Portrait of an American Family (tour)

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Portrait of an American Family
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Tour by Marilyn Manson
Supporting album Portrait of an American Family
Start date December 27, 1994
End date March 11, 1995
Legs 1
Shows 47
(46 completed, 1 cancelled)
Marilyn Manson tour chronology
Further Down the Spiral
(1994)
Portrait of an American Family
(1994–1995)
Support for Danzig's Danzig 4p Tour
(1995)

Portrait of an American Family was Marilyn Manson's first headlining tour. These shows, taking place between December 27, 1994 and March 11, 1995, were played in support of the band's major label debut, Portrait of an American Family, which was released five months prior to. Before the Portrait of an American Family tour, Marilyn Manson had been promoting their album in opening slots of Nine Inch Nails' Self Destruct and Further Down the Spiral tours. While in the past there had infrequently been shows where other bands were billed to open for Marilyn Manson, Portrait of an American Family bumped the band to a permanent headlining spot. Jack Off Jill opened the first spots until the fourth show, when the band went out of state, after which Monster Voodoo Machine, along with a few venue local bands opened for them.

After the first night of the tour, front man Marilyn Manson was arrested and taken into custody for violating the Adult Entertainment Code by allegedly[1] donning a strap-on dildo on-stage. In spite of this, Manson was freed and the band appeared in Orlando the following night as scheduled.

Lineup[edit]

Setlist[edit]

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

  1. "Revelation 9"
  2. "Prelude (The Family Trip)"
  3. "Organ Grinder"
  4. "Cyclops"
  5. "Get Your Gunn"
  6. "Dope Hat"
  7. "Wrapped in Plastic"
  8. "White Knuckles"
  9. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
  10. "Snake Eyes and Sissies"
  11. "Dogma"
  12. "Down in the Park"
  13. "My Monkey"
  14. "Lunchbox"
  15. "Cake and Sodomy"
  16. "Misery Machine"
  17. "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger"
  18. "Helter Skelter"

Opening songs[edit]

Stage antics[edit]

The stage was usually arranged with living room décor, not unlike that on the Portrait of an American Family album cover. A table with a lamp was the most commonly seen piece at the shows.

The first and last shows included the most memorable incidents of the tour. On December 27, 1994, Manson was misidentified as "jacking off a strap-on dildo" and "urinating on the crowd,"[1] resulting in his arrest just one night into the tour.

When concluding the tour at the a South Carolina show on March 11, 1995, Manson slipped on a beer bottle, smashing it.[2] Angry, he picked up a piece of the bottle and cut his chest "from one side to the other," his first act of notoriously cutting himself on-stage. Closing the performance, the band also allegedly ignited drummer Sara Lee Lucas' kit in an attempt to ignite only his bass drum. Claims that Lucas himself was lit aflame have been made by Manson[2] but are disputed by Lucas.[3] It was Sara Lee Lucas' last performance with the band.

Tour dates[edit]

# Date City Location Venue
1 1994/12/27 Jacksonville Florida Flag-us.png Club 5
2 1994/12/28 Orlando Florida Flag-us.png The Edge
3 1994/12/29 Tampa Florida Flag-us.png Jannus Landing
4 1994/12/31 Fort Lauderdale Florida Flag-us.png The Edge
5 1995/01/11 Houston Texas Flag-us.png Abyss
6 1995/01/13 Dallas Texas Flag-us.png Trees
7 1995/01/14 Austin Texas Flag-us.png Backroom
8 1995/01/15 San Antonio Texas Flag-us.png Player's Club
9 1995/01/17 El Paso Texas Flag-us.png
10 1995/01/18 Mesa Arizona Flag-us.png Nile Theater
11 1995/01/19 Los Angeles California Flag-us.png Whiskey
12 1995/01/21 San Francisco California Flag-us.png Bottom of the Hill
13 1995/01/22 Palo Alto California Flag-us.png The Edge
14 1995/01/24 Slidell Louisiana Flag-us.png The Snake Pit
15 1995/01/25 Vancouver British Columbia Flag-ca.png Pacific Coliseum
16 1995/01/27 Salt Lake City Utah Flag-us.png Club DV8
17 1995/01/28 Denver Colorado Flag-us.png Ogden Theater
18 1995/01/30 St. Louis Missouri Flag-us.png Mississippi Nights
19 1995/02/01 Minneapolis Minnesota Flag-us.png First Avenue
20 1995/02/02 Milwaukee Wisconsin Flag-us.png Shank Hill
21 1995/02/03 Chicago Illinois Flag-us.png Metro
22 1995/02/04 Detroit Michigan Flag-us.png St. Andrews Hall
23 1995/02/05 Lakewood Ohio Flag-us.png Phantasy Theatre
24 1995/02/07 Toronto Ontario Flag-ca.png Opera House
25 1995/02/09 Boston Massachusetts Flag-us.png Middle East Café
26 1995/02/10 North Hampton Massachusetts Flag-us.png Pearl Street Nightclub
27 1995/02/11 Providence Rhode Island Flag-us.png Club Babyhead
28 1995/02/12 New York City New York Flag-us.png Limelight
29 1995/02/14 Washington D.C. USA Flag-us.png 9:30
30 1995/02/16 Carrboro North Carolina Flag-us.png Rescheduled [4]
31 1995/02/17 New Orleans Louisiana Flag-us.png Muddy Waters
32 1995/02/18 Columbia South Carolina Flag-us.png Rescheduled [4]
33 1995/02/21 Atlanta Georgia Flag-us.png Point
34 1995/02/22 Athens Georgia Flag-us.png Georgia State Theatre
35 1995/02/24 Syracuse New York Flag-us.png Goldstein Auditorium
36 1995/02/25 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Flag-us.png Theater for Living Arts
37 1995/02/27 Middletown New York Flag-us.png Sportland Café
38 1995/02/28 Lancaster Pennsylvania Flag-us.png Chameleon Club
39 1995/03/01 Oldbridge New Jersey Flag-us.png Birch Hill Night Club
40 1995/03/02 Lido Beach New York Flag-us.png Malibu Night Club
41 1995/03/04 Buffalo New York Flag-us.png Network
42 1995/03/06 Albany New York Flag-us.png QE2
43 1995/03/07 Lancaster Pennsylvania Flag-us.png Chameleon Club
44 1995/03/08 Cincinnati Ohio Flag-us.png Bogarts
45 1995/03/09 Winston-Salem North Carolina Flag-us.png Ziggy's Tavern
46 1995/03/10 Carrboro North Carolina Flag-us.png Cat's Cradle
47 1995/03/11 Columbia South Carolina Flag-us.png Alcatrazz


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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Manson, Marilyn; Strauss, Neil (1998-02-14). The Long Hard Road Out of Hell. ReganBooks. p. 161. ISBN 0-06-098746-4. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Manson, Marilyn; Strauss, Neil (1998-02-14). The Long Hard Road Out of Hell. ReganBooks. p. 171. ISBN 0-06-098746-4. 
  3. Sara Lee Lucas told MansonWiki in November 2010, "I was never lit on fire, and my kit was never intentionally ignited. My decision to leave the band was made long before that last show but I didn't want to leave in the middle of tour."
  4. 4.0 4.1 The performances in Carrboro and Columbia on February 16 and February 18, 1994 were rescheduled to the last two dates of the tour for reasons unknown.