''The Last Tour on Earth'' is a live album comprising recordings from

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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 "

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", 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

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. "

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" was recorded in

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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

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. "The Last Day on Earth" was recorded in Las Vegas on the Mechanical Animals Tour, and "

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" 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, "

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", which also appears on the ''

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'' soundtrack. Although extensive amounts of performance footage was captured (partially shown In The 40 minute documentary ''

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'') a live

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of this tour did not materialize.

Accolades

In 2006, sister British magazines ''

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'' & ''

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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

– vocals *

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– guitars *

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 *

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Last Tour on Earth, The Marilyn Manson (band) albums 1999 live albums Interscope Records live albums Nothing Records live albums Albums produced by Marilyn Manson