The Last Tour on Earth

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Released November 12, 1999 Length 69:03 Artist Marilyn Manson Producer Marilyn Manson		Recorded 1998–1999 The Last Tour on Earth(1999) Holy Wood(2000) Release date 12 November 1999

Label BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. Genres Rock music, Heavy metal, Industrial metal Similar Marilyn Manson albums, Industrial metal albums

Marilyn manson inauguration of the mechanical christ

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. 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.

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, to the disappointment of some fans.

Track listing

"Inauguration of the Mechanical Christ" (intro) – 2:45
"The Reflecting God" – 5:32 (from Antichrist Superstar)
"Great Big White World" – 5:21 (from Mechanical Animals)
"Get Your Gunn" – 3:37 (from Portrait of an American Family)
"Sweet Dreams / Hell Outro" – 5:36 (from Smells Like Children / Spawn: The Album)
"Rock is Dead" – 3:20 (from Mechanical Animals)
"The Dope Show" – 3:56 (from Mechanical Animals)
"Lunchbox" – 8:35 (from Portrait of an American Family)
"I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" – 7:31 (from Mechanical Animals)
"Antichrist Superstar" – 5:15 (from Antichrist Superstar)
"The Beautiful People" – 4:30 (from Antichrist Superstar)
"Irresponsible Hate Anthem" – 4:40 (from Antichrist Superstar)
"The Last Day on Earth" – 4:26 (Acoustic version of track from Mechanical Animals)
"Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" – 3:59 (bonus studio recording)

Bonus disc (UK, Australia and Mexico)

"Coma White" Album version – 4:21
"Get My Rocks Off" (Doctor Hook cover) – 3:05
"Coma White (Acoustic)" – 5:33
"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" – (George Hamilton IV cover) 2:17

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.