2012 Ghost Tour Shirts
Ghost embarked on their first United States tour, "13 Dates of Doom," in New York in January 2012, and ending in February in Los Angeles.
Ghost also joined Mastodon and Opeth as the opening act on the Heritage Hunter Tour throughout North America during April and May 2012.
In February 2012, a Nameless Ghoul revealed that the band had completed writing their second album Infestissumam.
In December 2012, Ghost played a show in Linköping, where they debuted a new song titled "Secular Haze", which was released online earlier that day..
During the same show, the band introduced Papa Emeritus II as the successor to the first Papa Emeritus.
Several more t-shirts were produced to support the tours, it was the beginning of a tradition that Ghost would become recognised for, basing the t-shirt design on iconic pieces of popular culture, drawing on art from horror movies,
Sci-fi classics and biblical illustrations.
The designs of the shirts also became more intricate, depicting Papa Emeritus as The Statue of Liberty, the routes taken by the band during the tours and 2012 gave t-shirt collectors the first appearance of The 'Ornate' Grucifix.
Linkoping
This shirt was sold at a special show in Ghosts hometown of
Cupolen, Linkoping, December 15th 2012
It was the first time that Papa Emeritus 2 took the stage and the first time that the song Secular haze was performed by the band
Papa Emeritus I
Papa Emeritus I Adorns This 2012 Ghost Tour Shirt
The shirt shows the location of Download Festival as being on the South Coast of the UK, when it is actually a lot further north
This is because Ghost were scheduled to play Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth in 2012, but the festival was cancelled and Ghost played Download Festival, Donington instead.
Also, the location, Donington, is spelled wrong
Papa Emeritus I
Webstore Shirt
A mile marker in the production of Ghost Shirts
The first print of this shirt was by Plastic Head, the company that produced the early Ghost T-Shirts, the shirts carry the FOTL Tag. Later in 2012, merch production would be moved to Global Merch Services
Two date idents exist for this shirt, Multiple tags exist for the reprints
This shirt has been reprinted more times than the 1977 poster of the 'tennis girl scratching her arse' by british photographer Martin Elliot
Yellow Logo
Plain and simple, needing no introduction, the first print of the
Logo Tee in Yellow
Ph Ident reads - PH7292
Green Logo
Green Variant Of The Logo Shirt
The shirt caries the PH Ident number 7292
Possession
No back print
Same as the North American Tour Shirt
31 Dates Of Doom, but no back print. I have identified 2 tags
This shirt does carry a Date Identifier
Secular Haze
Preorder Shirt
The green logo Secular Haze shirt was available as part of a bundle when you pre-ordered the "Infestissumam" CD or 10" vinyl from
bengans.se
Carries a small Official Date Identifier located at
the bottom middle. No backprint
Secular Haze
Grucifix
Secular Haze shirt with the first appearance of the Ornate Grucifix Backprint
The Grucifix has a red stroke surrounding the design. Sold when Ghost toured with Skeletonwitch and similar to the 2013 'Jagermeister' shirt
Previous versions of the Grucifix were not as complex
Opus Eponymous Raglan
No backprint
Raglan variant of the iconic Opus Eponymous shirt sold online and during the live shows in 2012
To date I've only found a US version with the ANVIL tag
Liberty Papa Shirt
First print of the Liberty Tee. I have identified 3 tags
The Fruit Of The Loom tag was found on shirts sold world wide. The Hanes tag is a USA release
The Absolute Cult was a UK release. All tag versions carry the 2012 Date Ident
Thanks to Gethin Davies for the Absolute Cult tag. Thanks to Nic Miller for the Hanes tag
Possession
Another 31 Dates of Doom
Possession tour shirt with the Opus Eponymous image printed on the rear of the shirt, includes dates
The graphic on the front of this tour shirt is very large
Blood Ceremony
North American tour shirt depicting an illustration from the cover of 'Le Rire' in 1898
The image shows the grip the Rothschild Family has over the world due to their banking empire.
Opus Eponymous
Opus Eponymous Shirt Released In 2012
I have identified 3 tags so far
No back print. There are two known idents, one in white text, one in blue
This shirt carries a rare date ident, listing Global Merch and PH7190 which is an ident by Plastic Head
Symbol
This shirt was sold at many venues throughout 2012.
I saw this shirt at the merch table in Download festival UK in 2012, but it was also sold in the USA. The Symbols, As They appear On The Shirt Are -
Fire – lead guitarist
Water - Bassist
Air - Keyboards
Earth - Drummer
Aether - Rhythm Guitarist
Papa Emeritus I
13 Dates Of Doom
Sold during Ghost's first United States tour "13 Dates of Doom," beginning in New York on January 18, 2012, and ending on February 2 in Los Angeles
This shirt carries the 2010 date ident on the front graphic and has a 2012 tour date backprint
Ghost joined Mastodon and Opeth as the opening act on the Heritage Hunter Tour throughout North America during April and May 2012
Thanks to Christian Jugans for the Anvil Tag
This shirt does not carry a date identifier
Opus Eponymous Grucifix
Opus Eponymous Shirt With the first appearance of the Ornate Grucifix Backprint.
Previous versions of the Grucifix were not as complex.
One interesting fact is that the shirt carries a Global Marketing Trademark, with the Plastic Head (PH) Trademark and number at the end.
The reasons for this are unclear, as they are seperate companies although the PH Trademark was used on early shirts prior to Global taking over the merch marketing.
This shirt was also produced in 2013 and from what we know, was sold in the US.
The 2013 US shirts do not carry the PH Ident.
Additionally, the Grucifix on the rear of the shirt has no white outline around it.
Procession
The Shirt Sold At Every Show In 2012. No Print On Back.
Procession carries a Fruit of the Loom 'heavy cotton' tag.
Later shirts often carry the 'value weight' tag and are printed on a thinner quality shirt overall.
The date identifier can be found to the lower left of the shirt.
