The Marilyn Manson Wiki:News Archive

On August 2, 2007, former keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy filed a lawsuit against Marilyn Manson, allegedly claiming Manson has been using the band's profits to fund his collection of Nazi paraphernalia, his drug addictions, his wedding with ex-wife Dita Von Teese, and the production of Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, amongst other accusations which can be read on MTV.com. According to the lawsuit, Gacy asked to be refunded $20 million in payment. Manson stated he will defend himself against these allegations.

On July 20, 2007, Marilyn Manson performed "Putting Holes in Happiness" on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.

On July 5, 2007, Marilyn Manson announced that his signature brand of absinthe, Mansinthe, would have its first shipment on August 7, 2007. Potential buyers beware of the purchase and consumption laws of absinthe in your respective country.

On July 1, 2007, Marilyn Manson joined Alice Cooper onstage at the B'estival in Bucharest, Romania, to perform Cooper's "Eighteen". During Manson's set later that evening, Cooper joined Marilyn Manson onstage to perform "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".

On June 28, 2007, Marilyn Manson opened his art gallery in Cologne. Thirty-three of his paintings were exhibited, with prices ranging from $1,000 up to $55,000.

On June 13, 2007 Eat Me, Drink Me debuted at No. 8 in the United States where over 88,000 copies of the band's latest album have been sold. Other top-ten notations were in Austria (No. 2), Germany and France (No. 5), Japan and Italy (No. 7), the UK, Australia, and Sweden (No. 8, 9 and 10 respectively).

On June 5, 2007, Eat Me, Drink Me was released worldwide. Also, it was on this day that the band performed "EAT ME, DRINK ME" for the first time, live. The band played the song properly closing their set at the Palais Omnisport in Bercy, France.

On May 25, 2007, the 2-disc "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)" single was officially released in Europe. B-sides on the single include "Putting Holes in Happiness" (Acoustic Version) and "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)" (Penetrate the Canvas Remix).

On May 23, 2007, Marilyn Manson and Tim Skold appeared on UK radio station Radio 1 to discuss Eat Me, Drink Me, and performed two acoustic songs; one a rendition of "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)" and the other a Justin Timberlake cover titled "What Goes Around... Comes Around".

On May 22, 2007, an official Eat Me, Drink Me mini-site was discovered through a link found in the Europe "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)" single. The site contains lyrics, an art gallery, a mosaic, and the ability to stream up to two tracks per day starting on May 28, 2007. Upon completion of the mosaic, an Eat Me, Drink Me wallpaper becomes available for download, and three preview tracks ("Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)", "If I Was Your Vampire", and "Evidence") become available for streaming.

On May 18, 2007, the official booklet of Eat Me, Drink Me was posted on Marilyn Manson's official website in its entirety.

On May 1, 2007, Eat Me, Drink Me was leaked onto several peer-to-peer networks.

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