- Mechanical Animals Tour
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Mechanical Animals 
Tour by Marilyn Manson Associated album Mechanical Animals Start date October 25, 1998 End date January 31, 1999 Shows 52 (planned) Marilyn Manson tour chronology Dead to the World
(1996-1997)Mechanical Animals
(1998-1999)Beautiful Monsters
(1999)Mechanical Animals was a worldwide tour by the band Marilyn Manson in support of their third LP album Mechanical Animals, released on September 15, 1998. The tour extended from late 1998[1] to early 1999 and was recorded in 1998 for the VHS-format God is in the TV which was released on November 2, 1999.
The Mechanical Animals European Festival Tour was supposed to be the first leg of the tour. This particular leg of the tour consisted of 6 dates to be played at various European festivals planned as the debut of follow-up material to Antichrist Superstar two months before the release of Mechanical Animals. This leg of the tour spanned from June 25, 1998 until July 12, 1999.
Reportedly, drummer Ginger Fish became ill with mononucleosis. This led the band to cancel the entire summer European leg and postpone the beginning of the tour to October 25, 1998.
Beginning on October 25, 1998 and lasting until January 31, 1999, the "Mechanical Animals Tour" included two legs spanning a Fall to Winter World Tour in Europe, Japan, and North America and a 6 show headlining stint at the Big Day Out tour in Australia.[2] In total, the band completed 46 shows out of the 52 originally planned.
Contents
Background
After declining a headlining slot at the failing Lollapalooza summer music festival (along with numerous other bands) in early 1998 due to delays in Mechanical Animals' release, the band launched the first of their own headlining tours in support of the album.[3] The tour was originally intended to begin on June 25, 1998 with a series of 6 festival dates in Europe lasting until July 12, 1998.[4] However, drummer Ginger Fish became ill with mononucleosis, leading to the cancellation of the entire summer European leg and the postponement of the beginning of the tour to October 25, 1998 in Lawrence, Kansas.[4]
Performance and show themes
With this being the first leg of the tour, the stage show was minimal compared to later legs of the tour
Incidents
As with the band's preceding 1997 world tour, Dead to the World, the Mechanical Animals Tour met with heavy resistance from civic and religious leaders. The first of these protests occurred on October 19, 1998. A month before a planned performance at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York, local activists began calling for a cancellation of the engagement. According to Associated Press, then-Syracuse Mayor Roy Bernardi attempted to block the venue's permit, citing a "moral obligation to the people of Syracuse", without specifying any reason for his objections. Onondaga County officials also attempted to extort the Landmark into halting the event by threatening to withhold $30,000 in county funds earmarked for the venue, prompting the venue's bookers to consider dropping the show altogether. Despite this, representatives for the Landmark started selling tickets on the day it was planned and the performance took place on the arranged date and venue.[5]
North American set list
- The Reflecting God
- Great Big White World
- Cake and Sodomy
- Posthuman
- Mechanical Animals
- I Want to Disappear
- Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
- The Speed of Pain
- Rock is Dead
- The Dope Show
- Lunchbox
- User Friendly
- I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)
- Rock 'n' Roll Nigger
- The Beautiful People
- Irresponsible Hate Anthem
European/Asian set list
- Inauguration of the Mechanical Christ
- The Reflecting God
- Great Big White World
- Cake and Sodomy
- Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
- Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes
- Rock is Dead
- The Dope Show
- Lunchbox
- I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)
- Rock 'n' Roll Nigger
- The Beautiful People
Tour dates
