Grammy® Winners Ghost Announce New EP, Popestar
By: Caryn Robbins Sep. 16, 2016
Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost have declared the arrival of a new EP entitled Popestar, available today online and in record stores on CD, vinyl, and digital via Loma Vista Recordings. The surprise five-track offering features leading psalm "Square Hammer", a new original track which was debuted earlier in the week on Sirius XM's OCTANE as part of a week long global rollout. The EP also contains interpretations of selections by Echo and the Bunnymen, Simian Mobile Disco, Eurythmics, and Imperiet. Popestar was recorded by Papa Emeritus III and his nameless ghouls in Linköping, Sweden and produced by Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Royal Blood, Opeth). To purchase Popestar now, click HERE.
Additionally, today Ghost have released a Deluxe Version of Meliora, their acclaimed 2015Grammy® Award-winning album. Meliora Deluxe contains the Popestar EP as a bonus disc (CD or LP or digital). To purchase Meliora Deluxe, click HERE.
Ghost have released a music video for "Square Hammer", directed by Zev Deans. To watch the harrowing clip now, click HERE.
The arrival of the Popestar EP coincides with the launch of the band's 41-city U.S. headliningPopestar Tour which kicks off tonight in Rochester, NY. Tickets purchased for certain shows will include a digital download of the Popestar EP. See below for a complete list of rituals and for more information on upcoming dates, visit www.ghost-official.com.
Ghost were awarded a Grammy® earlier this year for 'Best Metal Performance'. Their most recent album Meliora was released on August 21, 2015 and debuted at No. 1 at Independent Retail, No. 2 at Rock, and in the Top 10 (#8) on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. The band capped off a landmark 2015 with their late night television debut on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert's Halloween show on CBS with a rousing performance of their offering "Cirice", which reached No. 3 at radio at Active Rock and Mainstream Rock.
Popestar Track Listing
1. Square Hammer
2. Nocturnal Me (Echo And The Bunnymen cover)
3. I Believe (Simian Mobile Disco cover)
4. Missionary Man (Eurythmics cover)
5. Bible (Imperiet cover)
Popestar U.S. Tour
September 16 - Rochester, NY - The Armory
September 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
September 21 - Cleveland, OH - Masonic Auditorium
September 23 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
September 27 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
September 28 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
September 30 - Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank at Midland Theatre
October 1 - Madison, WI - Sonic Boom Festival
October 2 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life
October 3 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
October 4 - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo State Theatre
October 5 - Cedar Rapids, IA - Paramount Theatre
October 7 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
October 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
October 9 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma Theatre
October 11 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
October 13 - Vancouver, BC - The Vogue Theater
October 14 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theater
October 15 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater
October 16 - Portland, OR - The Rosalind Theater
October 18 - Riverside, CA - Riverside Municipal Auditorium
October 20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
October 21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
October 22 - Las Vegas, NV - The Brooklyn Bowl
October 25 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
October 27 - Lubbock, TX - City Bank Auditorium
October 28 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theater
October 31 - Little Rock, AR - Metroplex
November 2 - Orlando, FL - The Hard Rock
November 3 - Miami Beach, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach
November 4 - Jacksonville, FL - The Florida Theatre
November 5 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
November 7 Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
November 9 - Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
November 11 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
November 12 - Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre
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