''The Last Tour on Earth'' is a live album comprising recordings from
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
's
Mechanical Animals Tour
Mechanical Animals was a worldwide tour by the band Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson in support of their third LP record ''Mechanical Animals'', released on September 15, 1998. The tour extended from late 1998 to early 1999 and was recorded i ...
,
Beautiful Monsters Tour
The Beautiful Monsters Tour was a North American concert tour co-headlined by American rock bands Hole and Marilyn Manson. Launched in support of each band's respective third full-length studio LPs, 1998's ''Celebrity Skin'' and ''Mechanical A ...
and
Rock is Dead Tour
Rock Is Dead was a worldwide arena tour by American rock band Marilyn Manson in 1999. It was the second tour launched in support of their third full-length studio LP, ''Mechanical Animals'', which was released on September 15, 1998.
The tour was ...
, released on November 12, 1999. On the studio version of "
The Dope Show
"The Dope Show" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released in September 1998 as the lead single from their third studio album ''Mechanical Animals''. The lyrics were written by Marilyn Manson and the music composed by Twiggy ...
", Manson says that drugs "are made in California", but in the live version, he says that "drugs, they say, are made right here in Cleveland", to a roar of crowd approval, suggesting that the song was recorded in
Cleveland, Ohio
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. "
Lunchbox
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In the United ...
" was recorded in
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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, and "
I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)
"I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released as the second single from their third studio album, ''Mechanical Animals'' (1998). It was written by the band's eponymous frontman, ...
" was recorded in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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. "The Last Day on Earth" was recorded in Las Vegas on the Mechanical Animals Tour, and "
Get Your Gunn
"Get Your Gunn" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released as the lead single from their debut studio album, ''Portrait of an American Family'' (1994). The song was written by the band's eponymous vocalist along with origina ...
" was recorded some time during the Rock is Dead Tour.
Rock is Dead is introduced as if Omega and the Mechanical Animals, the alter-egos Manson and his band devised for the Mechanical Animals album and tour, were playing. Some of the tracks, most notably "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)", are prefaced with spoken diatribes.
The album includes one new studio track, "
Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes
"Astonishing Panorama of the End Times" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was the only single on the ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' soundtrack. A studio recording of the song was included on the band's live album ''The Last Tour on Ear ...
", which also appears on the ''
Celebrity Deathmatch
''Celebrity Deathmatch'' is an adult stop-motion claymated series created by Eric Fogel and produced by John Worth Lynn Jr. for MTV. A parody of sports entertainment programs, ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' depicted various celebrities engaging in ...
'' soundtrack.
Although extensive amounts of performance footage was captured (partially shown In The 40 minute documentary ''
God Is in the T.V.
''God Is in the T.V.'' is the second live video album by American rock band Marilyn Manson, released on November 2, 1999, on VHS, documenting the Mechanical Animals Tour, Beautiful Monsters Tour and Rock Is Dead Tour. It features all 13 music ...
'') a live
DVD
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of this tour did not materialize.
Accolades
In 2006, sister British magazines ''
Classic Rock
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'' & ''
Metal Hammer
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'' included ''The Last Tour on Earth'' (mislabeled ''The Last Show on Earth'') in ''The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s''.
Track listing
Bonus Disc
A 2CD limited edition was released with a bonus disc, containing 3 tracks exclusive to this release.
Personnel
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Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
– vocals
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John 5
John 5 is the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It relates Jesus' healing and teaching in Jerusalem, and begins to evidence the hostility shown him by the Jewish authorities.Plummer, A. (1902)Cambri ...
– guitars
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Twiggy Ramirez
Jeordie Osbourne White (born June 20, 1971), better known Twiggy Ramirez or simply Twiggy, is an American musician, mostly known as the former bassist and guitarist of the rock band Marilyn Manson. Previously, he was the bassist for A Perfect C ...
– bass
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Ginger Fish
Kenneth Robert Wilson, better known by his stage name Ginger Fish, is an American drummer primarily known for playing drums for Marilyn Manson from 1995–2011. Like Marilyn Manson, which combines the names of an iconic beauty with a serial ki ...
– drums
*
Madonna Wayne Gacy
Stephen Bier, formerly known by his stage name Madonna Wayne Gacy and by the nickname Pogo, is an American musician who was the keyboard player for Marilyn Manson from 1989 to 2007. His stage name came from the names of the singer Madonna and th ...
– keyboards
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Certifications
References
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Marilyn Manson (band) albums
1999 live albums
Interscope Records live albums
Nothing Records live albums
Albums produced by Marilyn Manson