LINKÖPING, SWEDEN- SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost have earned the No. 1 position on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts with their new EP Popestar. Selling over 21,000 copies the release is the first EP to top the Top Rock Albums chart in the chart's history. Popestar also marks the band's second No. 1 release on the Hard Rock Albums chart. Additionally, the EP tops the Hard Rock chart in the band's home country of Sweden.

 

Popestar was released on September 16th by Loma Vista Recordings and is available online and in record stores on CD, vinyl, and digital. The surprise five-track offering features leading psalm "Square Hammer" and also contains covers 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, Ghost have released a Deluxe Version of Meliora, their acclaimed 2015 Grammy® Award-winning album. Meliora Deluxe contains the Popestar EP as a bonus disc (CD or LP or digital). To purchase Meliora Deluxe, click  HERE.

 

The arrival of the Popestar EP coincided with the launch of the band's 41-city U.S. headlining Popestar Tour, which kicked off on September 16th. See below for a complete list of remaining 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 U.S. Tour Dates:

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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