GHOST frontman Tobias Forge has confirmed the band have nothing locked in beyond the current ‘Skeletour’ run, revealing he needs to “step away” once the cycle wraps behind 2025’s Skeletá.
Speaking on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show, Forge opened up about the toll of 15 years of near constant momentum:
“One, I have my family. Duh. Of course, everybody knows that. I’ve had two kids waiting at home with my wife for 15 years,” he said, before admitting he’s reached a turning point. “I’ve definitely come to a point where not only do I need — I feel physically and mentally I need to be home, simply because they’re 17; they’re not gonna be around for an eon.”
‘I Just Don’t Have It’
Forge likened his creative burnout to running out of materials mid-build: “I don’t simply have an idea. And I’m out of tiles. I’m out of wood. I just don’t have it. So the only way for me to come up with a new idea and get some new inspiration is to just step away.”
That doesn’t mean retirement, he confirmed he’s juggling two film projects and recently recorded another album outside of GHOST, but for the masked empire that just delivered a Billboard 200 No. 1 with Skeletá, the immediate future is wide open.
In a separate interview, Forge doubled down:
“Besides the tour that we’re doing now, we have nothing else planned.” After years of album cycles stitched back to back, he says he’s finally comfortable letting the momentum ease.
No Phones, No Regrets
Forge also defended the band’s Yondr pouch phone ban, calling it “the best thing that has ever happened” for their live shows, over 50 dates into the run he insists the restriction has strengthened the connection between stage and crowd.
The North American leg of ‘Skeletour’ wraps tomorrow (February 23) in Los Angeles, following a handful of weather related cancellations last month.
Beyond that? A “big, big, big question mark”.
For a band built on reinvention, silence might be the next transformation.
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