Marilyn Manson Cuts Show Short After Pelting By Rowdy Crowd

Marilyn Manson walked off stage midway through his final show on the Big Day Out tour of Australia on Sunday after being angered by a rowdy crowd that hurled water bottles and other debris on stage during Manson's set. A guitar technician on Manson's crew was treated for lacerations to the head after the truncated performance, according to a report in The Australian.

Officials noted that about 400 concertgoers were injured during the day-long show, which also featured performances by Korn, Hole and Sean Lennon. Most injuries were minor and were primarily due to extended exposure to the sun, while a few spinal injuries resulted from crowd-surfing.

During the course of his Australian tour, Manson and Hole leader Courtney Love announced plans to co-headline a North American tour, which will begin February 28th in Spokane, WA. The two outspoken musicians had recently engaged in some public verbal sparring, leading many to believe that chances of a joint tour were slim, but they reportedly made up early into the Australian tour.

An Australian representative for Manson's record company blamed Sunday's incident on a few rowdy patrons in the mosh pit, and said that Manson's profanity-laden statements before leaving the stage were no reflection on possibilities for future Manson tours of Australia.

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