The identity of one of Ghost‘s alleged new members seems to have been revealed. Former Korn touring keyboardist Zac Baird appears to have joined the band, after some people connected the dots between a few of his recent social media posts. Baird recently exited Korn after a ten year run with Davey Oberlin taking over his live role in the group.
Last night (March 24th) Ghost played their first show following rumors of a substantial lineup change. Footage from that set can be found here. Recent tweets made by Baird‘sreference a first show being played last night, costumes and an appearance at the ‘Maximus Festival‘ in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which Ghost are scheduled to perform at on May 06th.
currently in London ????
— zac baird (@justcallmehorse) March 16, 2017
I've spent 90% of my life in costume.
— zac baird (@justcallmehorse) March 24, 2017
The time has come. Back on tour. ????????
— zac baird (@justcallmehorse) March 13, 2017
1st show, here we go.
— zac baird (@justcallmehorse) March 24, 2017
Will not be there with Korn, but stopping there with someone else. https://t.co/K5DfDLm3ds
— zac baird (@justcallmehorse) March 14, 2017
A recent Instagram post also saw him practicing with a ‘thinking mask’:
[via MetalSucks]