The High End of Low (tour)
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The High End of Low Tour was Marilyn Manson's twelfth tour. It was also the the band's eighth tour to span over multiple legs. The tour spanned from June 3, 2009 until December 21, 2009. The only known tour date of the tour's seventh tour leg in 2010 has been cancelled, and during the last show Manson announced that there would be no more tour dates in 2010[1].
Lineup
- Vocals: Marilyn Manson
- Guitar/Backing vocals: Twiggy
- Bass: Andy Gerold
- Keyboards: Chris Vrenna
- Drums: Ginger Fish
Stage persona, attitude, and attire
- For most of the tour, Manson was seen wearing the same sleeveless black shirt with a razor blade image on the front, as well as his signature black skin tight leather trousers.
- For most performances of "Devour" or "Great Big White World", Manson wore a white coat.
- For some performances of "Great Big White World", Manson would rip his way out of a box sealed in a plastic wrap.
- For performances of "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World", Manson would play guitar.
- For performances of "If I Was Your Vampire" and "Leave a Scar", Manson used a microphone in the shape of a knife, as he previously used during the Rape of the World tour.
- For performances of "Four Rusted Horses", Manson would burn a Bible, as he has notably done during past performances of "Antichrist Superstar".
- For performances of "Pretty As A Swastika" and "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon", banners baring the dollar sign logo were on stage.
- For performances of "Irresponsible Hate Anthem", Manson wore a Nazi helmet and held the flag of whichever country he was performing in.
- Also for performances of "Pretty As A Swastika", Manson wore the hat of a Nazi officer.
- During European leg, for performances of "Devour" and "Coma White"/"Coma Black", a large promotional photo of his room was used as a backdrop.
- During European leg, for performances of "Cruci-Fiction in Space", Manson wore gloves with lasers attached to the fingers.
- For performances of "The Dope Show", Manson wore a top hat.
- Also for performances of "The Dope Show" and "Leave a Scar", Manson made use of film projectors.
- During the performance of "Running to the Edge of the World" on the last date of the tour, Manson sang to Evan Rachel Wood, with the knife microphone, as she pretended to bleed to death, lying on a bed that had been set up center stage.
- During the show in Manchester, England, previous Marilyn Manson guitarist Rob Holliday joined the band to play "Little Horn".
- During the show in Pomona, California, Kerry King of the band Slayer joined Manson to play "Little Horn" and "Irresponsible Hate Anthem".
