Marilyn Manson will performing at Arizona Bike Week in Scottsdale, Arizona on Saturday, April 5th 2025! Though Manson had not been previously scheduled for this event which is just a few weeks away, yesterday Arizona Bike Week made the following announcement on their social media pages: "Five Finger Death Punch had to cancel their performance due to a family matter, but we’re thrilled to announce Marilyn Manson will be taking the stage in the RockYard on Saturday, April 5th!! Saturday ticket holders will be receiving an email regarding this schedule change." Due to the lineup change, this will be Marilyn Manson's first headliner at a festival since his return to the stage last year. Regarding the nearly last minute schedule change, Arizona Bike Week producer Lisa Cyr told the Arizona Republic the following: “It’s been a little crazy, obviously. A lot of scrambling. But we’re pretty excited with the way it all turned out. Marilyn Manson, I hear that his last few tours hav...
Women Speak at Anaheim City Council To Ban Marilyn Manson Performance at The Honda Center on September 6th 2024
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On the day Marilyn Manson set off on his first tour since 2019 and released his first song since 2020 (August 2nd 2024), two very close friends of a number of Marilyn Manson's accusers embarked on a campaign to prevent him from performing in Anaheim, California on September 6, 2024. Caroline Heldman and Lenora Claire, who are themselves close friends, are well-known women's rights activists with a high profile and in high positions of power and influence. Caroline, a professor at Occidental College, from what can be observed, seems to be friends with Evan Rachel Wood and perhaps best friends with Esme Bianco, who accused Manson of abuse and brought a lawsuit against him, which she decided to not follow through on and agreed to a settlement with him instead. Lenora, who is on the LADA Crime Victims Advisory Board, is not only a friend of Esme Bianco, but of a number of other accusers and their friends, and most notably has been friends for many years with Bianca Allaine Kyne. Caroline has also recently been involved with various groups that aim to hold Hollywood and the Music Industry accountable for covering for alleged sex offenders, including Jeff Anderson & Associates (the law firm representing Bianca Kyne), for whom she and Samantha Maloney wrote the 224 page Sound Off report. Both Caroline and Lenora started an Instagram page (@standwith.survivors) on August 2nd to specifically defend their friends, or perhaps on behalf of their friends, with the initial goal of starting a campaign to stop Marilyn Manson from performing in Anaheim, with the higher aim of setting up a precedent of stopping him everywhere.
Apparently these same people, Caroline and Lenora, and what looks like Jeff Anderson and Samantha Maloney and their circle of friends, got six speakers to stand before the Anaheim City Council on August 20th to pursue their goal of stopping Marilyn Manson from performing in Anaheim on September 6th. Their basic argument is that anyone who is an alleged sex abuser or who has accusations brought against them should not be allowed to perform at the Honda Center in Anaheim, which is the venue Manson is schedule to perform at and which is owned by the City of Anaheim. As far as they are concerned, someone accused should be viewed upon as guilty and their rights as citizens of the United States should be revoked, especially if they are accused of serial sexual assault. Such a judgment should be taken before the accused can defend himself or herself before a court of law, and before a court of law issues a decision on the matter. This is the position of all the people involved, including all of Marilyn Manson's accusers. Of course, any reasonable person sees how ludicrous this is, and completely unconstitutional, which if passed would completely undermine everything the United States stands for as far as justice is concerned. Not only would it bring the city lawsuits, but loss of revenue as well.
Apparently these same people, Caroline and Lenora, and what looks like Jeff Anderson and Samantha Maloney and their circle of friends, got six speakers to stand before the Anaheim City Council on August 20th to pursue their goal of stopping Marilyn Manson from performing in Anaheim on September 6th. Their basic argument is that anyone who is an alleged sex abuser or who has accusations brought against them should not be allowed to perform at the Honda Center in Anaheim, which is the venue Manson is schedule to perform at and which is owned by the City of Anaheim. As far as they are concerned, someone accused should be viewed upon as guilty and their rights as citizens of the United States should be revoked, especially if they are accused of serial sexual assault. Such a judgment should be taken before the accused can defend himself or herself before a court of law, and before a court of law issues a decision on the matter. This is the position of all the people involved, including all of Marilyn Manson's accusers. Of course, any reasonable person sees how ludicrous this is, and completely unconstitutional, which if passed would completely undermine everything the United States stands for as far as justice is concerned. Not only would it bring the city lawsuits, but loss of revenue as well.
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| Caroline Heldman and Lenora Claire |
Among the speakers were women associated with the Sound Off report, such as Nomi Abadi (pianist and an accuser of Danny Elfman), Shira Scott Astrof (actress and sexual assualt victim), Bonnie McIntosh (keyboardist and sexual assault victim), Elle de los Reyes (a representative of PAVE-Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment) and Rima Nashashibi (founder of Global Hope 365). Though all of these women came to specifically stop Marilyn Manson from playing in Anaheim, none of them have any past history or association with Marilyn Manson. They are doing this as part of a collective group of advocates and organizations who are trying to form a coalition to bring about change in Holywood and the Music Industry as far as how they handle accusations of sexual assault and domestic violence.
