{"id":26611,"date":"2025-06-30T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26611\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T08:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:02:09","slug":"controversial-rockers-u-k-tour-opener-canceled-after-extreme-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26611\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Rocker’s U.K. Tour Opener Canceled After Extreme Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Controversial Rocker’s U.K. Tour Opener Canceled After Extreme Backlash<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since the inception of his career, Marilyn Manson<\/strong> has been a polarizing figure in the music industry. However, it\u2019s not just Manson\u2019s look and sound that have led to public backlash.<\/p>\n

Manson, 56, whose real name is Brian Warner, has faced multiple allegations of abuse since 2021. Actress Evan Rachel Wood <\/strong>was the first to publicly accuse him of grooming, coercion, and prolonged physical and emotional abuse. She was later joined by several other women, including Esm\u00e9 Bianco<\/strong> and Ashley Morgan Smithline<\/strong>, with four women ultimately filing lawsuits accusing Manson of rape, sexual assault, and bodily harm.<\/p>\n

After a year-long investigation by the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office, the criminal case was dropped in January 2025 due to insufficient evidence to meet the legal burden of proof. Manson has consistently denied all allegations, calling them \u201cfalse\u201d and \u201chorrible distortions of reality.\u201d He also filed a defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood, 37, which was dismissed in 2023.<\/p>\n

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Though Manson continues to perform and make music, his upcoming show on October 29 in Brighton, England, has been canceled due to extreme backlash and protests.<\/p>\n

No Stage for Abusers, a prominent online campaign group, called on the Brighton Centre and Brighton and Hove City Council, which owns the venue, to cancel the concert.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Green Party MP Si\u00e2n Berry<\/strong> expressed her concerns about Manson\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n

Berry, 50, released a letter to the public, co-signed by a host of groups and the University of Sussex students\u2019 union, writing, \u201cMany 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, Ticketmaster has informed customers that the event will no longer proceed as planned and they will receive a refund.<\/p>\n

A representative for Manson did not immediately respond to Parade\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Controversial Rocker’s U.K. Tour Opener Canceled After Extreme Backlash<\/a> first appeared on Parade on Jun 29, 2025<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Controversial Rocker’s U.K. Tour Opener Canceled After Extreme Backlash originally appeared on Parade. Since the inception of his…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[23249,171,23250,23248,23251,19433,975,23252,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-26611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ashley-morgan-smithline","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-esme-bianco","11":"tag-evan-rachel-wood","12":"tag-los-angeles-district-attorneys-office","13":"tag-marilyn-manson","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-public-backlash","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}