The Internet is filled with stories about Marilyn Manson’s apparently meltdown during a show in Huntington, New York, on Thursday night (February 15).
Things started well enough but after a couple of songs, he started ranting incoherently while his confused band vamped in the background. Then he dropped the mic and walked off.
The NME had this fan’s take:
“Manson came out with a bang but the whole thing deteriorated very quickly. A couple songs in, he went into a conversation with the crowd about how much we loved him (or not). Asked for cheering and the usual rock star ego stuff.”
“I think we all started to realise something was wrong. Once he was temporarily satisfied, it didn’t improve. They would start songs only to screech them to a halt a minute in. There were very drawn out versions of songs where Manson mostly rambled on about our lack of love and other bizarre things. After an hour and fifteen minutes of this, he threw his microphone and left the stage. House lights came on a couple minutes later. I don’t think they completed more than 4 songs.
“It was the strangest, saddest and worst concert I’ve ever been to, and I’ve been to a lot.”
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