- This article is about the tour. For other uses, see Smells Like Children (album) and Smells Like Children (song).
Smells Like Children was the fourth tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label Interscope Records. The tour was, however, the band's second headlining tour, as the band had prior to this toured with Nine Inch Nails for the Self Destruct Tour, Danzig for the Support for Danzig's Danzig 4p Tour, and headlined their very first tour a year prior. The band was on the tour from June 1, 1995 until February 4, 1996.
Lineup
Setlist
The following list contains the most commonly played songs in the order they were most generally performed. Also, "The Hands of Small Children" was known to be sampled as an intro on occasion.
- "Wrapped in Plastic"
- "Snake Eyes and Sissies"
- "Get Your Gunn"
- "Dogma"
- "Cyclops"
- "Cake and Sodomy"
- "Down in the Park"
- "Dope Hat"
- "My Monkey"
- "Smells Like Children"
- "Organ Grinder"
- "Lunchbox"
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
- "Misery Machine"
Stage Antics
Twiggy and Manson along with the tree and ouija board backdrop.
During the Smells Like Children tour, the background for the shows was a ouija board which read "Marilyn Manson" on the center. Another feature to the stage was the addition of a giant tree from which hung ventriloquist dummies from the branches. The stage was usually set up to accomodate small audiences, as most of the shows took place in clubs, rather than arenas.
This was the first Tour in which Manson began using stilts. The band also began their signature bizarre looks during this tour as well, by donning makeup and sexually suggestive clothes (with Manson wearing jock straps to pulling his pants down and with Twiggy beginning his traditional kinderwhore cross dressing gimmick).
As in previous tours, Manson was regularly seen cutting himself on stage during this tour. He got his main chest scarring from this tour as he got into a heated argument with a crowd member and he broke a bottle and ran it across his chest.
Tour Dates
| Date/Location
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Venue
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| 1995/06/01 Baton Rouge, LA
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Papa Joe's Rock 'n' Roll Club
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| 1995/06/02 New Orleans, LA
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Tipitinas
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| 1995/09/12 Tulsa, OK
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Cain's Ballroom
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| 1995/09/13 Oklahoma City, OK
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Will Rogers Center
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| 1995/09/15 Dallas, TX
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Deep Ellum Live
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| 1995/09/16 Houston, TX
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Numbers
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| 1995/09/17 Corpus Christi, TX
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Johnnyland
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| 1995/09/19 San Antonio, TX
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Showcase Special Events
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| 1995/09/20 Austin, TX
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Backroom
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| 1995/09/22 Albuquerque, NM
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El Rey Theatre
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| 1995/09/23 El Paso, TX
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El Paso Metropolis
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| 1995/09/24 Tucson, AZ
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Rock
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| 1995/09/25 Tempe, AZ
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Club Rio
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| 1995/09/27 San Diego, CA
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Soma
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| 1995/09/28 Santa Barbara, CA
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Santa Barbara Underground
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| 1995/09/29 Hollywood, CA
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Palace
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| 1995/10/01 Palo Alto, CA
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The Edge
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| 1995/10/02 San Francisco, CA
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Trocadero Transfer
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| 1995/10/03 Reno, NV
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Easy Street
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| 1995/10/05 Portland, OR
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La Luna
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| 1995/10/06 Seattle, WA
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RCKNDY
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| 1995/10/07 Vancouver, Canada
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New York Theatre
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| 1995/10/10 Denver, CO
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Ogden Theatre
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| 1995/10/12 Wichita, KS
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Rock Island
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| 1995/10/13 Springfield, MO
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Regency Showcase
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| 1995/10/14 Lawrence, KS
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Granada
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| 1995/10/15 Omaha, NE
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Ranch Bowl
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| 1995/10/17 Grand Rapids, MI
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| 1995/10/18 Toledo, OH
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Asylum
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| 1995/10/20 Cincinnati, OH
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Bogarts
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| 1995/10/21 Lakewood, OH
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Phantasy Theatre
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| 1995/10/22 Columbus, OH
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Newport Music Hall
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| 1995/10/23 Pittsburgh, PA
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Metropole
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| 1995/10/25 Buffalo, NY
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Ogden Street Music Hall
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| 1995/10/26 Rochester, NY
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Water Street Music Hall
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| 1995/10/27 Toronto, Canada
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Toronto Opera House
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| 1995/10/28 Albany, NY
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Saratoga Winners
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| 1995/10/30 Providence, RI
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Club Babyhead
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| 1995/10/31 Boston, MA
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Mama Kin's
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| 1995/11/01 Boston, MA
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Mama Kin's
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| 1995/11/03 New York City, NY
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Irving Plaza
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| 1995/11/04 New York City, NY
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Irving Plaza
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| 1995/11/05 Philadelphia, PA
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Electric Factory
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| 1995/11/06 Asbury Park, NJ
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Stone Pony
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| 1995/11/08 New Haven, CT
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Toad's Place
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| 1995/11/09 Washington, DC
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Capitol Ballroom
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| 1995/11/10 Norfolk, VA
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Boathouse
