Slayer, Marilyn Manson – To Launch 25 City Co-Headlining North American Tour on July 25th
SLAYER and MARILYN MANSON have announced that they will co-headline a North American major-market Summer tour set to kick off July 25th on the East Coast. Plans are for the tour to play some twenty-five cities and wrap up early September on the West Coast. A full, confirmed schedule will be announced shortly.
SLAYER and MARILYN MANSON will each play full sets, and two support bands, yet to be determined, will open all shows.
Just prior to the American trek, both MANSON and SLAYER will be on tour throughout Europe, sharing the stage at three European festivals – the U.K.’s Download Festival at Donington (June 9th), Greenfield Festival in Sweden (June 15th), and Stockholm’s Metaltown Festival (June 30th).
MARILYN MANSON just wrapped up work on his upcoming June release to be titled, “Eat Me, Drink Me,” which Rolling Stone magazine anticipates as “epic.” Voted “Best Band in the World” by Kerrang! magazine, the army of noise behind MARILYN MANSON’s bitterness is at once raw and massive when witnessing him live – “rousing the crowd with focuses ardor,” states the New York Times.
Celebrating their 26th year together, the always-uncompromising SLAYER was just named “Best Live Band” in SPIN’s 2006 Readers Poll, and picked up their first Grammy Award last month for “Best Metal Performance.” Their latest album, “Christ Illusion” – debuting at #5 on Billboard’s Albums Chart – takes on the U.S. Government about the War in Iraq, prompting one newspaper to speculate, “If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he undoubtedly would be listening to SLAYER.”
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Interesting lineup. I’ll go just to finally say I’ve seen Mason. Oh, and to watch Slayer decimate everything. Depending on who plays second it could be interesting. If Manson plays second he’ll have a legion of beat-up goth kids to try to nod their heads. If Slayer plays second then there’ll be no goth kids left after two songs since they’ll all be scared and run away.
I look forward to this.
So I wonder if this is considered this yrs verison of the Unholy Alliance Tour?
yep
Now they just need some satanic Black Metal to start the show and it could possibly be the biggest rally of Anti Christian supporters ever.
this will be awesome.
except Tom Araya is actually christian by choice. Look it up if you dont believe me.
In an interview, Araya believes that “…Christ came and taught us about love, about doing unto others. That was his preach: Accept each other for who we are. Live peacefully, and love one another.”
(http://www.slayersaves.com/interviews_tom2.htm)
Not saying christ is a bad thing either, so dont jump on me for that, Im just saying the facts.
The rest of them on the other hand, not so much.
Boring.
who is playing for manson now anyway?
wow thats quite the lineup
baddass show
I wonder how Manson and Slayer fans will get along
Wow this site actually beat Blabbermouth.net to some news, but what is the source of this info? Manson’s site? Slayer?
I will be there, because Slayer will be there. I don’t give a fuck if Jewel is opeing.
Hell yeah, so is this really the Unholy Alliance tour or is Manson closing the show?
this is the best tour ever
hands down
im interested to see who will be opening
oh yea and fuck christians
haha. this tour would have maybe worked 10 years ago. but now? haha
This is so weird it’s exciting. I’ve seen both, and I’ll see them both again. Fuckin’ awesome.
I just hope manson has given up wearing his panties and a garter belt outfit onstage. Not a good look for a skinny man.
^^^you like your guys a little plump, huh? lol
Damn I hate Manson but I could really give a fuck because FUCKIN SLAYER! LOL I really hope this isn’t what the Unholy Alliance has become…
It could be worse, It could be a Limp Bizkit reunion.
it’s slayer, that’s more than enough for me to go.
never seen manson but always wondered how he is live.
exactly, Slayer will destroy as usual but I’ll check out Manson just for the hell of it. A.S was a deadly album.