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<b><span style="color:black">For Immediate Release</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
May 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">NEW ALBUM
<u>BORN VILLAIN</u> OUT TODAY!</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Los Angeles, CA…Today <b>Marilyn Manson</b> releases his highly-anticipated new album
<b><u>Born Villain,</u></b> his first in three years. Already <b><u>Born Villain</u></b> hit #1 on the iTunes rock chart and #4 on the album chart
</span><a href="http://bit.ly/IkoVbb"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">http://bit.ly/IkoVbb</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">“Indeed,
<b><u>Born Villain</u></b><u> </u>is Manson's return to form: A hard-rocking album, brimming with rich imagery, visceral blowback and the glamour-meets-gutter eroticism that his best work evokes” says
<i>CNN</i>, while <u>The Independent</u> states "The eighth Marilyn Manson album features some of his finest lyrics yet and, musically, it often approaches the heyday of
<u>Holy Wood</u> and <u>Mechanical Animals</u>." <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Artist Direct is bit more, well, direct: “From top to bottom, it's Manson's most vicious and vibrant effort since
<u>Antichrist Superstar.</u> Make no mistake about it; this is Manson at his best. Elegantly, he slices throats and puts up a middle finger to everyone once more.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">(photo: </span>Agata Alexander<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> The tumultuous relationship Marilyn Manson has cultivated with the public through his genre-defying music and anti-status quo message of thinking for
oneself has resulted in sold-out tours, protests, legal battles, adoration, hate, more than 50 million records sales, award-winning distilled spirits, several Grammy nominations and, most importantly, a long list of some of the most enduring and powerful singles
ever, such as “Lunchbox,” “Get Your Gunn” “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” “The Beautiful People,” “Antichrist Superstar,” “Tourniquet,” “The Dope Show,” “I Don’t Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me),” “The Fight Song,” “Mobscene “Heart-Shaped Glasses,”
“Coma White” and “If I Was Your Vampire.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <b>Marilyn Manson</b> has had astounding success across the globe including three albums being certified platinum and three more certified gold in the USA, in addition to three top ten albums and two number-one
albums (<u>Mechanical Animals</u> and <u>The Golden Age of Grotesque</u>). <b>Marilyn
<span class="apple-style-span">Manson</span></b><span class="apple-style-span"> recently kicked off his first US tour in three years headlining the Revolver "Golden Gods Awards" on April 11th at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Catch
<b>Manson</b> on tour in support of <b><u>Born Villain</u></b> at the below dates:</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u>Live Dates:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">April 27<sup>th</sup> Providence, RI @ Lupo’s At The Strand<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">April 28<sup>th</sup> Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Casino<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">April 29<sup>th</sup> Huntington, NY @ Paramount Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 1<sup>st</sup> Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 2<sup>nd</sup> Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 4<sup>th</sup> Atlantic City, NJ @ House Of Blues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 5<sup>th</sup> Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 6<sup>th</sup> Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 8<sup>th</sup> Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 9<sup>th</sup> Sioux Falls, SD @ W.H. Lyons Fair Grounds<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 11<sup>th</sup> Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 12<sup>th</sup> San Antonio, TX @ Sunken Gardens<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 13<sup>th</sup> Houston, TX @ House Of Blues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 15<sup>th</sup> Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 16<sup>th</sup> Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 18<sup>th</sup> Minneapolis, MN @ The Brick<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 19<sup>th</sup> Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">May 20<sup>th</sup> Columbus, OH @ Rock On The Range<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.marilynmanson.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">www.marilynmanson.com</span></b></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="60" height="60" id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image005.png@01CD27A2.B98356B0"></span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><b><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="93" height="19" id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image006.png@01CD27A2.B98356B0"></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">For More Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Jennie Boddy or Derek Sherron @ PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">p:
</span><a href="tel:212.246.2640" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:black">212.246.2640</span></b></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">e:
</span><a href="mailto:jennie@pressherepublicity.com">jennie@pressherepublicity.com</a>
<br>
<a href="mailto:derek@pressherepublicity.com">derek@pressherepublicity.com</a> <span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“It's Manson’s most vicious and heavy album in years”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“Manson and his band sounded great, and hit their unique combination of raw metal and gut-wrenching pathos like they’d never been gone”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="219" height="38" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CD27A2.B98356B0"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“It's been three years since Marilyn Manson's last album, but he's lost no edge. In fact, he's sharpened it.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="79" height="51" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image009.jpg@01CD27A2.B98356B0"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“"Born Villain" finds a seemingly refreshed and clear-minded Manson and his band poring through a diverse set of moods and styles in songs that cut a little deeper than the deliberate provocation
of many of his previous works…He's not just, as the song says, "Breaking the Same Old Ground."”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="182" height="45" id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image010.png@01CD27A2.B98356B0"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“The eighth Marilyn Manson album features some of his finest lyrics yet and, musically, it often approaches the heyday of
<em>Holy Wood</em> and <em>Mechanical Animals”<o:p></o:p></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><img border="0" width="208" height="44" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image011.jpg@01CD27A2.B98356B0"><em><o:p></o:p></em></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“Marilyn Manson didn’t necessarily need to wage a comeback, but if that’s what fuels his creative fire, it’s definitely working.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="150" height="45" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image012.jpg@01CD27A2.B98356B0"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“Could easily be considered one of Manson’s best productions to date”<o:p></o:p></p>
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