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| last_tour        = <small>[[Against All Gods]]<br>(2004-2005)
 
| last_tour        = <small>[[Against All Gods]]<br>(2004-2005)
| this_tour        = <small>'''Rape of the World'''<br>(2007-2008)
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| this_tour        = <small>'''Rape of the World Tour'''<br>(2007-2008)
 
| next_tour        = <small>[[The High End of Low Tour]]<br>(2009)
 
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[[Image:Rape Of The World.JPG|thumb|right|200px|A backstage pass from the Rape of the World tour]]
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'''Rape of the World''' was the eleventh tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label [[Interscope Records]]. It was also the band's seventh tour to span over multiple legs. The band was on the tour from May 26, 2007 until March 2, 2008.
 
'''Rape of the World''' was the eleventh tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label [[Interscope Records]]. It was also the band's seventh tour to span over multiple legs. The band was on the tour from May 26, 2007 until March 2, 2008.
  
 
==Lineup==
 
==Lineup==
*Vocals: [[Marilyn Manson]]
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* '''Vocals:''' [[Marilyn Manson]]
*Guitar: [[Tim Skold]] <small>(From the beginning of the tour, until [[2007/12/12 Den Bosch, Netherlands|December 12, 2007]])</small>, [[Rob Holliday]] <small>(From [[2008/01/19 Orlando, FL|January 19, 2008]], until the end of the tour)</small>
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* '''Guitar/Backing vocals:''' [[Tim Skold]] <small>([[2007/05/26 Landgraaf, Netherlands|2007/05/26]] - [[2007/12/12 Den Bosch, Netherlands|2007/12/12]])</small>, [[Rob Holliday]] <small>[[2008/01/19 Orlando, FL|2008/01/19]] - [[2008/03/02 Houston, TX|2008/03/02]])</small>
*Bass: Rob Holliday <small>(From the beginning of the tour, until December 12, 2007)</small>, [[Twiggy Ramirez]] <small>(From January 19, 2008, until the end of the tour)</small>
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* '''Bass/Backing vocals:''' [[Rob Holliday]] <small>([[2007/05/26 Landgraaf, Netherlands|2007/05/26]] - [[2007/12/12 Den Bosch, Netherlands|2007/12/12]])</small>, [[Twiggy Ramirez]] <small>([[2008/01/19 Orlando, FL|2008/01/19]] - [[2008/03/02 Houston, TX|2008/03/02]])</small>
*Keyboards: [[Chris Vrenna]]
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* '''Keyboards:''' [[Chris Vrenna]]
*Drums: [[Ginger Fish]]
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* '''Drums:''' [[Ginger Fish]]
  
 
==Track listing==
 
==Track listing==
 
The following list contains the most commonly played songs in the order they were most generally performed:
 
The following list contains the most commonly played songs in the order they were most generally performed:
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<small>
  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "[[Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello]]" <small>(Intro)</small>
: "[[Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello]]" (Intro)
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# "[[Cruci-Fiction in Space]]"  
 
# "[[Cruci-Fiction in Space]]"  
 
# "[[Disposable Teens]]"  
 
# "[[Disposable Teens]]"  
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# "[[Little Horn]]"  
 
# "[[Little Horn]]"  
 
# "[[The Fight Song]]"
 
# "[[The Fight Song]]"
# "[[Putting Holes in Happiness]]"
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# "[[Putting Holes In Happiness]]"
# "[[Just a Car Crash Away]]"
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# "[[Just A Car Crash Away]]"
 
# "[[Tainted Love]]"
 
# "[[Tainted Love]]"
# "[[Happiness Is a Warm Gun]]"
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# "[[The Dope Show]]" <small>(With "[[Happiness Is a Warm Gun]]" intro)</small>
# "[[The Dope Show]]"  
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# "[[Rock Is Dead]]"  
 
