When One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 was released on August 14, 2026, it contained nine songs. “You Can't Die Young” was not one of them, though it was teased on August 14th in Manson's Virtual Art Exhibit. Two weeks later, at midnight on August 28, Marilyn Manson unexpectedly released an expanded edition of the album with this previously unreleased song added to the tracklist. Manson described it simply as “a special gift,” but its placement is more interesting than that description might suggest. On the expanded edition, “You Can't Die Young” appears as the sixth track, directly after “None of the Suns” and immediately before “Lucifer's Teardrop.” The song was therefore recorded last, yet it now occupies a position in the sequence between a song consumed by darkness and an encounter with a fallen angel trying to find his way home. Manson himself points out that although it is not chronologically the last song on the album, it was the last one he recorded. T...
In a developing story, Rolling Stone reported about an hour ago that Marilyn Manson dropped his lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood. According to the article, he has agreed to pay nearly $327,000 in Evan’s attorneys’ fees. The article refers to a statement issued by Evan's attorneys (Michael Kump, Shawn Holley and Katherine Kleindienst of Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir LLP) which Rolling Stone summarizes as follows: "Brian Warner had sought to settle the lawsuit this past spring at the same time he was appealing a judge’s rulings against him. His initial offer was to pay a portion of Wood’s fees in return for keeping the settlement confidential, other than releasing a mutually agreed-upon statement. Wood rejected this offer. Her lawyers say she did not want to agree to confidentiality or the other terms. Warner subsequently agreed to drop his suit against Wood completely and pay her full lawyers’ fees." A rep for Evan Rachel Wood stated: "Marilyn Manson — who...