If the stars align just so I will be there for the April 27 show in Oakland, California at the Fox Theatre.

Posted on April 4th, 2012 under Other. Tags: ghost band sweden, metal, nikon 50mm f/1.8, nikon d7000, roskilde festival. Comments Off on Ghost, Opeth, Mastodon tour kicks off today!

I have seen these three bands a combined nine times in the past few years so it’s only fitting that they are touring together. I’ve been in the photo pit for all three too. Now the question is, since they aren’t coming anywhere near me, do I make a road trip to bump the nine times to twelve times? Hmmmmm…. Sounds like a fun evening but a long drive.

Tickets are now on sale so check the tour dates to see if they are coming to a town near you.

Posted on February 2nd, 2012 under Other. Tags: ghost band sweden, mastodon, opeth. Comments Off on Opeth, Mastodon, and Ghost on tour together

Ghost at Getaway Rock Festival

Did you know that Ghost will be touring the US and Canada beginning next month? It’s true. Perhaps you can see them in person. The best part is that you won’t just get Ghost’s short set (they only have one CD). They are opening for my current favorite band, Enslaved. The two bands couldn’t be much more different so it will be interesting to see what people coming for Enslaved think of Ghost and what those coming for Ghost think of Enslaved.

Ghost

I would love to see Ghost and Enslaved again, but considering I’ve seen them both twice now, and they aren’t playing anywhere near my location, I will not be making the road trip for these two bands this time around.

Here is a video I took of Ghost covering The Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun”. Sorry for the poor audio on the bass. I was using auto sensitivity on my camera‘s audio, and I later learned that low sensitivity, instead of auto, works much better for loud concerts.

Posted on August 26th, 2011 under Other. Tags: concert photography, getaway rock festival, ghost band sweden, metal, nikon d7000, video. Comments Off on More Ghost photos and video

Ghost at GRF 2011

There was a lot of buzz in the air at the Getaway Rock Festival in Gavle, Sweden about Ghost. Ghost is from Sweden, but since they are a new band, most of the Swedish people (but not me) had yet to experience them live. Beyond the fans, the other bands wanted to check them out as well. I saw most of the members of Death Angel go in (very excitedly I might add) to see Ghost. Corrosion of Conformity mentioned during their set that they were eager to see Ghost as well.

But I’m getting ahead of my story a bit… Let’s back up.

My GRF schedule, that I had printed out a week or so before the festival, indicated that Ghost was playing on the second day of the festival. On the first day, after Death Angel and Corrosion of Conformity, there was nothing of interest to me until Alice Cooper late at night. So I found my hotel and decided to take a long nap since I had so little sleep the night before. I couldn’t sleep too long (as my room was near the front door of the hotel and I could hear it open every time someone came in or went out) and after a while I decided to head back to the festival.

A huge line was forming for the indoor stage, the longest for any band of the entire festival it turns out.

Queue for Ghost at GRF 2011

I decided I should get a new schedule in case anything had changed from my print out. Sure enough, Ghost had been bumped from July 8 to July 7 and had been given an earlier time slot. This line was for Ghost. Yikes, had I slept longer I would have missed them. I got in line to enter, but the place filled up, and it appeared that I wasn’t going to get in (along with many others).

Then I noticed someone else with a photo pass flash it to the door guard and in they went. I used my fast pass (photo pass) to do the same and in I went too. Yeah baby!

Ghost performed the exact same set as they did at the Roskilde Festival to a very appreciative crowd. Unfortunately, many people that wanted to see them could not get in. They are turning into quite the viral band with these kinds of things happening to them.

Ghost performs in Sweden

Posted on August 25th, 2011 under Other. Tags: corrosion of conformity, getaway rock festival, ghost band sweden, metal, video. Comments Off on Ghost @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

This will wrap up the Ghost at Roskilde series. Tomorrow I will have some photos from Sweden for you.

BTW, all the Ghost photos in this entry were taken with a Nikon D7000 using a Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF Lens.

For more recent photos of the band Ghost (now called Ghost B.C.) click here.

Posted on July 10th, 2011 under Denmark. Tags: concert photography, ghost band sweden, metal, roskilde festival. Comments: 4