January 5th 2025 marks Marilyn Manson's 57th birthday and the anniversary of his five years of sobriety. To celebrate, as he does every year, he and his wife Lindsay hosted a birthday party where he was surrounded by friends and loved ones. Among the attendees who joined him to celebrate were Billy Corgan, Courtney Love, John 5, Danny Elfman, Vincent Gallo, Billy Morrison, Tim Skold, Greg Puciato, Charles Fleischer, Paul Wiley, Manson‘s ex-wife Dita Von Teese, death pop duo VOWWS, and many more. In his birthday speech before blowing out 57 candles on his birthday cake, which was topped by an illustration of Gustave Doré for John Milton's Paradise Lost titled "The Fall of Lucifer," Manson said the following: "Thanks everybody for coming. I love you guys. It's been a great year. 2026 is gonna be even better. I've got another album coming out, another world tour that's gonna be extra special, and five years continuous sobriety." View ...
Colonel Kurtz has posted the full exclusive interview on her YouTube channel with Scott Alan Wade, the childhood best friend of Marilyn Manson. Scott discusses past experiences and shares interesting never-before-heard stories and also gives his opinion on the allegations against Manson. Scott also spent a lot of time with Manson in adulthood and discusses the evolution of Manson as a person and as a rock star, even clarifying stories we read about in Manson's autobiography The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell. He also hung out with Manson and his accuser Evan Rachel Wood on tour and has some strong opinions about her and the other accusers. Scott also talks briefly about the upcoming documentary on Manson which will be aired on Channel 4 in Britain, since he was contacted to offer his contributions to it.