Editing Interview:2000/10 Marilyn Manson Muses On Politics As He Prepares For Tour
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It's been a year and a half since his last concert appearance. Shortly after playing Target Center in April 1999, he called a halt to that tour when politicians and protesters blamed him for the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado. (The teenage perpetrators were said to have listened to Manson's music, but it later was learned that they didn't even like him.) He canceled his final five shows "out of respect for those lost in the school tragedy." | It's been a year and a half since his last concert appearance. Shortly after playing Target Center in April 1999, he called a halt to that tour when politicians and protesters blamed him for the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado. (The teenage perpetrators were said to have listened to Manson's music, but it later was learned that they didn't even like him.) He canceled his final five shows "out of respect for those lost in the school tragedy." | ||
− | This tour, aimed at theater-size venues, draws primarily from a trilogy of albums: [[Antichrist Superstar (album)|Antichrist Superstar]], [[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]] and the forthcoming [[ | + | This tour, aimed at theater-size venues, draws primarily from a trilogy of albums: [[Antichrist Superstar (album)|Antichrist Superstar]], [[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]] and the forthcoming [[Holy Wood]]. |
"The show, while being theatrical, is very much raw, and it's operating on chaos," he said. "So I like to create different elements in the show that have to be followed. But the rest of it, I don't tell anybody else about — even the band. Then it's just whatever happens, happens." | "The show, while being theatrical, is very much raw, and it's operating on chaos," he said. "So I like to create different elements in the show that have to be followed. But the rest of it, I don't tell anybody else about — even the band. Then it's just whatever happens, happens." |