



The Hellfest show saw the band's live debut of their song "Griftwood". The show on 18 June took place in Clisson, France, as part of the Hellfest music festival. During Ghost's performance on 9 April, at Manchester's AO Arena, the songs "Spillways" and "Call Me Little Sunshine" made their live debuts. Ghost headlined the second leg of the tour, which took place in Europe from 9 April to 18 June 2022, supported by Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Twin Temple. The first leg of the tour concluded on March 2022 at Anaheim, California's Honda Center. Volbeat's planned appearance on the third show of the US tour was cancelled when their drummer Jon Larsen tested positive for COVID-19. The show also marked the introduction of new steampunk-inspired costumes worn by the Nameless Ghouls. Each of the subsequent Imperatour concerts have featured "Kaisarion" as the first song on Ghost's setlist. During the first show, at Reno, Nevada's Reno Events Center on 25 January, Ghost performed "Kaisarion", the second song from their 2022 album Impera, for the first time. In September 2021, a United States tour co-headlined with Volbeat and featuring special guests Twin Temple was announced, and would become the first leg of Imperatour, kicking off in January 2022. On 30 December 2020, Ghost announced that "several big things" were being developed for 2021, indicating new live performances. Ghost performing in Tampa, Florida, on 6 September 2022 Imperatour currently encompasses three legs: a United States leg co-headlined with the Danish band Volbeat, and featuring Twin Temple as special guests, which spanned from January to March 2022 a European leg featuring Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Twin Temple, from April to June and a North American leg, with Mastodon and Spiritbox, from August to September. For Imperatour, as with previous tours, he is backed by a band of masked musicians known as "Nameless Ghouls". For the release of the band's 2018 album Prequelle, as well as their 2018–2020 concert tour A Pale Tour Named Death, Forge performed in the persona of "Cardinal Copia", a character who, at the final show of that tour, was promoted to Papa Emeritus IV. Since the band's inception, Forge has performed under several incarnations of pope-like personas bearing the title of "Papa Emeritus".

The tour features lead singer Tobias Forge performing under the persona of "Papa Emeritus IV". The tour began on 25 January 2022 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada, and is currently ongoing with more tour dates expected in 2023. The Imperatour is a concert tour by the Swedish rock band Ghost in support of their fifth studio album Impera.