The only speaker of the six women that has anything to do with Marilyn Manson, even though Marilyn Manson has stated that he has no knowledge of who she is nor does he have any history with her, is Bianca Allaine Kyne. Bianca currently has a lawsuit against Manson in New York based on allegations from 1999 that he groomed her and sexualy assaulted her. Bianca really has no credibility as an accuser, and has not even been able to prove that she knew Manson all the years she claims he groomed her. In fact, she has stated in a private email to former Manson bandmate Jeordie White that she basically made up the allegations. Her slimy attorney, Jeff Anderson, is hedging his bets on her to accomplish his own personal goals of changing the Music Industry. Bianca was the third woman to speak at the City Council Meeting, the first time we have heard her speak since her lawsuit was issued, and her crocodile tears and horrible acting are ample proof to at least question her credibility. She is known to often change her story as she sees fit, often contradicting herself, and sure enough she did this during her speech when she said that "my scars are a constant and painful reminder of what happened to me when I was 16." According to Bianca, she and Manson had sex on his tour bus in Texas when she was 16 while her friends waited outside, but never did she claim that Manson beat her or scarred her until this Council Meeting. In fact, never in all the years Bianca claims to have known Manson did she ever accuse him of beating her or scarring her. This just sounds like another made up line she got from one of Manson's other accusers. Besides this, Bianca sounded like Ashley Morgan Smithline (who heroically recanted her allegations against Manson) on The View, nervous and awkward and trying too hard to be emotional.
All in all, I believe their appearance at this City Council Meeting is primarily to show their activism and get media coverage. Ultimately activists want the media to do most of their work, though they know they need to incite the media to action. I believe talk of the protest on September 6th is the same. Caroline Heldman, a media personality herself, has taken part in many such protests and understands how powerful they are if they can get the media on their side. As for Manson, he has faced protests and threats dozens of times throughout his career, and sometimes he wins and sometimes he loses, but it is always good coverage, ultimately for him and his fans. These protestors are the same as the protestors Manson faced en masse during the 90's. At least back then, people actually had a strong belief that Manson was indeed a threat and sought the greater good of society, no matter how mislead they were. Now the protests are done by a bunch of self-serving activists, who may think they are doing the right thing, but their unquestioned loyalty to such a cause only shows them to be shills for their organizations, institutions, self-promotion and their fellow advocates with whatever they are involved in.
The only speaker of the six women that has anything to do with Marilyn Manson, even though Marilyn Manson has stated that he has no knowledge of who she is nor does he have any history with her, is Bianca Allaine Kyne. Bianca currently has a lawsuit against Manson in New York based on allegations from 1999 that he groomed her and sexualy assaulted her. Bianca really has no credibility as an accuser, and has not even been able to prove that she knew Manson all the years she claims he groomed her. In fact, she has stated in a private email to former Manson bandmate Jeordie White that she basically made up the allegations. Her slimy attorney, Jeff Anderson, is hedging his bets on her to accomplish his own personal goals of changing the Music Industry. Bianca was the third woman to speak at the City Council Meeting, the first time we have heard her speak since her lawsuit was issued, and her crocodile tears and horrible acting are ample proof to at least question her credibility. She is known to often change her story as she sees fit, often contradicting herself, and sure enough she did this during her speech when she said that "my scars are a constant and painful reminder of what happened to me when I was 16." According to Bianca, she and Manson had sex on his tour bus in Texas when she was 16 while her friends waited outside, but never did she claim that Manson beat her or scarred her until this Council Meeting. In fact, never in all the years Bianca claims to have known Manson did she ever accuse him of beating her or scarring her. This just sounds like another made up line she got from one of Manson's other accusers. Besides this, Bianca sounded like Ashley Morgan Smithline (who heroically recanted her allegations against Manson) on The View, nervous and awkward and trying too hard to be emotional.
All in all, I believe their appearance at this City Council Meeting is primarily to show their activism and get media coverage. Ultimately activists want the media to do most of their work, though they know they need to incite the media to action. I believe talk of the protest on September 6th is the same. Caroline Heldman, a media personality herself, has taken part in many such protests and understands how powerful they are if they can get the media on their side. As for Manson, he has faced protests and threats dozens of times throughout his career, and sometimes he wins and sometimes he loses, but it is always good coverage, ultimately for him and his fans. These protestors are the same as the protestors Manson faced en masse during the 90's. At least back then, people actually had a strong belief that Manson was indeed a threat and sought the greater good of society, no matter how mislead they were. Now the protests are done by a bunch of self-serving activists, who may think they are doing the right thing, but their unquestioned loyalty to such a cause only shows them to be shills for their organizations, institutions, self-promotion and their fellow advocates with whatever they are involved in.
You can watch the entire segment of the Council Meeting below along with a news report on it from FOX 11 Los Angeles: