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| − | The performance planned to take place on July 25th, 1997 at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada was cancelled about two weeks before the show by Larry Ryckman, member of the venue's Board of Directors.
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| − | In a press conference on July 8th, city alderman Ray Clark stated that he had been contacted by many concerned parents and religious groups about the upcoming concert. Ryckman then decided that Manson was "not the kind of entertainment they liked to see". He also said that a number of other cities had already banned [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] from playing, in an attempt to justify this decision. Manson's booking agency responded to this stating a lot of the concerns about the show were the product of rumor and innuendo. With a signed contract and a deposit cheque cashed by Max Bell Centre, they were not willing to let the show be cancelled that easily.
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| − | On July 11th, Ryckman told the Calgary media that if a judge would force the concert to go ahead as planned, he would impose extraordinarily tight security on the audience and show. "Two can play at this game", Ryckman stated. "There will be no tolerance for drugs, there will be no tolerance for profanity, there will be no tolerance for violence. We will shut that concert down in a nanosecond if it does go on and any of the things occur that we have fear of" said Ryckman, citing claims the band has torn up religious books, abused animals and defecated on stage at other venues. "We observe very strict security codes," countered Mark Norman of Universal Concerts. "We're not some flake company here. "I've seen the show," said an angry Norman. "If somebody was doing the stuff these guys are saying, I wouldn't be doing it. They're not."
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| − | The concert was cancelled nonetheless, resulting in a $10,000 fine for Ryckman.
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Revision as of 14:15, 6 April 2014
