Below I translated two articles from German publications where they talk about an open letter recently written and that has been published calling for the cancelation of Marilyn Manson's November 22nd concert in Bern, Switzerland. The Open Letter is also translated after the two articles. They currently have a petition out as well that began on September 10th calling for public support, where they currently have 470 signatures (see here ). Open Letter Calls for Cancellation of Marilyn Manson Concert in Bern The scandal-ridden rocker is scheduled to perform at the Bern Festhalle at the end of November. Left-wing parties and women's organizations want to prevent the concert. By Anna Luna Frauchiger September 11, 2025 Berner Zeitung Rocker Marilyn Manson's planned performance on November 22nd in Bern is facing opposition: The Young Socialists (Juso), Social Democratic Party (SP), Greens, and the women's organizations Frieda and Brava have issued an open letter calling on...
When on February 1st 2021 Marilyn Manson was called out by name on social media by Evan Rachel Wood and a number of other women for alleged abusive behavior, and in the lawsuits that followed months later, one of the most common terms used to describe this abusive behavior was "gaslighting", which is an umbrella term that includes grooming, controlling, brainwashing, love bombing and manipulating with a goal to get someone to question their own reality, memory or perceptions. The association of Marilyn Manson with gaslighting began with Evan Rachel Wood's 2018 congressional testimony , in which she described that the abuse she suffered by her then anonymous abuser was centered around gaslighting. She said: My experience with domestic violence was this. Toxic mental, physical, and sexual abuse, which started slow, but escalated over time, including threats against my life, severe gaslighting and brainwashing, waking up to the man that claimed to love me raping what he beli...