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Ghost, the subject of Consequence‘s latest cover story, kicked off their 2025 US arena tour on Wednesday night (July 9th) at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore with a career-spanning 22-song set.
The summer outing will run through an August 16th gig at Houston’s Toyota Center, making stops at such venues as New York City’s Madison Square Garden and Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena along the way (pick up tickets here).
As Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge (aka Papa V Perpetua) told us of the band’s shows in our cover story interview, “The concerts… are the rituals, the same way that if you go to church on Sunday, Ken will be there, and Jim Bob and his wife Kelly — all these God-fearing Americans, they’ll all be there… You’re singing psalms and hymns and there’s this community get-together where you’re being summoned. … That’s what Ghost shows are, and the songs, those are the scriptures.”
The ritual in Baltimore kicked off with “Peacefield” and “Lachryma,” two of four songs the band played from its chart-topping 2025 album Skeletá, with the other two being “Satanized” and “Umbra.” Yet, it was 2015’s Meliora — which is celebrating its 10th anniversary — that was most represented with six songs, including favorites like “Cirice” and “Majesty.”
The evening ended with an encore of three of Ghost’s most popular songs: “Mary on a Cross,” “Dance Macabre,” and
“Square Hammer,” the latter of which Heavy Consequence named the best metal song of the 2010s.
See a photo gallery and the setlist from the Baltimore show, as well as the remaining tour dates, below, and read our extensive interview with Tobias Forge in our Ghost cover story.
Setlist:
Peacefield
Lachryma
Spirit
Per Aspera ad Inferi (first time since 2019)
Faith
Majesty
The Future Is a Foreign Land
Devil Church
Cirice
Darkness at the Heart of My Love
Satanized
Satan Prayer (first time since 2020)
Umbra
Year Zero
He Is
Rats
Kiss the Go-Goat
Mummy Dust
Monstrance Clock
Encore:
Mary on a Cross
Dance Macabre
Square Hammer
Ghost Remaining 2025 Tour Dates:
07/11 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
07/12 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
07/13 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
07/15 – Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center
07/17 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
07/18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
07/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
07/21 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
07/22 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
07/24 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
07/25 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
07/26 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
07/28 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
07/29 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
07/30 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
08/01 – Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
08/02 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
08/03 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center
08/05 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
08/07 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
08/09 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
08/10 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
08/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
08/14 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
08/15 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
08/16 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
09/24 – Mexico City, MX @ Palacio de los Deportes
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