Getaway Rock Festival
July 7, 2011
Performed at Gasklockorna in Gävle, Sweden
Set List
Masked Ball
Con Clavi Con Dio
Elizabeth
Death Knell
Satan Prayer
Stand by Him
Prime Mover
Genesis
Here Comes the Sun (Son)*
Ritual
**Note: Ghost's cover of Here Comes the Sun is not currently available for streaming in my region and I got bored adding the Beatles version all the time so this one is a cover by Leo Moracchioli (thanks Zaph!)
At last minute line-up change moved the Getaway Rock Festival ritual from Friday to Thursday. Undeterred, the queue to get into the ritual was the longest for any band at the festival.[1] With only one album and less than a year of touring and festivals under their belts, Ghost had attained status as one of the hottest and buzzed about bands of the summer and seemed to already be quickly outgrowing the small stage at festivals.[2] As it was, not all who gathered to celebrate the end did not make it into the tent.[1]
Some did not feel Ghost was able to live up to the hype:
“However, I never understood the huge hype that surrounds the band. [...] Their mix of sixties pop and seventies rock, which in many ways can be compared to Blue Öyster Cult, should appeal to me but doesn't. It's Okay but no more. [...] However, I give up after just a few songs it doesn't take the speed I had hoped for and that the heat inside the The round brick building is about to break me completely. I'll just have to give the band a fair chance at another time But what I witnessed didn't convince me.” -Ulf Classon (via Microsoft Translator)[2]
Others were charmed instantly:
“Swedish band Ghost’s significant popularity is justified. Music was good and their somewhat eccentric presence made me feel like I was in a mass.” -Tallee Savage[3]
“Amazing gig!! One of the best on the festival!” -Soile Siirtola[4]
- [1]Travel Japan Blog, Ghost @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011
- [2]ArtRocks.se, Getaway Rock Fesival by Ulf Classon
- [3]Savage Beauty, Getaway Rock Festival part I by Tallee Savage
- [4]ExtremeMetal.se, Ghost-Getaway Festival July 2011 bySoile Sirrtola
Further Reading
Wikimedia Commons, File:Ghost Getaway Rock Festival.jpg by Andreas