# Date City Country Venue Europe 1 June 25, 1998 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival (Cancelled) 2 June 27, 1998 Burgh Netherlands Waldrock Festival (Cancelled) 3 June 28, 1998 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting (Cancelled) 4 June 30, 1998 Kristiansand Norway Odderøya Amfi (Cancelled) 5 July 9, 1998 Frauenfeld Germany Out in the Green Festival (Cancelled) 6 July 12, 1998 Zwickau Full Force Open Air (Cancelled) North America 7 October 25, 1998 Lawrence, Kansas United States Granada 8 October 26, 1998 Kansas City, Kansas Memorial Hall 9 October 27, 1998 St. Louis, Missouri Fox Theater 10 October 29, 1998 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Riverside Theatre 11 October 30, 1998 Chicago, Illinois Aragon Ballroom 12 October 31, 1998 St. Paul, Minnesota Roy Wilkins Auditorium 13 November 3, 1998 Tulsa, Oklahoma Brady Theatre 14 November 4, 1998 Houston, Texas Aerial Theatre 15 November 5, 1998 Dallas, Texas Bronco Bowl 16 November 7, 1998 New Orleans, Louisiana State Theatre 17 November 9, 1998 Atlanta, Georgia Tabernacle 18 November 10, 1998 Charlotte, North Carolina Ovens Auditorium 19 November 11, 1998 Richmond, Virginia Landmark Theater 20 November 13, 1998 Camden, New Jersey Sony Blockbuster Pavilion 21 November 14, 1998 Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Music Hall 22 November 16, 1998 Detroit, Michigan State Theatre 23 November 18, 1998 Mississauga Canada Arrow Hall 24 November 19, 1998 Syracuse, New York United States Landmark Theatre 25 November 21, 1998 Poughkeepsie, New York Mid-Hudson Civic Center 26 November 22, 1998 Lowell, Massachusetts Tsongas Arena 27 November 23, 1998 New York City, New York Hammerstein Ballroom Europe 28 November 27, 1998 Barcelona Spain Pavello de la D'Hebron 29 November 28, 1998 Bilbao Pabellon de la Castilla 30 November 30, 1998 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Multiusos 31 December 1, 1998 Madrid Spain Palacio de la Commidad 32 December 4, 1998 Milan Italy Palavobis 33 December 9, 1998 Copenhagen Denmark KB Halle 34 December 10, 1998 Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall 35 December 11, 1998 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Arena 36 December 13, 1998 Hamburg Germany Grosse Freiheit 36 37 December 14, 1998 Tilburg Netherlands 013 38 December 16, 1998 Cologne Germany E-Werk 39 December 17, 1998 London England Brixton Academy 40 December 18, 1998 Deinze Belgium Breilpoort 41 December 19, 1998 Paris France Le Zénith North America 42 December 31, 1998 Las Vegas, Nevada United States The Joint Asia 43 January 8, 1999 Tokyo Japan NK Hall 44 January 9, 1999 45 January 11, 1999 Osaka Zepp 46 January 12, 1999 Big Day Out 47 January 15, 1999 Auckland New Zealand Ericcson Stadium 48 January 17, 1999 Gold Coast Australia Gold Coast Parklands 49 January 23, 1999 Sydney Sydney Showgrounds 50 January 26, 1999 Melbourne Melbourne Showgrounds 51 January 29, 1999 Adelaide Adelaide Showgrounds 52 January 31, 1999 Perth Bassendean Oval Lineup
- Marilyn Manson
- Marilyn Manson: Vocals
- John5: Guitar
- Twiggy Ramirez: Bass
- Madonna Wayne Gacy: Keyboards
- Ginger Fish: Drums
Reception
Critical reception
Music critic Tim Finn of the The Kansas City Star commented that, overall, the show was "far less a spectacle than the Antichrist Superstar tour."[1]
References
- ^ a b "Marilyn Manson Kicks Off Tour". MTV News. 1998-10-28. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431731/marilyn-manson-kicks-off-tour.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
- ^ "Marilyn Manson Kicks Off Tour". MTV News. MTV Networks (Viacom). 1998-10-28. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431731/marilyn-manson-kicks-off-tour.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
- ^ Fischer, Blair (1998-04-03). "Cruel Summer: Lollapalooza '98 Canceled". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cruel-summer-lollapalooza-98-canceled-19980403. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ a b "Marilyn Manson Shows Canceled". VH1. MTV Networks (Viacom). 1998-06-24. http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/400077/19980624/index.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ "Marilyn Manson Tour Draws First Protests, Syracuse Show May Be Blocked". MTV News. 1998-10-19. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431733/marilyn-manson-tour-draws-first-protests-syracuse-show-may-be-blocked.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
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