# "[[Rock Is Dead]]"  
# "[[Coma White]]" / "[[Coma Black#(a) Eden Eye|Coma Black]]"
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# "[[Coma White]]" / "[[Coma Black (a) Eden Eye]]" <small>(Medley)</small>
# "[[Track 99]]"
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# "[[The Reflecting God]]" <small>(With "[[Track 99]]" intro)</small>
# "[[The Reflecting God]]"
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# "[[Prelude (The Family Trip)]]" <small>(Tease)</small>
 
# "[[Prelude (The Family Trip)]]" <small>(Tease)</small>
# "[[The Beautiful People]]" <small>(With "[[Baby You're a Rich Man]]" intro)</small>
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# "[[The Beautiful People]]" <small>(With "[[Prelude (The Family Trip)]]" tease and "[[Baby You're a Rich Man]]" intro)</small>
 
# "[[Antichrist Superstar (song)|Antichrist Superstar]]"  
 
# "[[Antichrist Superstar (song)|Antichrist Superstar]]"  
 
# "[[1996]]"  
 
# "[[1996]]"  
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# "[[This Is Halloween]]"
 
# "[[This Is Halloween]]"
 
# "[[EAT ME, DRINK ME]]"
 
# "[[EAT ME, DRINK ME]]"
:"[[Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello]]"
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "[[Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello]]" <small>(Outro)</small>
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</small>
 
</small>
  
=== Opening songs ===
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===Opening songs===
 
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* "[[If I Was Your Vampire]]" ([[Rape of the World Summer European Tour]] - [[Rape of the World Winter European Tour]])
 
* "[[If I Was Your Vampire]]" ([[Rape of the World Summer European Tour]] - [[Rape of the World Winter European Tour]])
 
* "[[Cruci-Fiction in Space]]" ([[Rape of the World Winter North American Tour]])
 
* "[[Cruci-Fiction in Space]]" ([[Rape of the World Winter North American Tour]])
  
==Supporting Acts==
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==Stage persona, attitude, and attire==
During the North American dates the band toured with thrash metal band [[Slayer]] and hard rock band Bleeding Through.  During the Australian dates, Manson was supported by Australian pop-punk band The Spazzys, who received harsh criticism from the crowds.
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[[File:1359649926_a663fab375_b.jpg|200px|thumb|left|<small>[[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] singing "[[EAT ME, DRINK ME]]" in [[2007/06/05 Bercy, France|Paris]].</small>]]
During the Winter European tour leg the band was supported by Turbonegro.
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* A microphone in the shape of a knife
The support act for the Winter North American tour leg was OURS.
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* A huge chair for "[[Are You the Rabbit?]]"
 
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==Theatricality==
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===Stage Antics===
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For this tour Manson returned to the theatrics of [[Grotesk Burlesk]], some influenced by ''Alice in Wonderland''. These are the elements contained in the shows:
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[[File:1359649926_a663fab375_b.jpg|180px|thumb|left| [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] singing "[[EAT ME, DRINK ME]]" in [[2007/06/05 Bercy, France|Paris]].]]
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* A microphone in the shape of a knife.
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* A huge chair for "[[Are You the Rabbit?]]".
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* During a performance of [[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]] in France, Manson entered the stage holding a magnified looking glass, adorned with lights.
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* Return of the podium from the [[Dead to the World (tour)|Dead to the World]] tour and a bible being burnt midway through the song  
 
* Return of the podium from the [[Dead to the World (tour)|Dead to the World]] tour and a bible being burnt midway through the song  
 
* Backgrounds of interactive animations, including:  
 
* Backgrounds of interactive animations, including:  
 
:- "[[You and Me and the Devil Makes 3]]": Video of Manson's mouth singing, created in the style of the iconic red lips of ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. the video also contains clips of the Hindenburg disaster.
 
