The post Ghost’s Cardinal Copia Transforms Into Papa Emeritus IV at Band’s Only 2020 Show: Watch appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Ghost ended their touring cycle in support of 2018’s ...

‘That’s why we have a new guy,’ Forge explains. ‘The Cardinal is not the boss. He’s just the toastmaster. A cardinal is junior to a pope figure. We still have Papa Emeritus [Zero, a.k.a. Papa Nihil] ...

Now, meet Cardinal Copia. "Oh Sister, you can not be serious," says a ghastly and time-weathered Papa Emeritus when his heir apparent arrives, boombox held over his should playing suspenseful ...

Cardinal Copia takes over for the last Ghost leader, Papa Emeritus Zero, who assumed the role at the conclusion of the band's most recent tour. Zero learned he was on the way out in a recent video ...

Swedish rock band Ghost have officially given a fond farewell to Cardinal Copia. Copia was the latest persona of Ghost’s mastermind Tobias Forge. At their final show of the Prequelle tour ...

Followers of Ghost who were paying attention to the storyline of the next album, Prequelle were expecting a Papa Emeritus IV unveiling, as a new Papa was unveiled with every previous album release ...

But for now, you can catch Cardinal Copia fronting Ghost on tour in late summer and early fall. Dates begin Aug. 26 in San Diego with Mastodon and Spiritbox also on the run. Get your tickets here .

Cardinal Copia and his team of seven masked, nameless ghouls, known collectively as the "clergy," opened the show, or "ritual," as they're called, with the short-but-sinister nursery rhyme "Ashes ...

Now, it looks like the current Cardinal Copia may do what no other persona has done before. Could we see Cardinal […] Ghost frontman Tobias Forge has brought to life many onstage personas.