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The unthinkable has happened: former Nine Inch Nails/A Perfect Circle bassist Twiggy Ramirez has finally returned to the fold of Marilyn Manson. A co-writer on such key albums as Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, and Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death), Ramirez left the band in 2002. His reason according to a Revolver interview, conducted right around the time Ramirez joined APC: "I loved my band, but a lot of time music took a backseat to the image, attitude and showmanship. I changed my name and played a character for 10 years. So now it's refreshing to concentrate on playing the music. I've already become a better player, and it's definitely a lot more stable and healthy of a lifestyle."

Now that his health isn't an issue, Ramirez has decided to join Manson and the rest of his backing band on the Rape of the World Tour. The U.S. leg starts on January 19 in Orlando and runs through March 2 in Houston.

The beautiful people, the beautiful people:

1/19 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock
1/20 Miami, FL - The Fillmore
1/22 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
1/24 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head
1/26 Boston, MA - The Orpheum
1/27 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
1/29 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
1/30 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
2/1 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
2/2 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
2/4 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
2/5 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
2/7 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
2/8 Minneapolis, MN - Myth
2/10 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
2/11 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
2/13 Denver, CO - The Fillmore
2/14 Salt Lake City, UT - Saltair
2/17 Vancouver, BC - QE Theatre
2/18 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
2/20 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
2/22 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern
2/23 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern
2/25 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
2/27 Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theatre
2/29 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
3/1 Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
3/2 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
1.10.08