

My decision to leave the band was made long before that last show but I didn't want to leave in the middle of tour." ↑ Sara Lee Lucas told MansonWiki in November 2010, "I was never lit on fire, and my kit was never intentionally ignited.↑ 2.0 2.1 Manson, Marilyn Strauss, Neil ().↑ 1.0 1.1 Manson, Marilyn Strauss, Neil ().Pacific Coliseum (Town Pump (Unconfirmed))

It was Sara Lee Lucas' last performance with the band. Claims that Lucas himself was lit aflame have been made by Manson but are disputed by Lucas. Closing the performance, the band also allegedly ignited drummer Sara Lee Lucas' kit in an attempt to ignite only his bass drum. Angry, he picked up a piece of the bottle and cut his chest "from one side to the other," his first act of notoriously cutting himself on-stage. When concluding the tour at the a South Carolina show on March 11, 1995, Manson slipped on a beer bottle, smashing it. On December 27, 1994, Manson was misidentified as "jacking off a strap-on dildo" and "urinating on the crowd," resulting in his arrest just one night into the tour. The first and last shows included the most memorable incidents of the tour. A table with a lamp was the most commonly seen piece at the shows. The stage was usually arranged with living room décor, not unlike that on the Portrait of an American Family album cover. The following list contains the most commonly played songs in the order they were most generally performed. In spite of this, Manson was freed and the band appeared in Orlando the following night as scheduled. Jack Off Jill opened the first spots until the fourth show, when the band went out of state, after which Monster Voodoo Machine, along with a few venue local bands opened for them.Īfter the first night of the tour, front man Marilyn Manson was arrested and taken into custody for violating the Adult Entertainment Code by allegedly donning a strap-on dildo on-stage. While in the past there had infrequently been shows where other bands were billed to open for Marilyn Manson, Portrait of an American Family bumped the band to a permanent headlining spot. Before the Portrait of an American Family tour, Marilyn Manson had been promoting their album in opening slots of Nine Inch Nails' Self Destruct and Further Down the Spiral tours. These shows, taking place between Decemand March 11, 1995, were played in support of the band's major label debut, Portrait of an American Family, which was released five months prior to.

Portrait of an American Family was Marilyn Manson's first headlining tour. This article is about the tour For the album see Portrait of an American Family (album) Portrait of an American Family