:- "[[You and Me and the Devil Makes 3]]": Video of Manson's mouth singing, created in the style of the iconic red lips of ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. the video also contains clips of the Hindenburg disaster.
:- "[[The Dope Show]]": A continuously rotating pill with "Eat Me" written on the front and the [[Celebritarian Corporation#The Cross of Lorraine|Cross of Lorraine]] on the back. Later in the tour, to begin the song, a scan of Manson’s cocaine lined American Express Corporate card was projected (with the numbers changed).  
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:- "[[The Dope Show]]": A continuously rotating pill with "Eat Me" written on the front and the [[Celebritarian Corporation#The Cross of Lorraine|Cross of Lorraine]] on the back. Later in the tour, to begin the song, a scan of Manson’s cocaine lined American Express Corporate card (with the numbers changed).  
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[[File:Half333jacket.jpg|150px|thumb|right|<small>[[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] singing "[[Disposable Teens]]".</small>]]
 
:- "[[Irresponsible Hate Anthem]]": A rapid-fire montage of words like "Love", "Hate", "Drugs", "Sex", "God," and "Death," which was later used for the :"[[The Reflecting God]]" instead and replaced with a transcription of a news story about a 2007 school shooting in Finland.
 
:- "[[Irresponsible Hate Anthem]]": A rapid-fire montage of words like "Love", "Hate", "Drugs", "Sex", "God," and "Death," which was later used for the :"[[The Reflecting God]]" instead and replaced with a transcription of a news story about a 2007 school shooting in Finland.
 
:- "[[Just a Car Crash Away]]": A heartbeat line from a life support monitor which makes two M's across the screen
 
:- "[[Just a Car Crash Away]]": A heartbeat line from a life support monitor which makes two M's across the screen
 
:Others include the red eyes with hearts from the ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' booklet, and the ''[[Les Fleurs du Mal]]'' (alternate version) painting.
 
