Ghost closed out their Re-Imperator tour with a rousing efficiency on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles final evening (Sept. 12).
The live performance was the second of two back-to-back bought out LA exhibits for the Swedish heavy steel giants.
The primary music of the evening was “Kaisarion,” the epic monitor from Ghost’s 2022 album Impera. Different early highlights included a hovering rendition of “Spillways” and the menacing “Cirice.”
Later, singer Tobias Forge – who was a commanding presence all evening as his alter-ego, Cardinal Copia – appeared at a grand piano to carry out a haunting rendition of Roky Erickson’s “If You Have Ghosts.”
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As to be anticipated, “Mary on a Cross,” the massively profitable 2019 monitor that unexpectedly went viral on Tik Tok, garnered a number of the evening’s loudest cheers.
See the total set checklist from Ghost’s tour-closing efficiency under.
Ghost’s Present Boasted Unbelievable Visuals
As followers of Ghost know, the music is only one aspect of the band’s enchantment. Stage design, pyrotechnics, theatrics and outfit adjustments are all a part of what makes Ghost such an enthralling dwell act, and every of those components have been on full show in the course of the tour-end present.
On the evening, Forge made at least eight costume adjustments, together with a number of colourful and dazzling shows. In the meantime, huge stained glass home windows hung behind the stage, exuding an imposing, gothic high quality.
At numerous factors within the live performance, a troupe of skeleton dancers writhed provocatively round Forge. There was additionally loads of pyro, with flamethrowers, fireworks and explosions all through the set.
See a number of the spectacular visuals from Ghost’s efficiency in our gallery under.
Ghost, 9/12/23, The Discussion board, Los Angeles
1. “Kaisarion”
2. “Rats”
3. “Religion”
4. “Spillways”
5. “Cirice”
6. “Absolution”
7. “Ritual”
8. “Name Me Little Sunshine”
9. “Con Clavi Con Dio”
10. “Watcher within the Sky”
11. “If You Have Ghosts”
12. “Twenties”
13. “Yr Zero”
14. “He Is”
15. “Miasma”
16. “Mary on a Cross”
17. “Mummy Mud”
18. “Respite on the Spitalfields”
19. “Kiss the Go-Goat”
20. “Dance Macabre”
21. “Sq. Hammer”
