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Dal 21 novembre a Palazzo Pigorini tra foto, cinema e memoria collettiva

De aangekondigde komst van shockrocker Marilyn Manson naar Graspop in Dessel lokt kritiek uit op sociale media. De zanger werd door minstens 12 vrouwen beschuldigd van seksueel misbruik en van huiselijk en psychologisch geweld. Op Instagram noemen critici het festival daarom "geen veilige omgeving voor vrouwen". Graspop reageert dat "het boeken van een artie

Marilyn Manson is de 4e bekendgemaakte headliner voor Graspop Metal Meeting 2027 in Dessel. De Amerikaanse shockrocker sluit op zaterdag 19 juni de North Stage af. Hij staat die dag samen met co-headliner blink-182 op de affiche van het metalfestival, dat volgend jaar zijn 30e editie viert.

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman reflected on his 30-year relationship with the shock rocker, whose wife's twin sister is married to the Pumpkins' James Iha. "I don’t want the world to tell me who my friends are and who I should associate with,” he said. "In some cases I knew personal things behind the scenes that are not in the public sphere."

Billy Corgan remains steadfast in his relationship with close friend and longtime colleague Marilyn Manson, despite a series of sexual misconduct and domestic violence lawsuits that have been filed against Manson throughout the years. When asked about the friendship on a recent episode of the New York Times’ “Popcast” podcast, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman

“I personally didn’t feel he was guilty of the things he was being charged with,” Billy Corgan says of his old friend Marilyn Manson, who was accused of sexual abuse, domestic violence and more by Evan Rachel Wood and other women. “Ultimately the fact (is) that the D.A. didn’t pursue,” the Smashing Pumpkins leader added. […]