:Others include the red eyes with hearts from the ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' booklet, and the ''[[Les Fleurs du Mal]]'' (alternate version) painting.
[[File:REFLGOD.jpg|180px|thumb|right|"The Reflecting God"]]
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* A lifted tile with Manson standing on it, performing "[[The Reflecting God]]"
* A lifted tile with Manson standing on it, performing "[[The Reflecting God]] and [[The Love Song]].
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* During the first five legs of the tour, during "[[The Fight Song]]," the stage was set up like a boxing ring, and Manson wore a boxer's entrance robe. The microphone hung from the ceiling like a ring announcer's microphone.  
* During the first five legs of the tour, during "[[The Fight Song]]," the stage was set up with interlinked velvet ropes to resemble a boxing ring, and Manson wore a white silk boxer's entrance robe with a red spiral heart printed on the front . The microphone hung from the ceiling like a ring announcer's microphone. On occasion, a stagehand would act as Manson's trainer/ cornerman and would hand him a water bottle.
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* In some occasions, a robot of [[Evan Rachel Wood]] entered the stage during "[[Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)]]." The mannequin would push a cart with a birthday cake and a bottle of [[Mansinthe]] placed on it. Also on the table is a camera that Manson used to take a Polaroid photo of the Evan robot, which he would then throw into the crowd. In some performances, Manson would take the head off of the mannequin and sing the song to it, and then take the glasses of it and wear them, throwing them into the crowd. He has also removed the mannequin's arms and put them around himself.
* In some occasions, a robot of [[Evan Rachel Wood]] entered the stage during "[[Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)]]." The mannequin would push a cart yielding a birthday cake and a bottle of [[Mansinthe]]. Also on the table was a camera that Manson used to take a Polaroid photo of the Evan robot, which he would then throw into the crowd. In some performances, Manson would take the head off of the mannequin and sing the song to it, and then take the glasses of it and wear them, throwing them into the crowd as well. He has also removed the mannequin's arms and put them around himself.
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* Various samples of old songs like "[[Sweet Tooth]]", "[[Abuse, Part 1 (There Is Pain Involved)|Abuse, Part 1]]" and "[[Track 99]]", but also spoken samples of passages from ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Lolita'' and ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' are used as interludes while new stage props are set up in between songs.
* Various samples of old songs were used, such as "[[Sweet Tooth]]", "[[Abuse, Part 1 (There Is Pain Involved)|Abuse, Part 1]]" and "[[Track 99]]", but also spoken samples of passages from ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Lolita'' and ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' were used as interludes while new stage props are set up in between songs.
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[[File:caca.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Manson singing [[mOBSCENE]].]]
[[File:610x.jpg|thumb|left|Manson and [[Alice Cooper]].]]
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* On some occasions, the stage is filled with (presumably fake) candles during the opening song "[[If I Was Your Vampire]]".
* On some occasions, the stage was filled with artificial flickering candles during the opening song "[[If I Was Your Vampire]]".
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* In several shows, red and black confetti is blown over the crowd during "[[Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)]]". Also during "[[The Beautiful People (song)|The Beautiful People]]," sometimes white confetti is used.
*[[Chris Vrenna]]'s keyboard stand was constructed in two tiers to resemble the [[Celebritarian Corporation#The Cross of Lorraine|Cross of Lorraine]].
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* During "The Dope Show," the line "the drugs, they say, are made in California" would sometimes be changed to include the name of the city or country it's being performed in (these lyrical changes were not new to this tour however). On most occasions, the name of the city is shown on the screen in the back along with the word "Drugs". A newer addition to the song's performance, beginning at the Halloween show at The Palms, was Manson singing part of The Beatles song, "Happiness is a Warm Gun" before "The Dope Show," and then using the next section of the song as an introduction to "[[The Reflecting God]]".  
* During several shows, red heart-shaped confetti was blown over the crowd during "[[Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)]]". Also during "[[The Beautiful People (song)|The Beautiful People]]," sometimes white confetti/ streamers were used.
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* At the culmination of the show, usually during "The Beautiful People," Manson leaves the stage and performs the song among the crowd by standing on the separation barrier. In an interview with MTV Denmark, Manson said he added the feature "so that the show doesn't become too impersonal".
* During "The Dope Show," the line "the drugs, they say, are made in California" would sometimes be changed to include the name of the city or country it's being performed in (these lyrical changes were not new to this tour however). On most occasions, the name of the city was shown on the screen in the back along with the word "Drugs". A newer addition to the song's performance, beginning at the Halloween show at The Palms, was Manson singing part of The Beatles song, "Happiness is a Warm Gun" before "The Dope Show," and then using the next section of the song as an introduction to "[[The Reflecting God]]".  
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* At the culmination of the show, usually during "The Beautiful People," Manson would leave the stage and perform the song among the crowd by standing on the barricade. In an interview with MTV Denmark, Manson said he added the feature "so that the show didn't become too impersonal".
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===Attire===
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[[File:Half333jacket.jpg|150px|thumb|left|333 HALF EVIL Jacket.]]
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[[File:EMDM 0024.jpg|150px|thumb|right|"Are You the Rabbit?"]]
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Initially, Manson took to the stage wearing a black leather jacket with cut off gloves and a black, long-sleeved shirt to perform the opener, "If I Was Your Vampire" and the follow-up, "[[Disposable Teens]]". When first performed as an encore on the European tour, Manson took to the stage for either "Are You the Rabbit?" or "The Nobodies" (and in the case of Paris, "[[EAT ME, DRINK ME]]"), wearing a striped white-gold, long-sleeved shirt. Manson later replaced the long-sleeve shirt for a black t-shirt with cut off sleeves. When the butcher’s knife microphone debuted, Manson performed the first song like this but also wore black, shiny, elbow-length PVC gloves. On certain dates, Manson wore silver pants with his black shirt. "If I Was Your Vampire" then began to be performed in a black frilly shirt and a black feather boa and pink gloves for "[[Are You the Rabbit?]]".
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[[File:Ss.jpg|170px|thumb|right|<small>Photo by [[Perou|PEROU]]. [[2007/12/09 Birmingham, England|Birmingham, UK.]]</small>]]
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Following on from his appearance with [[Alice Cooper]], Manson began to take to the stage in a t-shirt depicting a cartoon of a bunny rabbit, or on later occasions, a cut-off t-shirt with a skeleton chest on. Costume changes on these dates after the distinctly nontheatrical European tour first leg featured a top hat and striped pants (occasionally a leather trench coat and jacket) for "[[mOBSCENE]]", a jacket with ‘333 HALF EVIL’ patched onto it, and even at some dates, a boxing gown for "[[The Fight Song]]" with the iconic twisted heart on the front and the bleeding MM logo on the back, as well as a white jacket, reminiscent of Elvis Presley, for "[[Rock Is Dead]]" at later dates. Contrasting these changes, Manson still performed "[[Antichrist Superstar (song)|Antichrist Superstar]]" in the navy blue-red suit, sometimes changed into a silver version of the rabbit shirt for later performances of "The Beautiful People" on dates on the European tour.
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==Tour Legs==
 
