Grotesk Burlesk (tour)
- This article is about the tour. For the tour book, see Grotesk Burlesk (book).
Grotesk Burlesk was the ninth tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label Interscope Records. It was also the band's fifth tour to span over multiple legs. The band was on the tour from April 11, 2003 until January 3, 2004.
Lineup
- Vocals: Marilyn Manson
- Guitar: John 5
- Bass: Tim Skold
- Keyboards: Madonna Wayne Gacy
- Drums: Ginger Fish
Stage Antics
This was the most theatrical tour of them all, these are the elements it contained:
-2 live dancers dressed with plastic breasts, who performed piano for The Golden Age Of Grotesque, Danced for Sweet Dreams and played Floor Toms for Doll Dagga...
-A podium (there were 2 different designs) In which Manson sang The Fight Song with mickey mouse ears (second outfit)
-Manson played saxophone at the end of The Golden Age Of Grotesque, apart from the guitar and a strange banjo like instrument he used for Minute Of Decay, this is the third instrument he plays after the guitar On a live show, the first being A flute for Kinderfeld on the Dead To The World tour.
-A manequinn Robot was used for Tourniquet.
-Manson would rise again to a great height as in Disposable Teens, for Para-Noir, which also featured 2 live vocals dressed as if they were conjoined.
