GHOST, the acclaimed Swedish rock band, carried out the tune “Lachryma” on the July 23 episode of “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon”. The Tobias Forge-fronted outfit was in Studio 6B in Rockefeller Middle in New York Metropolis be part of Fallon for the looks, which has now been made out there on the official “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon” YouTube channel. Test it out under.
Earlier this month, GHOST kicked off the U.S. leg of the “Skeletour” world tour in assist of the group’s sixth studio album, “Skeletá”, which got here out in April. Marking a daring evolution in GHOST‘s reside performances, the tour is the band’s most theatrical and cinematic manufacturing but. Designed by Tobias Rylander and GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge, the tour embraces a grander and extra formidable scale than ever earlier than.
The set design is a placing mix of gothic symbolism and brutalist structure, melding the ornate drama of cathedrals with the stark traces of modernist concrete types. Impressed by brutalist cathedrals throughout Europe, the stage transforms right into a sanctum of darkish majesty: half sacred temple and half rock coliseum.
On the core of the design is the “Grucifix” — GHOST‘s reimagined crucifix impressed by their iconic emblem. Suspended above the band, this colossal construction features as each a visible centerpiece and a dynamic lighting rig, casting an ethereal glow over the stage.
Rylander‘s design consists of sculptural scenic facades on the lighting pods, echoing the textures and verticality of cathedral interiors, additional reinforcing the ecclesiastical themes central to GHOST‘s id.
The lighting leans right into a retro-rock aesthetic, with visible nods to classical QUEEN and VAN HALEN. The tour additionally represents a milestone for the band because it’s the primary time a full-scale video manufacturing led by Rylander and video director Amir Chamdin. With video content material by Inexperienced Wall Designs, the artistic path transcends the bodily stage, evolving into a completely immersive multimedia expertise.
Consistent with the present’s theatricality, the stage itself has been engineered to carry out as a lot because the artist. A number of elevated efficiency platforms, mechanical lifts, and hid entrances are strategically positioned to accommodate dramatic reveals and character transitions. A dwelling, respiration cathedral of efficiency, “Skeletour” redefines the GHOST reside expertise, the place sacred structure collides with the uncooked power of rock and roll.
Famend for his work throughout reside music world excursions, trend, theatre and artwork installations, Rylander has collaborated with artists equivalent to Beyoncé, THE 1975, Infantile Gambino, Chappell Roan, The XX and FKA Twigs. “Skeletour” marks his first artistic partnership with the Grammy Award-winning band, bringing a brand new dimension to GHOST‘s already-iconic stage presence.
The European leg of GHOST‘s 2025 world tour kicked off on April 15 in Manchester, United Kingdom and concluded on Could 24 in Oslo, Norway. The North American leg of GHOST‘s 2025 tour launched on July 9 in Baltimore, Maryland and can wrap up on August 16 in Houston, Texas.
This previous Could, “Skeletá” landed at place No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 86,000 equal album models earned in the USA within the LP’s first week of launch. In response to Billboard, 89% of that determine (77,000) consisted of conventional album gross sales, with vinyl purchases accounting for over 44,000 copies. Notably, “Skeletá” was the primary exhausting rock album to succeed in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 since AC/DC‘s “Energy Up” in 2020.
The music video for the LP’s first single, “Satanized”, launched the brand new character who’s fronting GHOST for its 2025 touring cycle: Papa V Perpetua.
Forge carried out as a “new” Papa Emeritus on every of the band’s first three LPs, with every model of Papa changing the one which got here earlier than it. Papa Emeritus III was retired in favor of Cardinal Copia earlier than the discharge of 2018’s “Prequelle”. In March 2020, at last present of GHOST‘s “Prequelle” tour in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico, the band formally launched Papa Emeritus IV, the character who fronted the act for its “Impera” (2022) album section.