Show t tK K Nine Inch Nails Performs for Last Time in the Delta Center f. f t By Larry D. D Curtis f Staff Writer 3 to f TIle The crowd cheered d wildly while the lead singer of Marilyn Manson ripped up a Book of Mormon and used the F word in a sentence that included references to Larry Lary H. H Miller Mayor and God At that tha point p int a smattering of the crowd perhaps only a few hundred of the on hand left the Delta Center which was hosting headlining Nine Inch Nails Nails lead singer and songwriter Trent Resnor invited Mansons Manson's man front-man on stage because the Delta Center management invoked a clause in their contract with the bands that prevented Manson from playing Delta Center management invoked the clause because they considered the content of the performance performance per per- obscene Delta Center General Manager Scott Williams said the decision was made after discussing the show with four of his staff members who had bad attended the show show at V. V The show included what Williams Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams called percent nudity sex toys and false sexual appendages appendages appendages append append- ages attached to band members The band also talks about and sings about sex with minors of both genders and violent violent violent vio vio- vio- vio lent sex Manson also was not allowed to sell their tour t-shirts t which displayed displayed displayed dis dis- dis- dis played the words kill God kill your parents kill yourself Weve got enough killing we dont don't need that W Williams liams said Building managers have some responsibility to the community That responsibility is heightened by our youth audience Williams said the band was approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap about altering the show They refused to tone it down he said After that Williams said the decision decision decision de de- de- de difficult at all alI He said building owner Miller wasn't consulted and neither was Coradini He said that Nails and Manson would absolutely not play in the Delta Center again Williams has received many phone calls since the show from people who both support and oppose oppose oppose op op- op- op pose his decision Most of them have been calls saying Thanks somebody needed to take a stand The Delta Center gave the band a cash settlement which Williams felt was generous He also feels that the bands in part violated the agreement |