Look what you’ve done to this rock n roll clown… Today – January 26th – Ghost‘s ‘Spillways‘ has undergone a transfiguration to include guest vocals from rock legend and avowed Ghost fan Joe Elliott of Def Leppard.
To hear this new facet of this “sweetly constructed rock tune” (The New York Times) from Ghost’s American Music Award-winning ‘IMPERA‘, which charted at #2 in the UK Album Charts, go to https://i.ghost-official.com/spillwaysDL.
To witness Joe Elliott‘s phantasmagorical journey into the world of Ghost, open Chapter 15: Meanwhile In Dublin. The newest instalment in Ghost’s long running series of webisodes, Chapter 15 documents a karaoke session that goes awry in spectacular and supernatural fashion, and if you’re feeling like singing along, check out the ‘Spillways (ft. Joe Elliott)‘ lyric video.
The mutual admiration between Ghost & Def Leppard has been well documented. Speaking about ‘IMPERA‘, Tobias Forge said “Going into this record, I thought I would see if I could do it a little more like Def Leppard did it.” Joe Elliott told Metal Hammer “I listened to it all, & I thought it was absolutely stunning. It’s like a whole new genre of music.” Creative kinship like this seemed destined for something special & fortunately for rock fans the world over it comes as a ‘Spillways‘ collaboration.
The original version of ‘Spillways‘, currently Top 5 at Active Rock Radio and having generated some 50 million streams globally, can be found on Ghost‘s ‘IMPERA‘. Released March 11th, 2022, ‘IMPERA‘ has moved nearly 500,000 albums worldwide, won the American Music Award for Favourite Rock Album 2022, and received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Metal Performance (‘Call Me Little Sunshine‘). Best of 2022 accolades included Ghost landing at #1 on Spotify’s Best of Kickass Metal 2022, while cover stories in Revolver and Metal Hammer proclaimed ‘IMPERA‘ #1 Album of 2022 and Loudwire has named Ghost 2022 Artist of the Year. As Consequence noted in its Top Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2022 roundup, “Few rock bands are as grand and ambitious-sounding as Ghost nowadays.”
With all of the above plus the 70 date ‘IMPERATOUR‘ that saw the Wall Street Journal anoint Ghost “the next generation of arena stars” and an iHeartRadio Awards 2023 nomination for Rock Artist Of The Year, that ambition is primed to take the band to further and unforeseen heights in 2023.
Ghost EU Live Dates:
21 May, Zenith, Rouen, France
22 May, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
23 May, Zénith De Toulouse, Toulouse, France
25 May, Le Liberte, Rennes, France
26 May, Zénith De Lille, Lille, France
28 May, Zenith of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
30 May, Palais Nikaïa, Nice, France
1 Jun, Primavera Sound 2023, Barcelona, Spain
3 Jun, Zenith Nantes Metropole, Saint-herblain, France
6 Jun, Velodrom, Berlin, Germany
7-11 Jun , Mystic Festival 2023, Gdańsk, Poland
8-11 Jun, Download Festival 2023 , Derby, United Kingdom
10 Jun, Sweden Rock Festival 2023, Sölvesborg, Sweden
15 Jun, Graspop Metal Meeting 2023, Dessel, Belgium
19 Jun, Barclays Arena, Hamburg, Germany
Ghost:
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Def Leppard:
Official Website
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