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After a fan's death at Milwaukee show, metal band Ghost coming back to finish concert in his honor

Piet Levy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Theatrical Swedish hard rock band Ghost is coming back to Milwaukee on Halloween to finish a concert that was cut short after fan Jeff Fortune collapsed and died that night. The band will sell an exclusive shirt for the show with all proceeds benefitting Fortune's family.

Theatrical metal band Ghost's sold-out show at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on May 31 came to an abrupt and tragic end when fan Jeff Fortune collapsed at the venue and died that evening.

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But on Halloween, Ghost is returning to the Riverside to finish that show in his honor, according to a news release from the Pabst Theater Group.

A special shirt, featuring Ghost fan Jeff Fortune next to band frontman Cardinal Copia, will be sold at the Riverside Theater show Oct. 31, with all sales benefitting Fortune's family.

The band also will be selling an exclusive shirt at that show, with an illustration of band frontman Cardinal Copia and Fortune wearing Michael Myers costumes from "Halloween," with all proceeds being donated to Fortune's family.

No tickets will be sold to this hourlong 8 p.m. set. All ticketholders to the May date will be contacted by the Pabst Theater Group with an invitation to the show. The deadline to RSVP is Sept. 30.