Marilyn Manson defended in Mexico for “freedom of expression”

On August 10, Marilyn Manson performed in San Luis Potosí, in Mexicofor a Free concert who attracted a crowd of across 205,000 people. Before live, the scheduled performance had aroused disputes by local religious groups, which they had judged the presence of “inappropriate” Manson. In defense of the choice to invite the singerin recent years at the center of accusations and controversies after the complaints of the ex -girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood and other women starting from 2021, The governor of the Mexican city expressed himselfGallardo Cardona.

Cardona responded to protests against the Marilyn Manson concert by stating that the decision to make him exhibit was a “defense of freedom of expression“, in addition to encouraging her to overcome her” cultural delay “and the” conservative mentality “which – according to the governor – prevented her from hosting major musical events. In an interview granted to” Billboard Español “, Gallardo Cardona explained:” There will always be contrary voices, and Marilyn Manson has faced them not only in Mexico but also in other parts of the world. It is not a question of religion; It is about cultural justice, to create units, and we must do it through music“.

The show has divided the opinions in the city: According to what was reported and also taken up by the NME, in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Luis Potosí the head of a cow would have been left in response to the Catholic groups asking for the cancellation of the concert, while a conservative group collected about 6,000 signatures to protest against the event. Nonetheless, Manson’s concert took place regularly.

Previously, due to the numerous controversies against Marilyn Manson and after the pressures of several members of Parliament, the show of the US singer originally scheduled the next one was canceled October 29 in Brightonin England, as the opening date of the first part of the European tour “One Assassination Under God“. The tour is the same that will pass from Italy next autumn for a scheduled date on the November 25, 2025 at the Choruslife Arena in Bergamoa few months after the Milanese show last February.

Manson has been the subject of numerous accusations in recent years for rape and domestic violence, by the artist considered repeatedly “false”. The case ended at the beginning of 2025, when the prosecutors declared that the complaints against the singer, to the registry of Brian Warner, were now prescribed and that it was not possible to “demonstrate the accusations of sexual aggression beyond any reasonable doubt”.