Brazilian music competition The City is standing behind its choice to e-book Marilyn Manson for its 2027 version amid longstanding abuse allegations in opposition to the singer.
Manson was introduced alongside Slipknot for the competition’s September 4th opening day in São Paulo. The looks comes as Manson joins Slipknot on their newly introduced “(Sic)est Stadium Tour,” which will even convey the bands to Argentina and Chile.
Greater than a dozen ladies, together with Evan Rachel Wooden and Esmé Bianco, have accused Manson of sexual and psychological abuse and different misconduct, allegations he has denied. In January 2025, Los Angeles prosecutors declined to convey felony costs following a four-year investigation, citing the statute of limitations for home violence allegations and inadequate proof to show sexual assault costs past an affordable doubt.
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Nonetheless, a separate sexual assault lawsuit filed by Manson’s former assistant Ashley Walters was revived earlier this yr and is at the moment scheduled for trial in November 2027.
Chatting with Brazil’s Folha de S.Paulo, Rock World creative vice chairman Zé Ricardo mentioned Manson got here to The City as a part of Slipknot’s touring bundle and defended the choice to incorporate him.
“He’s somebody who hasn’t been convicted; there’s nothing that has been confirmed,” Ricardo mentioned. “These are tales that completely don’t replicate something we consider in, however at this second he’s an artist who will likely be touring around the globe.”
Ricardo added that Rock World, which additionally operates Rock in Rio, pays consideration to artists’ conduct and has beforehand declined to e-book sure acts over what he described as concrete instances. “We can also’t condemn somebody with out proof,” he mentioned.
The City reserving comes a bit of over a yr after Manson’s look at Mexico’s Feria Nacional Potosina confronted requires cancellation. San Luis Potosí Governor Ricardo Gallardo defended that reserving on the time, describing the choice to let Manson carry out as an act of “cultural justice.”
Manson’s The City efficiency will even mark his first present in Brazil in a decade.