39]
  1. "Kaisarion"
  2. "Rats"
  3. "From the Pinnacle to the Pit"
  4. "Spillways"
  5. "Cirice"
  6. "Absolution"
  7. "Ritual"
  8. "Call Me Little Sunshine"
  9. "Con Clavi Con Dio"
  10. "Watcher in the Sky"
  11. "Year Zero"
  12. "He Is"
  13. "Miasma"
  14. "Mary on a Cross"
  15. "Mummy Dust"
  16. "Respite on the Spitalfields"

Encore

  1. "Kiss the Go-Goat"
  2. "Dance Macabre"
  3. "Square Hammer"

Notes

Tour dates

List of 2022 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening acts [4] [5] [41] [10] [11]
DateCityCountryVenueSupport Act(s)
25 January 2022 Reno United States Reno Events Center Volbeat
Twin Temple
27 January 2022 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
28 January 2022 Nampa Ford Idaho Arena Twin Temple
29 January 2022 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum Volbeat
Twin Temple
31 January 2022 West Valley City Maverik Center
2 February 2022 Denver Ball Arena
4 February 2022 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena
5 February 2022 Minneapolis Target Center
7 February 2022 Columbus Nationwide Arena
8 February 2022 Hershey Giant Center
10 February 2022 Newark Prudential Center
11 February 2022 Worcester DCU Center
12 February 2022 Camden Waterfront Music Pavilion
14 February 2022 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
15 February 2022 Toledo Huntington Center
16 February 2022 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
18 February 2022 Rosemont Allstate Arena
19 February 2022 Cincinnati Heritage Bank Center
20 February 2022 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
21 February 2022 St. Louis Chaifetz Arena
23 February 2022 Independence Cable Dahmer Arena
25 February 2022 Sugar Land Smart Financial Centre
26 February 2022 Dallas Fair Park Coliseum
28 February 2022 El Paso Don Haskins Center
1 March 2022 Phoenix Footprint Center
3 March 2022 Anaheim Honda Center
9 April 2022 Manchester England AO Arena Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats
Twin Temple
11 April 2022London The O2 Arena
13 April 2022 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro
15 April 2022 Birmingham England Resorts World Arena
17 April 2022 Rotterdam Netherlands RTM Stage
18 April 2022 Paris France Accor Arena
19 April 2022 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
22 April 2022 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
24 April 2022 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
27 April 2022 Tampere Finland Tampere Deck Arena
29 April 2022 Stockholm Sweden Avicii Arena
30 April 2022 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
1 May 2022 Malmö Sweden Malmö Arena
3 May 2022 Brussels Belgium Forest National
5 May 2022 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
7 May 2022 Badalona Spain Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
8 May 2022 Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
11 May 2022 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
13 May 2022 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
15 May 2022 Hanover Germany ZAG-Arena
16 May 2022 Munich Olympiahalle
18 May 2022 Budapest Hungary Budapest Sports Arena
18 June 2022 [lower-alpha 1] Clisson FranceVal de Moine—
26 August 2022 San Diego United States Pechanga Arena Mastodon
Spiritbox
27 August 2022 Tucson Tucson Arena
30 August 2022 Austin Moody Center
31 August 2022 Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena
2 September 2022 Huntsville Propst Arena
3 September 2022 Duluth Gas South Arena
4 September 2022 Asheville Harrah's Cherokee Center
6 September 2022 Tampa Yuengling Center [42]
8 September 2022 [lower-alpha 2] Danville Virginia International Raceway —
9 September 2022 Trenton CURE Insurance Arena Mastodon
Spiritbox
10 September 2022 Elmont UBS Arena
12 September 2022 Providence Amica Mutual Pavilion
13 September 2022 Bangor Cross Insurance Center
15 September 2022 Quebec City Canada Videotron Centre
16 September 2022 Laval Place Bell
17 September 2022 Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
19 September 2022 Saginaw United States Dow Event Center
20 September 2022 Youngstown Covelli Centre
21 September 2022 Peoria Carver Arena
23 September 2022 Green Bay Resch Center
List of 2023 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening acts [21] [22] [43] [26] [27]
DateCityCountryVenueSupport Act(s)
21 May 2023RouenFranceZénith de la Métropole Rouen NormandieSpiritbox
22 May 2023 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
23 May 2023 Toulouse Zenith Spiritbox
Lucifer
25 May 2023 Rennes Le Liberté
26 May 2023 Lille Zénith de Lille
28 May 2023 Strasbourg Zénith de Strasbourg
29 May 2023 Milan Italy Ippodromo di San Siro Death SS
Lucifer
30 May 2023 Nice France Palais Nikaïa Spiritbox
Lucifer
1 June 2023 [lower-alpha 3] Barcelona Spain Parc del Fòrum —
3 June 2023 Nantes France Zénith Nantes Métropole Lucifer
4 June 2023 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live Halestorm
6 June 2023 Berlin Germany Velodrom
8 June 2023 [lower-alpha 4] Gdańsk Poland Gdańsk Shipyard —
10 June 2023 [lower-alpha 5] Sölvesborg SwedenNorje Havsbad
11 June 2023 [lower-alpha 6] Leicestershire England Donington Park
12 June 2023 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal Halestorm
Lucifer
13 June 2023 Bochum GermanyRuhrCongressHalestorm
15 June 2023 [lower-alpha 7] Antwerp Belgium Dessel —
19 June 2023 Hamburg Germany Barclays Arena The Hellacopters
20 June 2023 Neu-Ulm Ratiopharm Arena
22 June 2023 [lower-alpha 8] Spálené Poříčí Czech Republic Festivalový areál—
23 June 2023 [lower-alpha 9] Oslo Norway Ekebergsletta
25 June 2023 [lower-alpha 10] Athens Greece Athens Olympic Complex
28 June 2023 [lower-alpha 11] Viveiro SpainCampo de Fútbol Celeiro
1 July 2023 [lower-alpha 12] Seinäjoki FinlandTörnävänsaari
2 July 2023 [lower-alpha 13] Helsinki Suvilahti
2 August 2023 Concord United States Concord Pavilion Amon Amarth
4 August 2023 Auburn White River Amphitheatre
5 August 2023 Airway Heights BECU Live
7 August 2023 West Valley City USANA Health Sciences Amphitheatre
8 August 2023 Denver Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
11 August 2023 St. Louis Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
12 August 2023 Milwaukee American Family Insurance Amphitheater
14 August 2023 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
15 August 2023 Chicago Huntington Bank Pavilion
16 August 2023 Cincinnati PNC Pavilion
18 August 2023 Syracuse St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater
19 August 2023 Mansfield Xfinity Center
20 August 2023 Bridgeport Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
22 August 2023 Indianapolis TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
23 August 2023 Burgettstown The Pavilion at Star Lake
24 August 2023 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
25 August 2023 Camden Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
27 August 2023 Nashville Ascend Amphitheater
2 September 2023 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
3 September 2023 Austin Germania Insurance Amphitheater
5 September 2023 Irving The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
7 September 2023 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater
8 September 2023 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
11 September 2023 [lower-alpha 14] Inglewood Kia Forum —
12 September 2023 [lower-alpha 14]
18 September 2023Mexico CityMexico Palacio de los Deportes Tribulation
20 September 2023 São Paulo BrazilEspaço Unimed Crypta
21 September 2023
24 September 2023 Buenos Aires Argentina Movistar Arena Poseidotica
27 September 2023 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena Pentagram Chile
3 October 2023 Sydney Australia Qudos Bank Arena Southeast Desert Metal
4 October 2023 Melbourne John Cain Arena
7 October 2023 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Cancelled dates

