Billboard.com reports that Ghost‘s new album, Skeletá, achieved No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with strong first-week sales in the US. The album garnered 86,000 equivalent units, with a significant 77,000 from traditional album sales, including over 44,000 vinyl copies.
The success of Skeletá on the Billboard 200 is underscored by its impressive vinyl sales. Not only is it the first hard rock album to hit No. 1 since AC/DC‘s Power Up in 2020, but its first-week vinyl figures represent the largest for a hard rock album in the modern era (since 1991). This also places “Skeletá” as the third-highest selling rock album on vinyl in the modern era, behind only Blink-182‘s One More Time… and Boygenius‘s The Record, both from 2023.
Skeletá arrived on April 25th, 2025, via Loma Vista Recordings.
Skeletá promises a shift in focus for the band. While previous albums like 2022’s Impera explored grand, external themes such as the rise and fall of empires, the new album turns inward. Described as their “most unflinchingly introspective work to date,” Skeletá will explore personal emotional landscapes and universal human sentiments.
Ghost is currently deep into the European leg of their 2025 World Tour (“Skeletour“), which began on April 15th in Manchester, UK, and wraps up on May 24th in Oslo, Norway. Following the European run, the band will bring their spectacle to North America, starting July 9th in Baltimore, Maryland, and concluding on August 16th in Houston, Texas, with additional dates planned for Mexico City in September.
Remaining Ghost 2025 World Tour Dates:
- May 07, 2025 – Berlin, GER – Uber Arena
- May 08, 2025 – Amsterdam, NET – Ziggo Dome
- May 10, 2025 – Lodz, POL – Atlas Arena
- May 11, 2025 – Prague, CE – O2 Arena
- May 13, 2025 – Paris, FRA – Accor Arena
- May 14, 2025 – Oberhausen, GER – Rudolf Weber-ARENA
- May 15, 2025 – Hannover, GER – ZAG Arena
- May 17, 2025 – Copenhagen, DEN – Royal Arena
- May 20, 2025 – Tampere, FIN – Nokia Arena
- May 22, 2025 – Linköping, SWE – Saab Arena
- May 23, 2025 – Sandviken, SWE – Göransson Arena
- May 24, 2025 – Oslo, NOR – Oslo Spektrum
- July 09, 2025 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
- July 11, 2025 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
- July 12, 2025 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
- July 13, 2025 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
- July 15, 2025 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
- July 17, 2025 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
- July 18, 2025 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
- July 19, 2025 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
- July 21, 2025 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
- July 22, 2025 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
- July 24, 2025 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
- July 25, 2025 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
- July 26, 2025 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
- July 28, 2025 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
- July 29, 2025 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
- July 30, 2025 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
- August 01, 2025 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
- August 02, 2025 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
- August 03, 2025 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
- August 05, 2025 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
- August 07, 2025 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
- August 09, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
- August 10, 2025 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
- August 11, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
- August 14, 2025 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
- August 15, 2025 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
- August 16, 2025 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
- September 24, 2025 – Mexico City, MEX – Palacio de los Deportes
- September 25, 2025 – Mexico City, MEX – Palacio de los Deportes
Writer and extreme metal devotee, Ialdagorth has spent over a decade covering the darkest corners of heavy music. A black metal lifer, he spends his free time wandering the Carpathian Mountains, likely humming blast beats to the trees.
