The Last Tour on Earth explained

The Last Tour on Earth
Type:live
Artist:Marilyn Manson
Cover:Marilyn Manson - The Last Tour On Earth cover.jpg
Released:November 12, 1999
Recorded:1998–1999
Length:69:03
Label:
  • Nothing
  • Interscope
Producer:Marilyn Manson
Prev Title:Mechanical Animals
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
Next Year:2000

The Last Tour on Earth is a live album comprising recordings from Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals Tour, Beautiful Monsters Tour and Rock is Dead Tour, released on November 12, 1999.[1] On the studio version of "The Dope Show", Manson says that drugs "are made in California", but in the live version, he says that "drugs, they say, are made right here in Cleveland", to a roar of crowd approval, suggesting that the song was recorded in Cleveland, Ohio. "Lunchbox" was recorded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" was recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "The Last Day on Earth" was recorded in Las Vegas on the Mechanical Animals Tour, and "Get Your Gunn" was recorded some time during the Rock is Dead Tour.

"Rock is Dead" is introduced as if Omega and the Mechanical Animals, the alter-egos Manson and his band devised for the Mechanical Animals album and tour, were playing. Some of the tracks, most notably "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)", are prefaced with spoken diatribes.

The album includes one new studio track, "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes", which also appears on the Celebrity Deathmatch soundtrack. A promotional single was released for Celebrity Deathmatch but never commercially released.

Although extensive amounts of performance footage was captured (partially shown In The 40 minute documentary God Is in the T.V.) a live DVD of this tour did not materialize.

Accolades

In 2006, sister British magazines Classic Rock & Metal Hammer included The Last Tour on Earth (mislabeled The Last Show on Earth) in The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s.

Track listing

Bonus Disc

A 2CD limited edition was released with a bonus disc, containing 3 tracks exclusive to this release.

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 50
Canada Albums (RPM)[3] 30
French Albums (SNEP)[4] 62
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 46
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 38
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 59
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 61
US Billboard 200[9] 82

Certifications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manning . Kara . Marilyn Manson Discusses Post-Columbine Shell Shock . https://archive.today/20120906055535/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431697/marilyn-manson-discusses-postcolumbine-shell-shock.jhtml . dead . September 6, 2012 . . MTV Networks (Viacom) . November 16, 1999 . March 27, 2011.
  2. Web site: Marilyn Manson Australian Charts. australian-charts.com.
  3. Results: RPM - Library and Archives Canada . . 70 . 6 . November 29, 1999 . April 7, 2019.
  4. Web site: Marilyn Manson French Charts. lescharts.com. fr.
  5. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts. offiziellecharts.de. de. November 1, 2021.
  6. Web site: Marilyn Manson New Zealand Charts. charts.nz.
  7. Web site: Marilyn Manson Swedish Charts. swedishcharts.com.
  8. Web site: Tobias. Zywietz. Chart Log UK: M – My Vitriol. Zobbel.
  9. Marilyn Manson Chart History. Billboard. November 1, 2021.