Popestar Tour

Popestar Tour
Tour by Ghost
Location
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • North America
Associated albumPopestar
Start dateSeptember 16, 2016
End dateSeptember 30, 2017
Legs5
No. of shows119
Ghost concert chronology
  • Black to the Future Tour
    (2015–16)
  • Popestar Tour
    (2016–17)
  • Rats! on the Road
    (2018)

The Popestar Tour was a concert tour by Swedish rock band Ghost in support of their second EP, Popestar.[1] The EP was released on September 16, which coincided with the first show of the tour in Rochester, New York. They toured Europe in the spring of 2017, followed by a tour as openers for Iron Maiden.[2]

During the final show on September 30, 2017, Papa Emeritus III was dragged off stage during the final song. A new incarnation called "Papa Emeritus Zero" was introduced on stage, later named "Papa Nihil".[3]

  1. ^ "GHOST Announces 'Popestar' U.S. Tour". Blabbermouth. June 14, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "IRON MAIDEN's 'The Book of Souls' Tour Returns To North America in 2017, GHOST To Support". Blabbermouth. January 19, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ghost's Papa Emeritus III Plays Final Show, Transition to New 'Papa' Begins". Loudwire. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.