==Tour Legs==
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==Photo Gallery==
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: ''Main Article: [[2006-2008 EMDM Imagery#Live - Rape of the World]]''
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=="Print Mafia" Poster Gallery==
 
=="Print Mafia" Poster Gallery==
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==Links==
 
==Links==
* [[2006-2008 EMDM Imagery#Live - Rape of the World|Photo gallery]]
 
 
* [http://www.nachtkabarett.com/EatMeDrinkMe/RapeOfTheWorld The Nachtkabarett:Analysis of The Rape Of The World Tour Visuals]
 
* [http://www.nachtkabarett.com/EatMeDrinkMe/RapeOfTheWorld The Nachtkabarett:Analysis of The Rape Of The World Tour Visuals]
 
* [http://www.spin.com/articles/tour-updates-marilyn-manson-bob-mould-xiu-xiu-stills Rape of the World tour dates (SPIN Magazine)]
 
* [http://www.spin.com/articles/tour-updates-marilyn-manson-bob-mould-xiu-xiu-stills Rape of the World tour dates (SPIN Magazine)]

Revision as of 17:27, 2 July 2013

Rape of the World Tour
EMDM3.jpg
World tour by Marilyn Manson
Supporting album Eat Me, Drink Me
Start date May 26, 2007
End date March 2, 2008
Legs 7
Shows 122
Marilyn Manson tour chronology
Against All Gods
(2004-2005)
Rape of the World Tour
(2007-2008)
The High End of Low Tour
(2009)

Rape of the World was the eleventh tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label Interscope Records. It was also the band's seventh tour to span over multiple legs. The band was on the tour from May 26, 2007 until March 2, 2008.

Lineup

Track listing

The following list contains the most commonly played songs in the order they were most generally performed:

       "Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello" (Intro)

  1. "Cruci-Fiction in Space"
  2. "Disposable Teens"
  3. "You and Me and the Devil Makes 3"
  4. "Irresponsible Hate Anthem"
  5. "Great Big White World"
  6. "Are You the Rabbit?"
  7. "mOBSCENE"
  8. "Mechanical Animals"
  9. "If I Was Your Vampire"
  10. "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)"
  11. "The Love Song"
  12. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" / "Lunchbox" (Medley)
  13. "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger"
  14. "Tourniquet"
  15. "Little Horn"
  16. "The Fight Song"
  17. "Putting Holes In Happiness"
  18. "Just A Car Crash Away"
  19. "Tainted Love"
  20. "The Dope Show" (With "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" intro)
  21. "Rock Is Dead"
  22. "Coma White" / "Coma Black (a) Eden Eye" (Medley)
  23. "The Reflecting God" (With "Track 99" intro)
  24. "Prelude (The Family Trip)" (Tease)
  25. "The Beautiful People" (With "Prelude (The Family Trip)" tease and "Baby You're a Rich Man" intro)
  26. "Antichrist Superstar"
  27. "1996"
  28. "The Nobodies"
  29. "This Is Halloween"
  30. "EAT ME, DRINK ME"

       "Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello" (Outro)

