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| Marilyn Manson, Chicago Open Air, 2016 |
I have one regret with
Marilyn Manson: that I didn't see him perform live, fifteen or twenty years ago. He still raises a huge crowd of followers, his recent album The Pale Emporer was huge, but no, I didn't see him all those years ago, and I do regret it.
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| Marilyn Manson, Chicago Open Air |
Why? Because I have nothing to compare his recent performances with, except for shady YouTube videos. I can't talk to how good a performance he gave on Sunday last at
Chicago Open Air in comparison to earlier shows... and so I'm not going to try. I do know that his rendition of Sweet Dreams is still my favourite
Manson song, by far... so I'll just share the photos.
Marilyn Manson arrived on stage, tossed out one bag of pink powder which burst into a glorious opaque cloud (and several more bags which didn't burst, but became thudding missiles); he spent much of the first song with his back to the crowd, but smiling, a secret joke; and then the show really began, with Manson marching from one side of the stage to the other, rousing the audience, who responded beautifully.
The
setlist included Angel with the Scabbed Wings, The Beautiful People, and his unique, and the best, cover of the Eurythmic's Sweet Dreams.
Marilyn Manson is currently on tour throughout North America: catch all the tour dates here:
http://www.marilynmanson.com/tour
More photos in the
Chicago Open Air Marilyn Manson photo gallery!
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