Marilyn Manson’s U.K. Tour Opener Show Canceled After Protests

Marilyn Manson’s Brighton, England show, which was scheduled for October, has been canceled amid calls against him performing at Brighton Centre via an online protest and a Member of Parliament.

The first leg of his One Assassination Under God Tour in Europe was set to kick off at Brighton Centre on Oct. 29. Ticketmaster informed ticket purchasers that the concert would no longer take place and that they will receive refunds, The Guardian reports.

As reported in a 2021 Rolling Stone exposé, more than a dozen women came forward with allegations of abuse against Manson, real name Brian Warner, including Evan Rachel Wood, actress Esmé Bianco, model Ashley Morgan, and Warner’s former personal assistant, Ashley Walters. Warner has repeatedly denied the accusations against him. After a four-year investigation, Los Angeles prosecutors dropped the case against him in January, citing that they determined the domestic abuse allegations against him fell outside of the statute of limitations, and that the sexual assault charges could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

No Stage for Abusers, an online “campaign against abusive men being given a platform to perform” per a description on Facebook, called for Brighton Centre and Brighton and Hove city council, which owns the venue, to cancel his appearance there.

Earlier this month, Green Party MP Siân Berry wrote an open letter to Bella Sankey, the leader of Brighton and Hove city council, which pressed for the cancellation of Manson’s show.

“Many survivors in Brighton and Hove, and organisations supporting them, will have serious concerns about this booking and its wider impact on other people visiting the city centre, local residents and the wider community,” Berry wrote. The letter was co-signed by members of Green Group of Councillors in Brighton and Hove, Survivors Network, University of Sussex Students’ Union, and others. Berry added: “The council has a responsibility to take action where there are risks of discrimination, harassment and victimisation.”

Following Berry’s letter, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council leader Millie Earl also urged venue operator BH Live to cancel the Oct. 31 show at Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England, which is owned by the council, though the council does not control who BH Live books.

“I don’t feel Marilyn Manson reflects the values we have in BCP and we’ve been doing a lot of work around things like the White Ribbon accreditation scheme which helps men and boys change negative, damaging behaviours,” she wrote in response to a resident’s question about Manson’s show, per the BBC. “So I have asked that BH Live reconsider hosting Marilyn Manson later this year.”