Smells Like Children (tour)

This article is about the tour

• for the extended play see Smells Like Children (extended play)
• for the song see Smells Like Children (song)

Smells Like Children Tour
Tour by Marilyn Manson
Supporting album	Smells Like Children
Start date	June 1, 1995
End date	February 4, 1996
Legs	1
Shows	105 (102 completed, 3 cancelled)
Marilyn Manson tour chronology
Support for Danzig's Danzig 4p Tour (1995) Smells Like Children (1995-1996) Dead To The World Tour (1996-1997)

Smells Like Children was the fourth tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, under management of major record label Interscope Records. The tour was, however, the band's second headlining tour, as the band had prior to this toured with Nine Inch Nails for the Self Destruct tour, Danzig for the Support for Danzig's Danzig 4p Tour, and headlined their very first tour a year prior. The band was on the tour from June 1, 1995 until February 4, 1996.

Lineup

• Marilyn Manson – vocals
• Daisy Berkowitz – guitar
• Twiggy Ramirez – bass
• Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards
• Ginger Fish – drums

Setlist

The following list contains the most commonly played songs in the order they were most generally performed.

1. "Revelation 9"
2. "The Hands of Small Children"
1. "Get Your Gunn"
2. "Wrapped in Plastic"
3. "Organ Grinder"
4. "Snake Eyes and Sissies"
5. "Dogma"
6. "Cake and Sodomy"
7. "Minute of Decay"
8. "Down in the Park"
9. "Dope Hat"
10. "Tourniquet"
11. "Irresponsible Hate Anthem"
12. "My Monkey" (with "Dirt" or "Strawberry Fields Forever" intro)
13. "Cyclops"
14. "Smells Like Children"
15. "Lunchbox"
16. "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger"
17. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
18. "Misery Machine"

Opening songs

• "Organ Grinder"
• "Wrapped in Plastic"
• "Get Your Gunn"

Stage persona, attitude, and attire

Manson with ouija background

• During "The Smells Like Children (tour)", the background for the shows was a ouija board which read "Marilyn Manson" on the center.
• During performances of "Dope Hat", Manson wore a hat and used a wooden crutch, similar to Willy Wonka.
• For all of the tour, Ginger Fish's drum set had a canopy over it made from white cloth.
• For most performances of "Down in the Park", Manson played guitar during the song's solos.
• For most performances of "My Monkey", Manson cut himself on stage.
• For most of the tour, early versions of "Minute of Decay", "Tourniquet" and "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" were performed.
• Another feature to the stage was the addition of a giant tree from which ventriloquist dummies hung from the branches.
• The stage was usually set up to accommodate small audiences, as most of the shows took place in clubs, rather than arenas.
• This was the first Tour in which Manson began using stilts. The band also began their signature bizarre looks during this tour as well, by donning makeup and sexually suggestive clothes (with Manson wearing jock straps to pulling his pants down and with Twiggy beginning his traditional "kinder-whore" cross dressing gimmick).
• As in previous tours, Manson was regularly seen cutting himself on stage during this tour. He got his main chest scarring from this tour as he got into a heated argument with a crowd member and he broke a bottle and ran it across his chest.

