This show was at the Cow Palace in San Fransisco. It kicked ass! I guess I will divide it up into seperate sections:

WAITING IN LINE: A video crew was filming the fans waiting to get inside the hall, possibly for Manson's next home video or something like that. I saw a few people walking out of the building from a entrance that wasn't the main one holding signed Manson promotional photos, they might have been the backstage pass winners.

MONSTER MAGNET: It was about a 30 minute set, and it was very loud. My 3 friends and I were right up front near the barrier and Dave Wyndorf was only about 5 feet away from us for most of the set. He mentioned both Manson and Hole, Manson getting the most cheers from the crowd. I am not sure in what order, but they played Temple Of Your Dreams, Crop Circle, Space Lord, and a few other older songs. During Crop Circle, Manson was standing on the side of the stage wearing just a t-shirt and pants and watching them play. Dave threw the water from a half-full water bottle onto the crowd, which i was hit by. Before Hole's set, Ziggy Stardust played over the arena's sound system.

HOLE: They didn't talk much, which Courtney attributed to "Someone paying her $1,000 not to be sassy", which was pointed in the direction of Manson. She did make some comments about a Manson fan in the front row, and also asked the crowd if they should get offstage so "that pyrotechics band can play". She then mentioned that they "couldn't afford fire and props and stuff, but that they were just a rock band". They played Miss World, Pretty On The Inside, Northern Star, Celebrity Skin, Reasons To Be Beautiful, Dying, Awful, and a few more. The Wall was played between them and Manson.

MARILYN MANSON: The part everyone had been waiting for. When the lights went out, everyone cheered, and then there was just silence as the curtain was lit from behind and showed weird shadows while a strange repetitive humming sort of static noise played. When the curtain dropped, all the band were onstage, except no sign of Marilyn. Twiggy playeda weird guitar intro, then a cross made of TV sets showing static rose up from the stage floor with Marilyn standing on it. As soon as it was upright, he stepped off, and the band launched into The Reflecting God. Everyone in the audience started jumping and singing along. After the song finished, the TV sets went black, only to come on again as Manson and the band launched into Great Big White World. Pogo was crazy throughout the whole show, driving his keyboard around and thrashing. John5 was shaking his head violently as many have described before. The TV sets again went off at the end of the song. Next, Sweet Dreams was played, with the cross bursting into flames while the band played the extended ending, and Manson disapeared offstage. He reappaered on stilts and wearing the army helmet while the band played Mechanical Animals. Next was Get Your Gunn, with the sing-along opening. After that, he disappeared offstage once more, coming back in his trenchcoat and leather hat, accomponied by the backup singer for The Speed Of Pain. Twiggy played the opening rumbling noises on keyboard. After that, Manson left again, and came back out to play Lunchbox. At the beginning, a huge explosion of golden papers went over the audience. I picked up a lot of it and put it in my pocket, for a souviner.They then played Rock Is Dead, The Dope Show, and I Don't Like The Drugs. In The Dope Show, Marilyn told us that "the cops and queers live in San Fransisco", which they indeed do. After I Don't Like The Drugs, the stage lights went out. They came back up to the opening of Antichrist Superstar, with Manson on the podium in a suit, and the band wearing the metal helmets. After the song was finished, the stage again went black, and came back up on the Manson flag covering the back, and the played Irresponsible Hate Anthem with Manson in a cop uniform. They then asked if we wanted one more song, then played the Beautiful People, and everyone in the crowd went crazy. They went offstage, and we cheered for 10 minutes, wanting them to come back. Instead, the lights came up and they played a new Manson cover over the speaker system, Dr. Hook's "Got My Rocks Off". It was a great show!

- Mr. Wonka