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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For Immediate Release:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
December 12, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img width="298" height="149" id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image018.jpg@01CDD87E.7D915D90" alt="MM_Logo.jpg"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">MARILYN MANSON NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY
<br>
Announces Tour Dates<br>
<img width="399" height="266" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image019.jpg@01CDD87E.7D915D90" alt="mmpress.jpg"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXm5oFFHfLY">PRESS HERE</a> to watch the video for “Hey, Cruel World…”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Los Angeles, CA…December 12, 2012…
<b>Marilyn Manson</b> has been nominated for his fourth <b>Grammy Award</b>, this time in the category for
<b>Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance</b> for his album <b><u>Born Villain’s</u></b> lead single “<b><i>No Reflection</i></b>.” This is his first nomination since 2004.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Marilyn Manson</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> will also be tearing up the road this January on a just-announced winter tour.
<b>Manson</b> will kick things off January 18th in Milwaukee before a slew of dates in the Midwest and Northeast. He is also set to play select dates throughout Canada before a run of dates throughout the west coast. For ticket on sale and purchasing info,
please go to <b><a href="http://www.marilynmanson.com">www.marilynmanson.com</a></b>. See below for a full list of tour dates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">MARILYN MANSON 2013 TOUR DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 18 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 19 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 20 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 22 Detroit, MI The Fillmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 23 Cleveland, OH House of Blues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 25 Wallingford, CT The Dome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 26 Boston, MA House of Blues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 28 Montreal, QC Metropolis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 29 Oshawa, ON General Motors Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jan 30 Hamilton, ON Hamilton Place Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 1 Sudbury, ON Sudbury Arena<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 4 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 5 Moose Jaw, SK Mosiac Place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 6 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 8 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 9 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 11 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 12 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 13 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 15 Modesto, CA Modesto Centre Plaza<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 17 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 19 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 20 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Feb 21 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">55th annual <b>
Grammy Awards</b> will take place on February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.<br>
The event will air live on CBS at 8PM ET. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;background:white">“</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Born
Villain<span style="background:white"> features [Manson’s] most visceral, provocative tunes in years”<br>
</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;background:white"><img border="0" width="113" height="28" id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image020.png@01CDD87E.7D915D90"></span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
<br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">A hard-rocking album, brimming with rich imagery, visceral blowback and the glamour-meets-gutter eroticism that his best work evokes.”<br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><img border="0" width="53" height="26" id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image021.jpg@01CDD87E.7D915D90"></span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
<br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">“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.’”<br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><img border="0" width="118" height="29" id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image022.jpg@01CDD87E.7D915D90"></span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
<br>
“Marilyn Manson didn’t necessarily need to wage a comeback, but if that’s what fuels his creative fire, it’s definitely working.”<br>
<img border="0" width="127" height="38" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image023.jpg@01CDD87E.7D915D90"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.marilynmanson.com" target="_blank"><b>www.marilynmanson.com</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://twitter.com/marilynmanson"><b>http://twitter.com/marilynmanson</b></a><b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/marilynmanson"><b>http://www.facebook.com/marilynmanson</b></a><b><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="56" height="56" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image013.png@01CDD87D.CB30D860"></span></b>
<b><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="60" height="60" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image014.png@01CDD87D.CB30D860"></span></b> <b><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="93" height="19" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image015.png@01CDD87D.CB30D860"></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center">-----<br>
<span style="color:black">For more information on<b> Marilyn Manson</b>, please contact:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center">
<b><span style="color:black">Press Here Publicity <br>
</span></b><span style="color:black">212-246-2640<br>
Jennie Boddy // Derek Sherron<br>
</span><a href="mailto:jennie@pressherepublicity.com">jennie@pressherepublicity.com</a> //
<a href="mailto:derek@pressherepublcity.com">derek@pressherepublcity.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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