Jane's, Manson to Rock in the New Year

11/12/2003 6:03 PM, Reuters
Jonathan Cohen

Jane's Addiction and Marilyn Manson have confirmed a five-date tour in late December and early January, including a New Year's Eve show at New York's Madison Square Garden.

The tour begins Dec. 27 at the Palace of Auburn Hills outside Detroit and also includes stops Dec. 28 outside Washington, D.C.; a Dec. 30 show in Cleveland, a Jan. 2 show outside Boston and the Jan. 3 finale outside Philadelphia.

Beforehand, Jane's will make the rounds of radio station-sponsored holiday shows in St. Louis (Dec. 5), Chicago (Dec. 6), Kansas City, Mo. (Dec. 8), Las Vegas (Dec. 11), San Francisco (Dec. 12), Atlanta (Dec. 16), Dallas (Dec. 19) and Houston (Dec. 21).

The group is touring in support of its Capitol debut, "Strays," which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart and has sold 331,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The single "True Nature" is currently No. 34 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks airplay chart.

As for Manson, the group begins a month-long European tour Nov. 19 in Hamburg.

Here are Jane's Addiction/Marilyn Manson tour dates:

Dec. 27: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills)

Dec. 28: Fairfax, Va. (Patriot Center)

Dec. 30: Cleveland (Agora Ballroom)

Dec. 31: New York (Madison Square Garden)

Jan. 2: Lowell, Mass. (Tsongas Arena)

Jan. 3: Camden, N.J. (Tweeter Center)

Reuters/Billboard