Love him or hate him, it’s impossible not be intrigued by Marilyn Manson – just ask the biggest crowd of the festival weekend. Whether you’re a fan of his music (which ranges from the Nirvana-esque ‘Fight Song’ to the Bolan styled ‘Rock Is Dead’) or not, Marilyn makes sure no one’s going to walk away from his show. With a knack for the hypnotic – whether it’s the explosion of flames that herald his entrance, the cover of Eurthymics number ‘Sweet Dreams...’ (never has “Some of them want to abuse you” been sung with such conviction), or the strange mechanical and priest-like costumes – The God Of Fuck has everyone in the palm of his hand. Outlandish, but still disturbingly real, the strangest man in rock delivers himself with a power that you wouldn’t expect to find in such skin and bones. Politics, drugs, death, even romance all get a look in and never has anything so magnanimous been delivered with such style and melody. He may be the Robbie Williams of metal, but there’s no doubting Manson is one man who knows, 1) how to speak his mind, and 2) how to throw the party of a lifetime.