List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
21 April 2022 Leipzig Germany Arena Leipzig —
29 August 2023 Simpsonville United States CCNB Amphitheatre Due to severe weather conditions, this concert was stopped during Amon Amarth's set and cancelled hours later. [44] Though initially rescheduled for 31 August, [45] the rescheduled date too was ultimately cancelled as a result of equipment being damaged by rain. [46] [47]
30 August 2023 Jacksonville Daily's Place Hurricane Idalia [48]
31 August 2023 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ The concert on 18 June 2022 was a part of Hellfest.
  2. ↑ The concert on 8 September 2022 was a part of Blue Ridge Rock Festival.
  3. ↑ The concert on 1 June 2023 was a part of Primavera Sound.
  4. ↑ The concert on 8 June 2023 was a part of Mystic Festival.
  5. ↑ The concert on 10 June 2023 was a part of Sweden Rock Festival.
  6. ↑ The concert on 11 June 2023 was a part of Download Festival.
  7. ↑ The concert on 15 June 2023 was a part of Graspop Metal Meeting.
  8. ↑ The concert on 22 June 2023 was a part of Basinfirefest.
  9. ↑ The concert on 23 June 2023 was a part of Tons of Rock.
  10. ↑ The concert on 25 June 2023 was a part of Athens Rocks Festival.
  11. ↑ The concert on 28 June 2023 was a part of Resurrection Festival.
  12. ↑ The concert on 1 July 2023 was a part of Provinssi Festival.
  13. ↑ The concert on 2 July 2023 was a part of Tuska Open Air.
  14. 1 2 The concerts on 11 and 12 September 2023, were filmed and recorded for the concert film, Rite Here Rite Now .

Citations

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