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ThePortrait of an American Family Tour wasMarilyn Manson's first headlining tour. It was launched in support of the band's first full-length debut album,Portrait of an American Family, which was released on July 19, 1994, five months before the tour began.

The tour began on December 27, 1994, inJacksonville,Florida, at Club 5. After this show, the first night of the tour, frontmanMarilyn Manson was arrested and taken into custody for violating the Adult Entertainment Code by allegedly donning astrap-on dildo on stage. In spite of this, Manson was freed and the band appeared inOrlando the following night as scheduled.

The tour concluded on March 11, 1995, after the band had played 43 shows. The last show was played inColumbia,South Carolina, at the Alcatrazz venue.

• Marilyn Manson - lead vocals
• Daisy Berkowitz - guitars
• Twiggy Ramirez - bass, backing vocals
• Madonna Wayne Gacy - keyboards
• Sara Lee Lucas - drums

During these concerts, the stage was usually arranged with living room décor, not unlike that on the cover ofPortrait of an American Family. A table with a lamp was the most commonly seen piece at the shows. The first and last shows included the most memorable incidents of the tour. On December 27, 1994, Manson was misidentified as "jacking off a strap-on dildo" and "urinating on the crowd,"^[1] resulting in his arrest just one night into the tour. When concluding the concerts with aSouth Carolina show on March 11, 1995, Manson slipped on a beer bottle, smashing it. Angry, Manson picked up a piece of the bottle and cut his chest "from one side to the other," his first act of notoriously cutting himself on-stage. Closing the performance, the band also ignited drummer Sara Lee Lucas' kit in an attempt to ignite only his bass drum. Claims that Lucas himself was lit aflame have been made by Manson but are disputed by Lucas.^{[N 1]}

• The tour ran from December 27, 1994, to March 11, 1995. The band completed 44 shows.
• The performances inCarrboro andColumbia were rescheduled to the last two dates of the tour. These performances were originally scheduled for February 16, 1994, and February 18, 1994, respectively.

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• Marilyn Manson (band) concert tours
• 1994 concert tours
• 1995 concert tours

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