Check out the trailer for the upcoming concert film Rite Here Rite Now from Ghost below. The film will premiere in cinemas worldwide on June 20 and June 22. Tickets are on sale for showings right now, and you can grab them here. The concert was shot from the two sold out nights that Ghost played at the end of their most recent tour in Los Angeles, California at the Kia Forum. Here’s the official synopsis from Ghost.
RITE HERE RITE NOW is, however, so much more than a concert movie. GHOST’s debut feature film combines live performance from the two-night finale of the band’s RE-IMPERATOUR U.S.A. 2023 with a narrative story that picks up plot threads from the band’s long-running Chapters series. The result is an utterly unique phantasmagorical blend: Flesh and bone renditions of favorites from all five of GHOST’s albums as well as the RIAA platinum-certified “Mary On A Cross” and more are interwoven with the silver screen debuts of a few faces familiar to the band’s legions of fans—all interacting behind the scenes with GHOST’s Papa Emeritus IV, as his future and fate lay in the hands of the Ministry.
Whether you’re a devoted disciple looking to relive treasured memories of the GHOST live spectacle or among the curious uninitiated, RITE HERE RITE NOW will put you right there: putting your phones down and living in the moment—as a shadow of uncertainty looms—completely spellbound and in the thrall of this bombastic yet intimate cinematic portrait of GHOST.
I was at the first night that they recorded in attendance, and I can say it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. It was a different experience for concert goers these days, as Ghost made everyone put their phones away. It was just us and the band. For someone who’s been going to concerts for the better part of 16 years, it was refreshing to see just the audience and not annoying cell phones up in the air for every moment.
Ghost will also be releasing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Rite Here Rite Now from Loma Vista Recordings. The soundtrack releases worldwide on July 26. A fitting 18-song complement to GHOST’s debut feature film, the band’s first ever original soundtrack will be available on all formats (digital, CD, 2xLP). Pre-orders are live now here, and include the soundtrack’s live version of “Absolution,” captured at that now-legendary two-night stand at the Forum, as an instant grat track available here and on YouTube here.
RITE HERE RITE NOW is directed by GHOST’s Tobias Forge and Alex Ross Perry and is produced by Popecorn Cinematic Pictures.
Full screening information is available at RiteHereRiteNow.com.
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