Manson Vs. Zombie - Pollstar News

Apparently there are some bad feelings on the Twins Of Evil co-headline tour featuring Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson. It all started at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich., Friday night when Manson accused Zombie of forcing him to cut his set short.

Manson’s accusations toward Zombie came at the end of his set with Manson promising to “kick his ass,” according to MLive. The Michigan online news outlet reports that Zombie returned the hostility during his own set by trash-talking Manson while performing Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out.”

After the gig, Zombie took to his Facebook page to deliver his perspective on the brouhaha.

As stupid as this all is, I feel I must clear things up a little better. First off, I want to thank all the fans who came out in the freezing cold in Detroit last night. It was a total blast as always.

Unfortunately things turned ugly backstage. Why? I don’t know, but for some reason our touring partner decided to end his set by blaming me for something that I had nothing to do with and screaming he was going to “kick Rob Zombie’s ass as soon as he got off stage”.

Go figure. I was backstage hanging, watching the show thinking “hey this is gonna be a great night”, when suddenly he starts screaming threats. So strange. I don’t get it. Christ, I’ve known some of his crew for 20 fucking years and some of his crew used work for me. It’s all good. No one would fuck with someone’s show. It is ridiculous.

Well, of course I felt the need to respond to the ” kick my ass remark”. Who wouldn’t? Although I wish I had kept it backstage and kept the fans out of it. It is all 4rd grade fight after school nonsense of which I have never dealt with on tour before. Co-headlining tours always go smooth because everything is cut 50/50 and I mean everything. No one fucks with anyone’s show. It is even fucking Steven.

I’ve done it co-headlining tours many times before and have had no troubles. Not with Pantera, Slayer, Alice Cooper, Korn, Megadeth or anyone ever. So I didn’t expect any troubles on this. It seemed like a great idea at the time.

But shit happens. Anyway, sorry to the fans who had to dealt with the embarrassing stupidity of it all. We are all there for the same reasons to give you the best show ever… that’s it.

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So far, it looks as if Zombie and Manson have somehow settled their differences. MLive reports the tour’s Saturday gig took place as planned. Plus, Zombie tweeted today that the tour is “still alive and well.”

The next Twins of Evil show is tonight in Youngstown, Ohio, at the Covelli Centre.