GHOST ANNOUNCE UK AND EUROPE TOUR DATES
Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost have announced the UK/ European leg of their Popestar headline tour - a 29 city run that will start with six rituals in Great Britain. These dates mark the bands return to UK shores following their extremely special seated show last March at London’s legendary Palladium – the world famous theatre situated in the heart of the West End.
Popestar UK/ Europe Tour Dates
MARCH Fri 24 ENG, Norwich UEA Sat 25 WAL, Cardiff Great Hall Sun 26 ENG, London Forum Tue 28 ENG, Leeds O2 Academy Wed 29 SCO, Glasgow 02 ABC Fri 31 ENG, Manchester Apollo
APRIL Sat 1 ENG, Birmingham 02 Academy Sun 2 ENG, Brighton Dome Tue 4 LUX, Luxembourg Rockhal Club Wed 5 GER, Cologne E-Werk Thu 6 HOL, Amsterdam HMH Sat 8 GER, Hamburg Docks Sun 9 GER, Wiesbaden Schlachtof Mon 10 BEL, Brussels AB Tue 11 FRA, Paris Olympia Thu 13 SPA, Barcelona St. Jordi Club Fri 14 SPA, Madrid Barclaycard Center Sat 15 POR, Lisbon Sala Tejo @ MEO Arena Sun 16 SPA, Bilbao BEC Tue 18 SWI, Zurich Volkshaus Wed 19 ITA, Milan Alcatraz Thu 20 AUT, Vienna Gasometer Fri 21 POL, Warsaw Stodola Sun 23 GER, Munich Kesselhaus Tue 25 GER, Berlin Huxleys Wed 26 DEN, Copenhagen Valby Hallen Thu 27 NOR, Oslo Spektrum Fri 28 SWE, Stockholm Hovet Sun 30 FIN, Helsinki ICE Hall
Tickets for these dates are available now from all the usual outlets.
Ghost will perform psalms from their surprise EP, ‘Popestar’ - released on CD, vinyl, and digital via Spinefarm Records/Loma Vista Recordings last September – in addition to songs from their current album, ‘Meliora’ and beyond. The EP contains interpretations of selections by Echo and the Bunnymen, Simian Mobile Disco, Eurythmics, and Imperiet.
Latest album, ‘Meliora’, released in August 2015, was met with huge critical acclaim, and has performed incredibly well in charts around the world, reaching No. 8 on the US Billboard Chart and No. 23 in the UK.
Links to buy Popestar iTunes: http://found.ee/PopestariT Amazon: ttp://found.ee/PopestarPhysical
Links to buy Meliora (Deluxe) itunes: http://tinyurl.com/z9dctz4 Physical: http://tinyurl.com/j8ap48t
Watch the music video for ‘Square Hammer’, directed by Zev Deans, HERE.
"Generally speaking, the band has done more to bring blasphemous, religion-skewering devil rock to the mainstream masses than perhaps any act since Marilyn Manson." - ROLLING STONE
“exceeded the wildest expectations” – THE GUARDIAN
“Ghost is back cracking skulls” – NOISEY
“Their slickest album yet… irresistibly grandiose” – UNCUT
“Black-souled retro doom-pop, as heavy as Metallica, as melodically sophisticated as ABBA” – CLASSIC ROCK
“Melodically spun nightmares dripping in riffs and solos” – METAL HAMMER
“Hymn-like hooks that shine like a diamond sceptre” – THE QUIETUS
“Ear candy-like hooks that last for days" – TOTAL GUITAR
"One of the most exciting bands on the worldwide hard rock stage." – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"All hail Ghost and its masterwork, Meliora." – METAL INJECTION
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For more information please contact: Lailah O’Donnell Email: [email protected] | Phone: 020755071516