Source Months before Marilyn Manson's first-ever scheduled performance in Ferrara, Italy, on July 11, 2026, what should have been an ordinary stop on his European tour instead became one of the country's most closely watched cultural controversies, drawing in the mayor of Ferrara, the Catholic Church, a community of religious sisters, politicians, festival organizers, and thousands of supporters and critics across Italy. The Tour Begins When Marilyn Manson launched the European leg of his One Assassination Under God Tour in early July 2026, it marked another significant chapter in a remarkable career resurgence. After several years away from extensive international touring, Manson returned to European stages before enthusiastic audiences eager to see one of rock's most recognizable and controversial performers. The opening concerts generated strong fan reactions and reaffirmed that, despite decades of public controversy and intense media scrutiny, his international followin...
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Before playing the main stage at Rocklahoma 2025, on August 29th, Marilyn Manson guitarist Tyler Bates sat down for a revelatory interview with Starcade Media.
In the interview Tyler first of all reveals that Chapter 2 of the One Assassination Under God series of albums will be out soon, though a date is not given. He said: "We've had a great response to One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1, and we look forward to sharing Chapter 2 with people before you know it."
He also shared how personal and cinematic the process is like when he and Manson create songs together: "The way he and I write together is, I mean, it's a very personal environment. It's just the two of us, and the songs are created on the spot together. And so there's a lot of, let's see, put it this way. As a film composer, I've become deft at helping empower stories with music, and help people tell the story in the way that they wish to tell it. And for whatever reason, because Manson has such a cinematic aspect to just his art, the way he looks at life, as a person overall, we really connect. And when we're creating music together, it doesn't really require much dialogue. We just kind of, you know, read each other and just kind of get into it and do it.
Explaining what makes these albums different from the albums of the past, he said: "These songs are really weighted with a lot of personal thoughts and emotions, more than, say, some of the older material that was, let's say, based on the persona and the perspectives that he was interested in sharing or reflecting to people."
Tyler also hinted that concerts in the near future should expect rare and never before played live songs: "But with every tour that we do, every leg, we are going to be introducing different songs. And I can assure you that through the rest of the year, there will be songs that have either never been performed before or very, very rarely in our set."
You can watch the entire interview below:
In the interview Tyler first of all reveals that Chapter 2 of the One Assassination Under God series of albums will be out soon, though a date is not given. He said: "We've had a great response to One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1, and we look forward to sharing Chapter 2 with people before you know it."
He also shared how personal and cinematic the process is like when he and Manson create songs together: "The way he and I write together is, I mean, it's a very personal environment. It's just the two of us, and the songs are created on the spot together. And so there's a lot of, let's see, put it this way. As a film composer, I've become deft at helping empower stories with music, and help people tell the story in the way that they wish to tell it. And for whatever reason, because Manson has such a cinematic aspect to just his art, the way he looks at life, as a person overall, we really connect. And when we're creating music together, it doesn't really require much dialogue. We just kind of, you know, read each other and just kind of get into it and do it.
Explaining what makes these albums different from the albums of the past, he said: "These songs are really weighted with a lot of personal thoughts and emotions, more than, say, some of the older material that was, let's say, based on the persona and the perspectives that he was interested in sharing or reflecting to people."
Tyler also hinted that concerts in the near future should expect rare and never before played live songs: "But with every tour that we do, every leg, we are going to be introducing different songs. And I can assure you that through the rest of the year, there will be songs that have either never been performed before or very, very rarely in our set."
You can watch the entire interview below: