Marilyn Manson has reunited with actress Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler, Across The Universe), after splitting very acrimoniously with her last year.
Manson revealed he and Wood had reunited in an interview with Metal Hammer magazine, when he was asked how he keeps going despite continually being in dark places in his life.
"I think I'm not afraid to be me," he told the magazine. "Sometimes [it] happens when you get to this point in your career, and there are so many things that have happened and influences that you've had, besides the influences of the things that have inspired you.
"Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at, you feel like you have to be something new. But I think that a lot of people will agree that me being me at my best [is what] I need to be. I think that really paid off because I'm back with Evan, that's kind of breaking news, you can be the first one to say that."
Manson also says he and his band of the same name are free from their contract with Interscope after having released their seventh studio album, The High End Of Low, in May.
"We've just been released from our record contract with Interscope so I think a lot of the creative control on which my hands were tied on a lot of choices — the music videos — things like that," he said, when asked what was new in his life. "And the first example is the newest video, they clearly wouldn't have allowed me to make that video."
Manson was referring to the recently released clip for "Running To The Edge Of The World," in which he murders a woman. When the video came out last month, many media outlets pointed out the woman resembled Wood.
Manson says being free of his contract also liberalizes how he'll record in the future.
"We started writing new songs on the road — a bit like [David Bowie's] Aladdin Sane — I think people can expect a new record a lot sooner than we [expected]."
You can see Manson here:
Dec. 3 Madrid, Spain @ Palacio De Los Deportes De La Comunidad De Madrid
Dec. 4 Barcelona, Spain @ Sant Jordi Club
Dec. 6 Lille, France @ Zenith
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
Dec. 20 Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rockhal
Dec. 21 Paris, France @ Le Zenith De Paris