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| 1995/11/11 Raleigh, NC
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Ritz
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| 1995/11/13 Nashville, TN
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328 Performance Hall
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| 1995/11/14 Louisville, KY
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Brewery
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| 1995/11/15 St. Louis, MO
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Mississippi Nights
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| 1995/11/16 Milwaukee, WI
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T.A. Vern's
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| 1995/11/18 Sioux Falls, SD
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Pomp Room
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| 1995/11/19 Minneapolis, MN
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First Avenue
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| 1995/11/21 Columbia, MO
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Blue Note
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| 1995/11/22 Chicago, IL
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Cabaret Metro
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| 1995/11/24 Detroit, MI
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Saint Andrew's Hall
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| 1995/11/25 Detroit, MI
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Saint Andrew's Hall
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| 1995/11/26 Toronto, Canada
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Toronto Opera House
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| 1995/11/27 Wilkes Barre, PA
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Mantis Green
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| 1995/11/29 Fayetteville, NC
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Flaming Mug
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| 1995/11/30 Winston-Salem, NC
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Ziggy's Tavern
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| 1995/12/01 Wilmington, NC
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Mad Monk's
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| 1995/12/02 Atlanta, GA
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The Masquerade
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| 1995/12/04 Charlotte, NC
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Jeremiah's
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| 1995/12/05 Columbia, SC
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Rockafella's
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| 1995/12/06 Myrtle Beach, SC
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Headroom
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| 1995/12/08 Baton Rouge, LA
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Varsity Theater
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| 1995/12/09 New Orleans, LA
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Rendon Inn
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| 1995/12/10 Memphis, TN
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Six-One-Six
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| 1995/12/12 Fort Meyers, FL
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Pyramids
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| 1995/12/13 Tampa, FL
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Masquerade
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| 1995/12/15 Orlando, FL
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The Edge
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| 1995/12/16 Fort Lauderdale, FL
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The Edge
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| 1995/12/17 Fort Lauderdale, FL
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The Edge
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| 1995/12/28 Cleveland, OH
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Odeon
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| 1995/12/29 Cleveland, OH
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Odeon
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| 1995/12/31 New York City, NY
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Academy
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| 1996/01/02 Oldbridge, NJ
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Birch Hill Night Club
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| 1996/01/03 New London, CT
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El 'n' Gee
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| 1996/01/05 Baltimore, MD
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Hammerjack's
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| 1996/01/06 Allentown, PA
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Starz
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| 1996/01/07 Harrisburg, PA
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Metron
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| 1996/01/08 North Hampton, MA
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Pearl Street Nightclub
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| 1996/01/10 Cohoes, NY
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Saratoga Winners
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| 1996/01/11 Port Chester, NY
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Capitol Theatre
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| 1996/01/12 Huntington, NY
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Roxy
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| 1996/01/13 Rochester, NY
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Water Street Music Hall
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| 1996/01/15 Syracuse, NY
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Lost Horizon
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| 1996/01/16 State College, PA
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Crowbar
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| 1996/01/18 Kalamazoo, MI
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State Theatre
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| 1996/01/19 Toledo, OH
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Toledo Asylum
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| 1996/01/20 Columbus, OH
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Newport Music Hall
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| 1996/01/21 Cincinnati, OH
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Bogarts
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| 1996/01/23 Charlottesville, VA
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Trax
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| 1996/01/25 Knoxville, TN
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Electric Ballroom
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| 1996/01/26 Memphis, TN (Canceled)
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Six-One-Six
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| 1996/01/27 Johnson City, TN (Canceled)
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Nightmoves
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| 1996/01/28 Knoxville, TN (Canceled)
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Electric Ballroom
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| 1996/01/29 Carborro, NC
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Cat's Cradle
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| 1996/01/30 Charleston, SC
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Music Farm
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| 1996/01/31 Tallahassee, FL
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Moon
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| 1996/02/02 Daytona Beach, FL
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Underground Daytona Beach
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| 1996/02/03 St. Petersburg, FL
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Janus Landing
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| 1996/02/04 Stuart, FL
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Playground
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Trivia
- The performance in Memphis, Tennessee on January 26, 1996 was canceled for reasons unknown.
- The performance in Johnson City, Tennessee on January 27, 1996 was canceled due to throat problems of vocalist Marilyn Manson.
- The performance in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 28, 1996 was canceled for reasons unknown.