Opening songs

Stage persona, attitude, and attire

  • A microphone in the shape of a knife
  • A huge chair for "Are You the Rabbit?"
  • Return of the podium from the Dead to the World tour and a bible being burnt midway through the song
  • Backgrounds of interactive animations, including:
- "You and Me and the Devil Makes 3": Video of Manson's mouth singing, created in the style of the iconic red lips of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. the video also contains clips of the Hindenburg disaster.
- "The Dope Show": A continuously rotating pill with "Eat Me" written on the front and the Cross of Lorraine on the back. Later in the tour, to begin the song, a scan of Manson’s cocaine lined American Express Corporate card (with the numbers changed).
- "Irresponsible Hate Anthem": A rapid-fire montage of words like "Love", "Hate", "Drugs", "Sex", "God," and "Death," which was later used for the :"The Reflecting God" instead and replaced with a transcription of a news story about a 2007 school shooting in Finland.
- "Just a Car Crash Away": A heartbeat line from a life support monitor which makes two M's across the screen
Others include the red eyes with hearts from the Eat Me, Drink Me booklet, and the Les Fleurs du Mal (alternate version) painting.
  • A lifted tile with Manson standing on it, performing "The Reflecting God"
  • During the first five legs of the tour, during "The Fight Song," the stage was set up like a boxing ring, and Manson wore a boxer's entrance robe. The microphone hung from the ceiling like a ring announcer's microphone.
  • In some occasions, a robot of Evan Rachel Wood entered the stage during "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)." The mannequin would push a cart with a birthday cake and a bottle of Mansinthe placed on it. Also on the table is a camera that Manson used to take a Polaroid photo of the Evan robot, which he would then throw into the crowd. In some performances, Manson would take the head off of the mannequin and sing the song to it, and then take the glasses of it and wear them, throwing them into the crowd. He has also removed the mannequin's arms and put them around himself.
  • Various samples of old songs like "Sweet Tooth", "Abuse, Part 1" and "Track 99", but also spoken samples of passages from Alice in Wonderland, Lolita and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are used as interludes while new stage props are set up in between songs.
Manson singing mOBSCENE.
  • On some occasions, the stage is filled with (presumably fake) candles during the opening song "If I Was Your Vampire".
  • In several shows, red and black confetti is blown over the crowd during "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)". Also during "The Beautiful People," sometimes white confetti is used.
  • During "The Dope Show," the line "the drugs, they say, are made in California" would sometimes be changed to include the name of the city or country it's being performed in (these lyrical changes were not new to this tour however). On most occasions, the name of the city is shown on the screen in the back along with the word "Drugs". A newer addition to the song's performance, beginning at the Halloween show at The Palms, was Manson singing part of The Beatles song, "Happiness is a Warm Gun" before "The Dope Show," and then using the next section of the song as an introduction to "The Reflecting God".
  • At the culmination of the show, usually during "The Beautiful People," Manson leaves the stage and performs the song among the crowd by standing on the separation barrier. In an interview with MTV Denmark, Manson said he added the feature "so that the show doesn't become too impersonal".


Tour Legs

Tour Leg Time Span
Rape of the World Summer European Tour 2007/05/262007/07/07
Rape of the World Summer North American Tour 2007/07/252007/09/01
Rape of the World South American Tour 2007/09/182007/09/30
Rape of the World Oceania Tour 2007/10/032007/10/13
Rape of the World Japan Tour 2007/10/162007/10/23
Rape of the World Winter European Tour 2007/11/102007/12/22
Rape of the World Winter North American Tour 2008/01/192008/03/02

Photo Gallery

Main Article: 2006-2008 EMDM Imagery#Live - Rape of the World

"Print Mafia" Poster Gallery

Main article: Print Mafia Poster Gallery

During the winter 2008 leg of Rape of the World many posters were created for shows by the Print Mafia company. Most consisted of:

  • Famous icons (Sharon Tate, Marilyn Monroe, Twiggy, etc.) bearing Manson's pink stripe makeup.
  • Serial killers (Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, etc.)
  • Political figures (Adolf Hitler, George W. Bush, etc.)
  • Religious figures (Jesus, Angel, etc.)
  • Infamous news figures (Bonnie and Clyde, etc.)
  • Manipulated horror, cult and b-movie posters.

Links