There’s one thing you could not have observed about Ghost’s 2025 world tour announcement earlier at present (Oct. 28).
The Tobias Forge-led Swedish band revealed a 55-date world tour of Europe and North America, with extra exhibits to be introduced sooner or later. The North American leg incorporates a July efficiency at New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard, which might be Ghost’s very first time taking part in at the enduring venue.
What followers could have missed, although, is a message included within the superb print on Ghost’s social media and their official web site, which states that the tour might be a “phone-free expertise.”
“This present might be a phone-free expertise. Telephones might be secured in Yondr pouches. Company keep possession of their telephones always,” the complete message reads.
Ghost have carried out a no-phones coverage for live shows prior to now, particularly for his or her two September 2023 performances on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles. Attendees got Yondr pouches for his or her telephones, good watches and different associated equipment then as effectively.
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“Anybody seen utilizing a tool in the course of the efficiency might be escorted out of the venue by safety. We admire your cooperating in making a phone-free viewing expertise,” the assertion concluded.
A Yondr pouch locks as soon as visitors enter the phone-free space. To make use of a cellphone that is inside a Yondr pouch, attendees must step outdoors of the designated space, and it’ll unlock.
How Followers Really feel About the Telephone-Free Coverage
Followers appear to be cut up over the rule, with some appreciating that they will not must see cellphone screens whereas attempting to look at the efficiency, and others upset that they will not be capable to seize their very own content material.
“I went to a Ghost present on the Discussion board in LA earlier this 12 months and so they had been filming so no telephones allowed. It was wonderful. Each single particular person was engaged within the music, band and efficiency. 10/10,” one particular person wrote on X.
“Everybody appears glad concerning the cellphone ban on Ghost’s new tour however give it some thought. There might be no new ritual content material to see. No new vids to scream about, no new gifs. Nothing. I actually don’t like this future,” wrote a fan with an opposing view.
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