Marilyn Manson Brighton concert cancelled after pressure from campaigners

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/28/marilyn-manson-brighton-concert-cancelled-after-pressure-from-campaigners

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  1. Heavy metal star Marilyn Manson, has had the first UK concert of his One Assassination Under God Tour cancelled after pressure from campaign groups and an MP.
    The first leg of the tour was due to kick off at the Brighton Centre on Wednesday, 29 October. Ticketmaster have since informed customers that the event will no longer go ahead as planned and they will be refunded.

    An online campaign group, No Stage for Abusers, called on the Brighton Centre and Brighton and Hove city council, which owns the venue, to cancel the performance.
    Four women had sued Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, accusing him of rape, sexual assault and bodily harm. However, after a year-long investigation, the case against him was dropped in January.
    Prosecutors in California found that the statute of limitations had been exceeded and argued they would not be able to bring charges that prove Warner was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The identities of the women were not revealed, but Game of Thrones actor Esmé Bianco, who sued Warner in a case that has now been settled, stated that she was part of the criminal investigation.

    In 2021, Manson’s former fiancee, the Westworld actor Evan Rachel Wood, also named him as her abuser for the first time in an Instagram post. Warner has dismissed the allegations as Last week, Green Party MP Siân Berryexpressed her concerns about Warner’s scheduled performance in her constituency in Brighton, writing an open letter to the leader of Brighton and Hove city council, Bella Sankey.
    In Berry’s letter, which was co-signed by a host of groups and the University of Sussex students’ union, she made the case for cancelling the concert, saying it went against “the city’s well-renowned values”.
    Berry wrote: “Many survivors in Brighton and Hove, and organisations supporting them, will have serious concerns about this booking and its wider impact on other people visiting the city centre, local residents and the wider community.”
    She added: “The council has a responsibility to take action where there are risks of discrimination, harassment and victimisation.”
    Supporters of Warner point out that Warner has not been found guilty of allegations against him. Others said the decision infringes on freedom of speech.
    One person told The Argus: “This is cancel culture, nothing more, and it’ll backfire when artists don’t add a Brighton and Hove date to their tours and stick to London, which incidentally hasn’t banned Marilyn Mansonfrom their city.”

  3. 50 year old men in clown makeup is always a red flag …

  5. He’s wearing his please don’t look at my neck shirt

  6. I grew up loving his music, and it heavily influenced my taste in industrial and metal. Not that it’s terrible surprising, but it’s still really sad to learn that he was this horrible person.

  7. The guy wrote about having sexual pictures of a minor. Dude should be haggled until he stops making music and goes off to drink himself to death.

  8. He’s supposed to be coming to Sacramento for Aftershock here in a couple months

    Don’t think its gonna end well lol

  9. Nobody cares. Nobody is missing a good show. Fuck that guy.

  10. Thank Lord, let him finally be irrelevant and die alone

  13. Poor Squiggy was never the same after Laverne & Shirley.

  14. 4 women accused him of abuse.

    Only a fucking idiot would give him the benefit of the doubt.

  15. Anyone read his book? I read it when it came out and it shocked me then, and I still sometimes randomly think of parts of the book and what he admits he done to groupies (that poor deaf girl).

    Mechanical Animals is a masterpiece of an album, morally I have to try and disconnect artist from art since that album was such a big deal for me when it came out.

    But it is getting harder and harder to justify to myself sometimes anytime I think of a song I want to listen to.

  16. Theres a good Disgraceland podcast about him if anyone is interested, we listen to that at work and everyone always seems to enjoy

  18. What a washed up has-been. I can’t get past the horrible person inside.

  19. I saw him since the allegations. I purchased my tickets before I heard about them. I was conflicted but still went. The show was pretty amazing.

    The lack of criminal charges against him does make we wonder how bad he actually was. I’m not defending him. I do think he did some element of the accusations but probably the answer is somewhere in between his story and the stories of his accusers. Forcible confinement for example is kidnapping. It’s a felony and usually easy to prove.

  20. I know their heart is in the right place and Manson is a piece of shit, but I have to roll my eyes a little at the organization behind this. Their site is basically a list of musicians that we’re not allowed to like

  21. That’s a shame. Saw him in New Jersey last month and it was fucking awesome, one of the best concerts I’ve been to.

  22. this just in, a bunch of pussies ruins something for everyone yet again. more news at 8!

  23. Anyone who is shocked Manson did the things he’s accused of, wasn’t paying attention.

    Manson is a very troubled and dark guy. That’s the entire point of his music.

  24. Baffled this dude had more consequences than Brand New. They’re selling out an entire tour right now while Jesse Lacey is still being a fucking creep with fans

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