Watch Marilyn Manson create a mosh pit at hip-hop festival

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Marilyn Manson played a mini-set at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston - and he got the crowd going

Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson onstage at Astroworld (Image credit: Gary Miller - Getty)

Marilyn Manson turned up at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston over the weekend where he performed a six-track mini-set.

The hip-hop heavy bill at the city’s NRG Park featured other artists including Pharrell Williams, Lil’ Flip, Pop Smoke and more - but it was Manson who got the crowd going.

He performed This Is The New Shit, Mobscene, The Dope Show, Antichrist Superstar and The Beautiful People – and even managed to fire up a mosh pip during his classic cover of the Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This). 

Check out fan-filmed footage below.

Last month, Manson released a video for his take on American folk song God’s Gonna Cut You Down, with his version first appearing on the soundtrack to the 2017 film 24 Hours To Live, which starred Ethan Hawke and Rutger Hauer.

In July this year, Manson spoke about his upcoming studio album which will see him hook up once again with Shooter Jennings, with whom he collaborated on a David Bowie cover in 2016.

The as-yet-untitled record will be the follow-up to 2017’s Heaven Upside Down.

Marilyn Manson: God's Gonna Cut You Down

Marilyn Manson: God's Gonna Cut You Down
Marilyn Manson has officially released his take on the American folk song God's Gonna Cut You Down, which previously appeared on the soundtrack to 2017 film 24 Hours To Live.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.