Marilyn Manson Doesn't Have Swine Flu, Promoters Say

09/28/09 1:18pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Marilyn Manson might have blogged about having swine flu last week, but the promoters of his current tour insist the rocker does not have the virus.

The Gillett Entertainment Group and Live Nation sent a press release out to media outlets on Friday, in which they said Manson had not contracted swine flu and all his current dates would go ahead as scheduled.

"So I have officially been diagnosed, by a real doctor, with THE SWINE FLU," Manson wrote on his MySpace blog on Sept. 21.

"I know everyone will suggest that fucking a pig is how this disease was obtained. However, the doctor said, my past choices in women have in no way contributed to me acquiring this mysterious illness.

"Unfortunately, I am going to survive."

The blog post has since been removed.

In other news, Final Fantasy also does not have swine flu.

You can see the swine flu-less Manson at these shows:

Oct. 5 Perth, Australia @ Challenge Stadium
Oct. 7 Adelaide, Australia @ Thebarton Theatre
Oct. 10 Melbourne, Australia @ Festival Hall
Oct. 14 Sydney, Australia @ Hordern Pavilion
Oct. 17 Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Nov. 6 Malmo, Sweden @ Malmo Arena
Nov. 9 Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericsson Globe
Nov. 11 Helsinki, Finland @ Hartwall Areena
Nov. 12 St. Petersburg, Russia @ New Arena
Nov. 13 Moscow, Russia @ B1 Maximum Club
Nov. 15 Riga, Latvia @ Arena Riga
Nov. 17 Warsaw, Poland @ Stodola at Warsaw University Of Technology
Nov. 18 Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
Nov. 19 Cologne, Germany @ Palladium Koln
Nov. 21 Hamburg, Germany @ Sporthalle Hamburg
Nov. 23 Frankfurt, Germany @ Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt
Nov. 24 Munich, Germany @ Zenith
Nov. 26 Treviso, Italy @ Palaverde
Nov. 27 Milan, Italy @ PalaSharp
Nov. 29 Toulouse, France @ Zenith De Toulouse
Dec. 1 Lisbon, Portugal @ Campo Pequeno
Dec. 3 Madrid, Spain @ Palacio De Deportes De La Comunidad De Madrid
Dec. 4 Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi
Dec. 6 Lille, France @ Zenith De Lille
Dec. 7 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
Dec. 9-10 London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
Dec. 13 Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Dec. 14 Manchester, England @ Manchester Academy
Dec. 15 Glasgow, Scotland @ O2 Academy Glasgow
Dec. 17 Nottingham, England @ Trent FM Arena
Dec. 18 Antwerp, Belgium @ Lotto Arena at Antwerps Sportspaleis
Dec. 20 Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rockhal
Dec. 21 Paris, France @ Zenith De Paris