Against All Gods

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A backstage pass from the Against All Gods tour
A backstage pass from the Against All Gods tour

Against All Gods was the tenth tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label Interscope Records. It was also the band's sixth tour to span over multiple legs. The band was on the tour from October 27, 2004 until August 31, 2005.

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[edit] Theatricality

For this tour, Manson would come onstage swinging a censer (that some mistook for a chandelier), as in the ritual church ceremonies. Projection backdrops for the tour included a burning American flag and a church backdrop, reminiscent of visuals used during the Dead to the World tour, and other themed backdrops that represented the era of the song being performed. At a few shows, robots were utilised during performances of "Tourniquet" and/or "(s)AINT".

[edit] Attire

The costumes for the Against All Gods tour (all designed by Vivienne Westwood) went through two discernible phases. Initially, Manson took to the stage wearing a black jacket with pink trimming and wore a black gothic vest with a long, open black skirt. During "The Dope Show," he donned a black and white stripped suit jacket and wore a top hat for "mOBSCENE". At some shows, the black vest also had a silver strip running down it. When the tour moved to Europe, the band sported a Victorian dress style. Though the skirt remained similar, Manson’s vest then sported blue-velvet frills, and his entry jacket had a Black Plague theme (as did the hat worn during "The Nobodies" that was meant to look like a plague doctor's), with real chicken bones sown on in the shape of a sergeant’s shoulder decoration and a bagful of onions. During "mOBSCENE," Manson donned a military jacket and peak cap.

[edit] Tour legs

Tour Leg Time Span
Against All Gods North American Tour 2004/10/272004/12/20
Against All Gods Asian Tour 2005/01/292005/02/06
Against All Gods Mexican Tour 2005/02/09
Against All Gods European Tour 2005/05/272005/08/31
Marilyn Manson live
Live band Marilyn Manson · Twiggy · Ginger Fish · Chris Vrenna
Tours Independent touring · Support for Nine Inch Nails' Self Destruct Tour · Portrait of an American Family · Support for Danzig's Danzig 4 Tour · Smells Like Children · Dead to the World · Mechanical Animals · Rock Is Dead · Guns, God and Government · Grotesk Burlesk · Against All Gods · Rape of the World · The High End of Low Tour
Live albums Live as Hell · The Last Tour on Earth
Tour documentaries Dead to the World · God Is in the T.V. · Guns, God and Government World Tour (The Death Parade) · Fourth video album
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