Tour dates

#	Date	City	Location		Venue and event
1	1995/06/01	Baton Rouge	Louisiana		Papa Joe's Rock 'n' Roll Club
2	1995/06/02	New Orleans	Louisiana		Tipitinas
3	1995/09/12	Tulsa	Oklahoma		Cain's Ballroom
4	1995/09/13	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma		Will Rogers Center
5	1995/09/15	Dallas	Texas		Deep Ellum Live
6	1995/09/16	Houston	Texas		Numbers
7	1995/09/17	Corpus Christi	Texas		Johnnyland
8	1995/09/19	San Antonio	Texas		Showcase Special Events
9	1995/09/20	Austin	Texas		The Backroom
10	1995/09/22	Albuquerque	New Mexico		El Rey Theatre
11	1995/09/23	El Paso	Texas		El Paso Metropolis
12	1995/09/24	Tucson	Arizona		The Rock
13	1995/09/25	Tempe	Arizona		Club Rio
14	1995/09/27	San Diego	California		Soma
15	1995/09/28	Santa Barbara	California		Santa Barbara Underground
16	1995/09/29	Hollywood	California		The Palace
17	1995/10/01	Palo Alto	California		The Edge
18	1995/10/02	San Francisco	California		Trocadero Transfer
19	1995/10/03	Reno	Nevada		Easy Street
20	1995/10/05	Portland	Oregon		La Luna
21	1995/10/06	Seattle	Washington		RCKNDY
22	1995/10/07	Vancouver	British Columbia		New York Theatre
23	1995/10/10	Denver	Colorado		Ogden Theatre
24	1995/10/12	Wichita	Kansas		Rock Island
25	1995/10/13	Springfield	Missouri		Regency Showcase
26	1995/10/14	Lawrence	Kansas		Granada
27	1995/10/15	Omaha	Nebraska		Ranch Bowl
28	1995/10/17	Grand Rapids	Michigan		—
29	1995/10/18	Toledo	Ohio		Asylum
30	1995/10/20	Cincinnati	Ohio		Bogarts
31	1995/10/21	Lakewood	Ohio		Phantasy Theatre
32	1995/10/22	Columbus	Ohio		Newport Music Hall
33	1995/10/23	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania		Metropole
34	1995/10/25	Buffalo	New York		Ogden Street Music Hall
35	1995/10/26	Rochester	New York		Water Street Music Hall
36	1995/10/27	Toronto	Ontario		Toronto Opera House
37	1995/10/28	Albany	New York		Saratoga Winners
38	1995/10/30	Providence	Rhode Island		Club Babyhead
39	1995/10/31	Boston	Massachusetts		Mama Kin's
40	1995/11/01	Boston	Massachusetts		Mama Kin's
41	1995/11/03	New York City	New York		Irving Plaza
42	1995/11/04	New York City	New York		Irving Plaza
43	1995/11/05	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania		Electric Factory
44	1995/11/06	Asbury Park	New Jersey		Stone Pony
45	1995/11/08	New Haven	Connecticut		Toad's Place
46	1995/11/09	Washington D.C.	United States		The Capitol Ballroom
47	1995/11/10	Norfolk	Virginia		The Boathouse
48	1995/11/11	Raleigh	North Carolina		The Ritz
49	1995/11/13	Nashville	Tennessee		328 Performance Hall
50	1995/11/14	Louisville	Kentucky		The Brewery
51	1995/11/15	St. Louis	Missouri		Mississippi Nights
52	1995/11/16	Milwaukee	Wisconsin		T.A. Vern's
53	1995/11/18	Sioux Falls	South Dakota		Pomp Room
54	1995/11/19	Minneapolis	Minnesota		Fifth Avenue
55	1995/11/21	Columbia	Missouri		Blue Note
56	1995/11/22	Chicago	Illinois		Cabaret Metro
57	1995/11/24	Detroit	Michigan		Saint Andrew's Hall
58	1995/11/25	Detroit	Michigan		Saint Andrew's Hall
59	1995/11/26	Toronto	Ontario		Toronto Opera House
60	1995/11/27	Wilkes Barre	Pennsylvania		Mantis Green
61	1995/11/29	Fayetteville	North Carolina		Flaming Mug
62	1995/11/30	Winston-Salem	North Carolina		Ziggy's Tavern
63	1995/12/01	Wilmington	North Carolina		Mad Max's
64	1995/12/02	Atlanta	Georgia		Masquerade
65	1995/12/04	Charlotte	North Carolina		Jeremiah's
66	1995/12/05	Columbia	South Carolina		Rockafella's
67	1995/12/06	Myrtle Beach	South Carolina		Headroom
68	1995/12/08	Baton Rouge	Louisiana		Varsity Theater
69	1995/12/09	New Orleans	Louisiana		Rendon Inn
70	1995/12/10	Memphis	Tennessee		Six-One-Six
71	1995/12/12	Fort Meyers	Florida		Pyramids
72	1995/12/13	Tampa	Florida		Masquerade
73	1995/12/15	Orlando	Florida		The Edge
74	1995/12/16	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Edge
75	1995/12/17	Fort Lauderdale	Florida		The Edge
76	1995/12/28	Cleveland	Ohio		Odeon
77	1995/12/29	Cleveland	Ohio		Odeon
78	1995/12/31	New York City	New York		The Academy
79	1996/01/02	Old Bridge	New Jersey		Birch Hill Night Club
80	1996/01/03	New London	Connecticut		El 'n' Gee
81	1996/01/05	Baltimore	Maryland		Hammerjack's
82	1996/01/06	Allentown	Pennsylvania		Starz
83	1996/01/07	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania		Metron
84	1996/01/08	North Hampton	Massachusetts		Pearl Street Nightclub
85	1996/01/10	Cohoes	New York		Saratoga Winners
86	1996/01/11	Port Chester	New York		7 Willow Street (club)
87	1996/01/12	Huntington	New York		Roxy Music Hall
88	1996/01/13	Rochester	New York		Water Street Music Hall
89	1996/01/15	Syracuse	New York		Lost Horizon
90	1996/01/16	State College	Pennsylvania		Crowbar
91	1996/01/18	Kalamazoo	Michigan		State Theatre
92	1996/01/19	Toledo	Ohio		Toledo Asylum
93	1996/01/20	Columbus	Ohio		Newport Music Hall
94	1996/01/21	Cincinnati	Ohio		Bogart's
95	1996/01/23	Charlottesville	Virginia		Patriot Center
96	1996/01/25	Knoxville	Tennessee		Electric Ballroom
97	1996/01/26	Memphis	Tennessee		Six-One-Six
98	1996/01/27	Johnson City	Tennessee		Nightmoves
99	1996/01/28	Knoxville	Tennessee		Electric Ballroom
100	1996/01/29	Carborro	North Carolina		Cat's Cradle
101	1996/01/30	Charleston	South Carolina		Music Farm
102	1996/01/31	Tallahassee	Florida		The Moon
103	1996/02/02	Daytona Beach	Florida		The Underground
104	1996/02/03	St. Petersburg	Florida		Janus Landing
105	1996/02/04	Stuart	Florida		Playground

Orphaned performances

#	Date	City	Location		Venue and event
1	1995/06/22	New York City	New York		The Jon Stewart Show

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Trivia

• The performance in Memphis, Tennessee on December 10, 1995 was canceled for reasons unknown. They retuned to Memphis January 26, 1996 to make up the canceled show.
• The performance in Syracuse, New York on January 15th caused a riot with several thousands of dollars worth of damage to the venue.
• The performance in Johnson City, Tennessee on January 27, 1996 was canceled due to throat problems of vocalist Marilyn Manson.
• The performance in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 28, 1996 was canceled for reasons unknown.
• But Marilyn's sexuality isn't always so playful. In an especially visceral rendition of “Sweet Tooth” at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall, he glares into the eyes of a young female fan and screams, “I want you more when you're afraid...”

was reported as happening in the April 1, 1996 Alternative Press article, MARILYN MANSON Family Values by John Pecorelli. Marilyn Manson performed Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall, November 24 and November 25. There is no verification of which show this occurred.