Rape of the World (tour)
Rape of the World is the eleventh and current tour Marilyn Manson has embarked on, under management of major record label Interscope Records. It is also the band's seventh tour to span over multiple legs. The band has been on the tour since May 26, 2007.
Lineup
- Vocals: Marilyn Manson
- Guitar: Tim Skold
- Bass: Rob Holliday
- Keyboards: Chris Vrenna
- Drums: Ginger Fish
Supporting Acts
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. During their Melbourne performance, after making offensive comments directed at the crowd, bottles and assorted rubbish were thrown, mainly at Kat, and they were consequently boo'ed until they left the stage. During the Winter European tour leg the band was supported by Turbonegro.
Stage Antics
For this tour Manson returned to the threatrics of Grotesk Burlesk, some influenced by Alice In Wonderland. These are the elements contained in the shows:
- A microphone in the shape of a knife
- A huge chair for "Are You The Rabbit?"
- Return of the Antichrist Superstar podium and a bible being burnt midway through the song
- Backgrounds of interactive animations, incuding:
- - "You and Me and the Devil Makes 3": Rocky Horror Show like lips that sing along with Manson
- - "The Dope Show": A continuously rotating pill with "Eat Me" written on the front and the Cross of Lorraine on the back.
- - "Irresponsible Hate Anthem": A rapid fire montage of words like Love, Hate, Drugs, Sex, God and Death
- - "Just a Car Crash Away": A heartbeat line from a life support monitor
- 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 perforing "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 wearing 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, the manequinn pushing a cart with a birthday cake. In some performances Manson rips its head off and sings the song to it.
- More outfit changes than in any other tour.
- Various samples of old songs like "Sweet Tooth" and "Track 99", but also spoken samples of passages from Alice in Wonderland and one from the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are used as interludes while new stage props are set up in between songs.
- In 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. Also in some occasions the name of the city is shown on the screen in the back, along with the word "drugs".
Particular antics such as the big chair or the boxing ring have been added for later dates, whereas the first shows of this tour didnt have much theatrics.
