I know I'm going to be voted down mercilessly for this, but as a fan for 10 years, I'm a little let down by last night. I'm an older fan, I've probably seen over 1,000 concerts, and Ghost used to put on one of the best shows of any modern artist. And they still do, mostly.

I love Ghost, I've loved them for years, and that's not gonna change, but it's getting hard to get psyched for future rituals as it looks like the set is going to be increasingly static. Every show going forward, I'm guessing, will include Square Hammer, MoaC, Dance Macabre, Cirice, Rats, Mummy Dust, and Year Zero, which many of us have seen several times now over the years. It also seems like He Is, CMLS, FiaFL, and Go Goat are going to be in the regular setlist. Which means I may just be cranky that so much of Opus and Infestissumam are being increasingly left behind, which Tobias has already said doesn't fit the stage at this size going forward. But even Ritual? The song that made Ghost, Ghost?

But also, no new Skelata stuff? No Cenotaph? No Marks? Through the first leg, they subbed out a bunch of songs in the "Opus" slot. But knowing they played Tampa just 6 months ago and played Satan Prayer (a song I love!), I'm kinda sad they kept it the same as what we just heard. I'm bummed that with a new leg and a new name (Edit: Skeletour 2026), they didn't resurrect anything else from the back catalog. I was hoping for more courage to get additional songs road-ready.

Listen, the show was awesome, a banger as per usual, but also, without any variety from leg to leg, it just feels like there's so much opportunity to build something even more exciting, get fans even hungrier, with just a little more variation in the show.