Revision as of 04:47, 5 February 2008

Hole's Beautiful Monsters tour acted as the first leg of Marilyn Manson's 1999 Rock Is Dead Tour. This particular leg of the tour consisted of 9 dates played in the United States. The shows were co-headlined with Hole. This leg of the tour spanned from February 28, 1999 until March 14, 1999. The tour was supposed to run for the entire length of the 'Rock is Dead' tour (May 1999). The tour was set so that Manson would close the shows in the beginning of the tour and also select the opening band (Monster Magnet) during this time. Starting with the April 6th show in East Rutherford, Hole was to take over the headlining slot and selection of the opening band (Imperial Teen). The tour garnered a large amount of media attention including a 30 minute MTV special and daily updates of the tour's progression.

Hole's Departure

Shortly after the tour started, Hole's lead signer Courtney Love could no longer take the nightly exchange of insults between herself and Manson during their respective sets and decided to drop off from the tour. Turnouts for the show were primarily Manson fans, who were not very interested in the Hole performance. Hole also pointed to the financial arrangement for the bands (50/50 cost and revenue splitting) was a reason for discontinuing the tour. Hole had relatively little production costs and ending up paying a large amount for Manson's high cost production.

Lineup

• Vocals: Marilyn Manson
• Guitar: John 5
• Bass: Twiggy Ramirez
• Keyboards: Madonna Wayne Gacy
• Drums: Ginger Fish

Setlist

The following setlist is a generalization of the tracks performed during Marilyn Manson's opening act, in the order they were most commonly performed.

1. "Inauguration of the Mechanical Christ"
2. "The Reflecting God"
3. "Great Big White World"
4. "Get Your Gunn"
5. "Mechanical Animals"
6. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
7. "The Speed of Pain"
8. "Rock Is Dead"
9. "The Dope Show"
10. "Lunchbox"
11. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)"
12. "Irresponsible Hate Anthem"
13. "Antichrist Superstar"
14. "The Beautiful People"

Tour Dates