Ghost were forced to cut short their headline set at Hellfest over the weekend after their frontman Tobias Forge lost his voice.The Swedish band topped the bill at the Clisson, France festival on Saturday (June 18), with Deftones and Gojira also headlining the event’s first weekend (the second will take place from June 23-26).According to Setlist.fm, Ghost ended their headline show 17 songs into the set on Saturday.
The band’s 2022 live set has typically consisted of at least 20 songs, including the usual closing track ‘Square Hammer’.Fan-shot footage from Hellfest shows Forge (AKA Papa Emeritus IV) thanking the crowd after performing ‘Dance Macabre’, before adding: “My voice is completely fucked.
I cannot take one other song for you.”Writing on their social media channels yesterday afternoon (June 19), the band said in a statement: “Children of Europe!
Thank you all for your support at Hellfest last night.“We were all at the mercy of Mother Nature herself and she was clearly pissed off.
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