There is a point in One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 where the language of survival finally becomes the language of retaliation. “The Arsonist” is that point. The song is not simply about having survived an attempt to destroy you. It is about what happens afterward, when the person who has been burned decides that the fire did not finish him and that the scars it left behind have become part of his strength. Manson himself described the song as the moment when the narrative of the two chapters “crystallizes into a battle stance,” and, referring to the painting he created for it, said that the “burned scar tissue” had formed into armor. That description gets very close to the heart of the song. The fire has not disappeared. It has changed him. The title is important because Manson does not call the song The Survivor or The Victim . He calls it "The Arsonist." An arsonist deliberately starts a fire, and this changes the entire perspective of the song. The speaker is no...
Within 24 hours of going on sale on August 2nd, it was announced on Marilyn Manson's social media pages that his concert at Alcatraz in Milan, Italy scheduled for February 11, 2025, has been sold out.
This story was picked up by various Italian media sources as well.
Marilyn Manson has not played in Italy since the Milano Summer Festival on June 19, 2018, and this February will mark nearly seven years since that time.
This story was picked up by various Italian media sources as well.
Marilyn Manson has not played in Italy since the Milano Summer Festival on June 19, 2018, and this February will mark nearly seven years since that time.
And though there is no official announcement yet, it appears the February 14th show in Brno, Czech Republic and the February 16th show in Berlin, Germany are also sold out as well.