Source Months before Marilyn Manson's first-ever scheduled performance in Ferrara, Italy, on July 11, 2026, what should have been an ordinary stop on his European tour instead became one of the country's most closely watched cultural controversies, drawing in the mayor of Ferrara, the Catholic Church, a community of religious sisters, politicians, festival organizers, and thousands of supporters and critics across Italy. The Tour Begins When Marilyn Manson launched the European leg of his One Assassination Under God Tour in early July 2026, it marked another significant chapter in a remarkable career resurgence. After several years away from extensive international touring, Manson returned to European stages before enthusiastic audiences eager to see one of rock's most recognizable and controversial performers. The opening concerts generated strong fan reactions and reaffirmed that, despite decades of public controversy and intense media scrutiny, his international followin...
How the Relationship Began In the August issue of Elle U.K. magazine in 2007 there is an interview with 19 year old Evan Rachel Wood titled "Dark Angel" in which she explains how she met Marilyn Manson at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles in 2006; she was 18 and he was 37, married to Dita Von Teese at the time. The interview took place at the Chateau Marmont, for which reason she commented about a particular sofa there: "I love this place and this is my favourite sofa. This is where I met Manson, both of us hiding in the corner of a party neither of us wanted to be at." In the April 2007 issue of Le Parisien , Manson explained how when he first met Evan he asked her to be in his upcoming horror film, Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll. It was to feature Evan and British teen model Lily Cole sharing the role of Alice in Wonderland. Both insist a romantic relationship between the two did not exist while Manson was married to Dita. Evan says they became ...