Watch Ghost give live debut to Watcher In The Sky on first night of US tour

Ghost have completed the first set of their Imperatour tour of North America, performing 19 songs at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, CA. 

Notable additions to the setlist since the band's last show – at French festival Hellfest in June – were Watcher In The Sky, a highlight from the band's Album Of The Year contender Impera, and Prime Mover, from 2010's Opus Eponymous, which hadn't been played live since the band's show at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall in September 2018. A clip of Watcher In The Sky has been uploaded to YouTube. 

Also on the bill were Mastodon, whose 11-song set included five tracks from last year's Hushed And Grim album, and Canadian metalcore sensations Spiritbox, who kicked things off with a six-song set. All sets below, plus the rest of the tour dates.

Ghost setlist

1. Kaisarion
2. Rats
3. Faith
4. Spillways
5. Devil Church
6. Cirice
7. Hunter's Moon
8. Ritual
9. Call Me Little Sunshine
10. Con Clavi Con Dio
11. Prime Mover 
12. Watcher In The Sky
13. Year Zero
14. He Is
15. Miasma
16. Mary on a Cross
17. Mummy Dust

Encore
1.  Dance Macabre
2.  Square Hammer

Mastodon setlist

1. Pain With an Anchor
2. Crystal Skull
3. Megalodon
4. The Crux
5. Teardrinker
6. Bladecatcher
7. Black Tongue
8. The Czar
9. Pushing the Tides
10. More Than I Could Chew
11. Mother Puncher

Spiritbox setlist

1. Circle With Me
2. Hurt You
3. Yellowjacket
4. Holy Roller
5. Rotoscope
6. Hysteria

Ghost: Imperatour North America 2022

Aug 27: Tucson Tucson Convention Center Arena, AZ
Aug 30: Austin Moody Center, TX
Aug 31: Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena, TX
Sep 02: Huntsville Von Braun Center’s Propst Arena, AL
Sep 03: Duluth Gas South Arena, GA
Sep 04: Asheville ExploreAsheville.com Arena, NC
Sep 06: Tampa Yuengling Arena, FL
Sep 08: Danville Blue Ridge Rock Fest, VA
Sep 09: Trenton CURE Insurance Arena, NJ
Sep 10: Belmont Park UBS Arena, NY
Sep 12: Providence Dunkin Donuts Center, RI
Sep 13: Bangor Cross Insurance Center, ME
Sep 15: Quebec City Videotron Centre, QC
Sep 16: Laval Place Bell, QC
Sep 17: Toronto Coca Cola Coliseum, ON
Sep 19: Saginaw Dow Event Center, MI
Sep 20: Youngstown Covelli Centre, OH
Sep 21: Peoria Peoria Civic Center Arena, IL
Sep 23: Green Bay Resch Center, WI

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