Rats! on the Road

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Rats! on the Road
Tour by Ghost
Ghost-rats-on-the-road-tour-poster-2018.jpg
LocationUnited States
Associated album Prequelle
Start dateMay 4, 2018
End dateJune 1, 2018
No. of shows21
Ghost concert chronology

Rats! on the Road was a concert tour by the Swedish rock band Ghost. The tour was announced 27 February 2018. [1] The tour began on 4 May 2018 at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California and concluded 1 June 2018 at the Palace Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. [2]

Contents

Setlist

The following setlist was taken from the 8 May 2018 performance at the Revention Music Center in Houston, Texas and may not be representative of all the shows on the tour. [3]

Act 1

  1. "Ashes"
  2. "Rats"
  3. "Absolution"
  4. "Ritual"
  5. "Con Clavi Con Dio"
  6. "Per Aspera ad Inferi"
  7. "Devil Church"
  8. "Cirice"
  9. "Stand by Him"
  10. "Miasma"
  11. "Jigolo Har Meggido" (acoustic)
  12. "Pro Memoria"
  13. "Deus in Absentia"

Act 2

  1. "Masked Ball" (taped)
  2. "Spirit"
  3. "From the Pinnacle to the Pit"
  4. "Faith"
  5. "Year Zero"
  6. "Spöksonat" (taped)
  7. "He Is"
  8. "Prime Mover"
  9. "Mummy Dust"
  10. "If You Have Ghosts" (Roky Erickson cover)
  11. "Dance Macabre"
  12. "Square Hammer"
  13. "Monstrance Clock"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
May 4, 2018 West Hollywood United States The Roxy
May 5, 2018 Riverside Riverside Municipal Auditorium
May 6, 2018 Tucson Tucson Music Hall
May 8, 2018 Houston Revention
May 10, 2018 Chattanooga Tivoli
May 11, 2018 Cincinnati Taft Theater
May 12, 2018 Detroit The Fillmore
May 13, 2018 Columbus Express Live
May 15, 2018 Port Chester Capitol Theatre
May 16, 2018 Syracuse Crouse Hinds Theater
May 18, 2018 Pittsburgh Benedum Center
May 19, 2018 Philadelphia WMMR BBQ
May 20, 2018 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre
May 22, 2018 Asheville Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
May 23, 2018 Nashville Tennessee PAC
May 25, 2018 St. Louis Peabody Opera House
May 26, 2018 Pryor Rocklahoma
May 27, 2018 Memphis Cannon Center
May 29, 2018 Fort Wayne Clyde Theater
May 31, 2018 Milwaukee Riverside Theater [lower-alpha 1] [4]
June 1, 2018 St. Paul Palace Theater
October 31, 2018 Milwaukee Riverside Theater [lower-alpha 2] [5]

Box office

VenueCityAttendanceRevenue
Express Live [6] Columbus2,200 / 2,200$77,000

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References

Notes

  1. This show was cut short after a fan collapsed at the end of Act I.
  2. This show occurred in the midst of the subsequent A Pale Tour Named Death tour; it completed Act II of the show that was abruptly canceled halfway on May 31, 2018 when a fan collapsed at the end of Act I.

References

  1. "Ghost Reveal 'Rats! on the Road' Spring 2018 Tour Dates". Loudwire. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  2. "Ghost Unveil "Rats! on the Road" North American Tour". Revolver. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  3. "Ghost Setlist at Riverside Municipal Auditorium, Riverside". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  4. "Deceased GHOST Fan Identified; Cause Of Death Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. "After a fan's death at Milwaukee show, metal band Ghost coming back to finish concert in his honor". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. "Current Boxscore". Billboard. June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.